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Women’s Basketball Concludes Two-Game Road Trip at Indiana State Saturday Afternoon

Tip-off is slated for 1 p.m. (CT)

1/31/2025 12:00:00 PM

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Jan. 31, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (7-11, 4-5 MVC) finishes up a two-game Missouri Valley Conference road trip Saturday afternoon when they face off against Indiana State (3-17, 1-8 MVC) in a 1 p.m. (CT) tip-off at the Hulman Center. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats on UICFlames.com.
 
UIC FLAMES (7-11, 4-5 MVC) at INDIANA STATE SYCAMORES (3-17, 1-8 MVC)
When: Saturday, Jan. 31
Time: 1 p.m. (CT)
Where: The Hulman Center
Tickets: Click link here
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: UICFlames.com
 
SCOUTING INDIANA STATE
  • This will be the 20th time the Flames and Sycamores are set to compete on the court. The Sycamores hold a 13-6 overall series lead, but the Flames have won in the past three meetings, holding a 3-1 record over the Sycamores since joining the MVC.
  • In their last meeting, UIC secured a 68-53 victory in front of the home crowd at Credit Union 1 Arena on Feb. 11, 2024. Senior Danyel Middleton (Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook/Marquette) led the Flames in scoring with 18 points and six rebounds. Graduate student Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) scored 16 points and led the team in rebounds with eight.
  • After defeating Evansville on Jan. 12, the Sycamores are in the midst of a five-game slide in conference play. In non-conference play, they manage to grab victories over SEMO (68-65) on Nov. 30 and Wright State (68-51) on Nov. 12.
  • In her third season with the Sycamores, junior Bella Finnegan leads Indiana State in scoring, averaging 13 points per game.
 
LAST GAME RECAP – VS. EVANSVILLE
 
  • The Flames opened up the two-game road trip victorious Thursday night, collecting a 74-45 victory over Evansville (5-15, 1-8 MVC) at Meeks Family Field House.
  • The 29-point victory was the largest winning margin for UIC since it had joined the Missouri Valley Conference in the summer of 2022.
  • The Flames were led in scoring by senior Makiyah Williams (Chicago, Ill./Trinity/Marquette) with 19 points, four assists and three rebounds.
  • Key contributors coming off the bench were seniors Ky Dempsey-Toney (Franklin, N.J./Franklin) and Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) each contributed nine points in the win.
  • Collecting six assists in the win, graduate student Kristian Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) is now 12 assists away from surpassing UIC alumnus Terri Bender (2012-17) as the Flames' all-time leader in career assists.
 
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Fans that are interested to learn more about our 2024-25 UIC's men and women basketball teams are encouraged to view our digital yearbook, available now on our website.
 
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