Feb. 14, 2015
Box Score
CHICAGO - The UIC women's basketball team (14-10, 4-7 HL) led by as many as eight points in the first half but allowed Wright State (19-6, 8-3 HL) to score 46 points after halftime in a 74-63 home defeat Saturday afternoon. The Raiders hit 19 second half free throws and held the Flames to 30 percent shooting after halftime.
The Raiders attempted a UIC opponent season high 34 free throws and made 23. Wright State also committed a UIC opponent season low eight turnovers and forced UIC into a season-high 26 fouls.
UIC grabbed a season-high 56 rebounds, including 24 on the offensive end. The Flames outrebounded WSU, 56-46, and has outrebounded 21 out of their 24 opponents this season.
"We were in a good position to pull away in the first half but they stayed in the game due to our foul trouble," said UIC head coach Regina Miller. "It is difficult to win games in which we send the opponent to the free throw line 34 times. We did not force enough turnovers and were unable to get our transition game started."
Ruvanna Campbell, who ranks third nationally with 14.4 rebounds per contest, grabbed 22 rebounds to go along with a game-high 19 points. She owns four 20-rebound performances this season and six in her UIC career.
Campbell has 18 double-doubles this season and 44 in 59 appearances at UIC. She passed Taylor Foulks (2009-13) for 17th on the all-time scoring list with 1,026 career points.
Terri Bender scored 12 points for her 14th consecutive double-figure performance. She also dished out a team-high seven assists and picked up her 68th steal of the season.
Imani Moore played 24 minutes off the bench and set a career high with 12 points. She was 5-of-8 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free throw line.
The first half featured three ties and eight lead changes. Abby Jump's three-pointer with 7:02 on the clock gave WSU a 24-22 lead before UIC went on a 10-0 run.
Campbell had six of the ten points and the Flames held their largest lead of the contest at 32-24 with 2:04 before halftime. Richelle van der Keijl made two jumpers and UIC's lead was cut to 33-28 going into the locker room.
Wright State scored the first five points of the second half and used an 18-8 run out of the locker room to go up 46-41 with 12:34 remaining. Five straight points from Tay'ler Mingo pushed the Raiders' lead to 53-44 but the Flames responded by scoring 15 out of the next 23 points to narrow WSU's lead to 61-59 at 3:07.
Two points was the closest UIC got as Wright State countered with Courtney Boyd's triple and Mingo's layup. UIC missed its final five field goals and the Raiders hit eight free throws down the stretch to seal the road victory.
The Flames have six days off before traveling to Wisconsin Saturday (Feb. 21) to play at first-place Green Bay (20-4, 10-1 HL). Tip-off with the Phoenix is set for 1 p.m. CT inside the Kress Center. Green Bay picked up a 64-45 road win in Chicago during its first meeting with UIC (Jan. 31).
