ST. LOUIS (Jan. 3, 2024) – The Missouri Valley Conference selected UIC women's basketball graduate student guard
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) as the conference's Newcomer of the Week Wednesday afternoon. She is the second UIC player to receive a weekly honor from the the MVC this season, following junior forward
Makiyah Williams (Chicago, Ill./Trinity/Marquette), who earned the same award on Nov. 20. Rimmer is also the third Flames' player chosen as MVC Newcomer of the Week since UIC joined the Valley prior to last season.
"I am thankful for my teammates, I want to give all praise to them," Rimmer said. "Without them this wouldn't be possible. I want to shoutout my teammates and my coaches for always holding us to a standard to create good habits."
Rimmer led the Flames with 21 points in UIC's conference opener last Saturday at Belmont. She made 9-of-11 shots from the floor (2-of-3 from behind the arc) and added a team-best four steals, which also tied her season high that she first set on Dec. 15 against Chicago State.
For the season, Rimmer ranks among the top 20 in the Missouri Valley Conference in steals (4
th – 2.3 spg.), field-goal percentage (6
th - .526), scoring (16
th – 12.4 ppg.) and rebounding (20
th – 5.7 rpg.).
Rimmer and the Flames tip off the 2024 calendar year Thursday, heading to Carbondale, Ill., to face Southern Illinois at 6 p.m. (CT). Thursday's contest against the Salukis is the second of UIC's season-long three-game road trip to open MVC play.
Tickets for all UIC home basketball games can be purchased online through Ticketmaster and
UICFlames.com/Tickets, as well as through the UIC Athletics Ticket Office (312-413-UIC1) or by visiting the Credit Union 1 Arena box office on game night.
For more information on UIC women's basketball, fans are encouraged to visit
UICFlames.com, or follow the Flames on social media through X (
@UIC_WBB and
@UICFlames) and Instagram (
@uic_wbb and
@uicflames).
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