Jan. 14, 2012
FINAL STATS 
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - In their first overtime win in nealry four years, the UIC Flames (10-7, 3-3) held strong in the extra period and outscored the Penguins, 14-5, in the final five minutes to capture the 77-68 Horizon League road victory.
Junior Taylor Foulks made good on 7-of-8 from three-point range and totaled a season-high 23 points to pace all Flames scorers. Senior Jasmine Bailey dropped in her eighth 20-point performance of the year with 22 tallies and posted a career-high eight assists, while seniors Shamiea Green and Kiara Strickland added 15 and 12 points, respectively. Those four combined for 72 of the UIC's 77 points.
Foulks' seven three pointers was one off the program record of eight in which she tied last season in a home win versus Cleveland State.
"Taylor Foulks played her best game of the season today," said head coach Regina Miller. "She obviously shot the ball well, but she also had a great defensive game, creating steals and deflections. Each game I think we are getting better at learning how to win."
Eight combined turnovers plagued both offenses in the opening four minutes as Youngstown State held a slim 5-3 lead with 15:52 on clock.
After the first media timeout, YSU's Brandi Brown drilled back-to-back treys within a 40 second span, bringing the Penguin lead to 11-3. From there the Flames rallied and administered a 12-0 run with seven points coming from Bailey, giving UIC the 15-11 edge with 8:53 remaining in the half.
In the last five minutes of the first half, Foulks took control of the game by collecting eight points, including two deep threes. She led all players at the break with 14 points on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc as UIC possessed a 30-24 halftime advantage. Brown paced the Penguins with 12 points and five rebounds in the first 20 minutes of play.
UIC held strong in the opening minutes of the second half and amassed its first 10-point lead at the 11:30 mark on a three-ball from Green.
The Penguins got the score to within six, 59-53, using a 6-2 run with 3:22 on the clock. On the next possession Green drove the lane and drew the foul, but missed both foul shots.
With the score at 61-54, YSU's Brown corralled an offensive rebound and muscled in a layup, making the tally 61-56 with 1:25 left in the game.
Over the next 70 seconds, YSU put together an 8-2 spurt and brought the score to within one, 63-62, propelled by back-to-back threes as 15.9 seconds remained in the game.
The Flames committed a turnover on the ensuing possession and YSU's Kelsea Fickiesen headed to the charity stripe for two foul shots. The freshman hit one-of-two from the line, knotting the score at 63-63.
UIC came up short on the opposite end and the game was sent into overtime.
In overtime, Foulks displayed tremendous poise by hitting back-to-back threes, which gave UIC the 69-63 lead with under three minutes to play. The Flames kept applying the offensive pressure, scoring 14 points in the extra stanza compared to the Penguins five.
The win was UIC's first overtime win in four attempts with their last OT victory coming on Feb 23, 2008 against Milwaukee.
The Flames return home on Thursday (1/19) for a 4:30 p.m. CT match up with Butler as part of a double-header with the men's squad who tip with the Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. in a game to be aired on ESPN3.
