TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (Feb. 1, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (8-11, 5-5 MVC) collected a gritty victory Sunday afternoon, defeating Indiana State (3-18, 1-9 MVC) at the Hulman Center, 58-53 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Senior
Ky Dempsey-Toney (Franklin, N.J./Franklin) led all scorers on the court with a double-double, securing 16 points and 10 rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench. Senior
Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin), graduate students
Jaida McCloud (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) and
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) each contributed seven points in the win.
The box score and full play-by-play recap against Indiana State can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"You have to be proud of an ugly win on the road. We were on the road, playing two games in 48 hours and it's tough. We battled our butts off defensively and we grinded it out and ended up coming out with the dub. Really proud of Kyierah Dempsey-Toney, just her will down their defensively, she came up with 10 rebounds and had 16 points. We played through her and honestly that's why we won the game.
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- This is Dempsey-Toney's second double-double of her collegiate career, surpassing her season high nine rebounds in UIC's victory over North Central on Dec. 8.
- Collecting one assist in the victory, graduate student Kristian Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) is six assists away from becoming the first player in program history to have over 750+ points, 500+ assists and 500+ rebounds in her collegiate career. She is 11 assists away from surpassing UIC alumni Terri Bender (2012-17) as the all-time leader in career assists.
- Bracey collects her 45th victory as head coach of the Flames, collecting her third consecutive victory over the Sycamores at the Hulman Center.
UP NEXT
The Flames return to the Windy City next weekend, when they host Murray State (14-4, 8-1 MVC) for UIC's Pride Night next Friday. The first 300 fans in attendance will receive a "Choose Love," t-shirt. The game is slated to begin at 7 p.m. (CT). The game will be available to stream on ESPN+, free to listen to on the Flames Network and live stats will be on
UICFlames.com.
TICKET INFORMATION
Fans attending are encouraged to purchase their tickets 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 day. Doors open an hour before first tip
DIGITAL YEARBOOK AVAILABLE
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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