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Women’s Basketball Returns to the Road to Face Valparaiso Thursday Night

Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. (CT).

2/12/2025 9:56:00 AM

VALPARAISO, Ind. (Feb. 12, 2025) – Closing in on the final eight games of Missouri Valley Conference play, the UIC women's basketball team (9-12, 6-6 MVC) are set to battle the Valparaiso Beacons (8-15, 4-8 MVC) at Valpo's Athletics-Recreation Center for a 6 p.m. (CT) tip-off. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats at UICFlames.com.
 
UIC FLAMES (9-12, 6-6 MVC) at VALPARAISO BEACONS (8-15, 4-8 MVC)
When: Thursday, Feb. 13
Where: Valpo's Athletic-Recreation Center
Time: 6 p.m. (CT)
Tickets: ValpoAthletics.com
Stream: ESPN+
Live Stats: UICFlames.com
 
 
SCOUTING VALPARAISO
  • This will be the 58th time the Flames and the Beacons will be battling it out on the hardwood. UIC leads in the overall series, 32-26. The Flames have won seven of the past eight meetings, having gone 6-1 since joining the MVC.
  • In their last meeting, the Flames defeated the Beacons at Credit Union 1 Arena in front of the home crowd on Jan. 26, 60-45. Senior Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) led the team in scoring with 14 points on four three pointers. Graduate student Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) scored 10 points, grabbed six rebounds and collected three assists in 19 minutes of play.
  • The Beacons are in search of a return to the win column after back-to-back losses against Belmont (16-7, 11-1 MVC) and Murray State (15-6, 9-3 MVC) at home over the weekend.
  • Graduate student Leah Earnest is the fourth-highest scorer in the MVC, averaging 17.0 points per game and is nine points away from becoming Valparaiso third 1,500+ scorer in program history.
 
LAST GAME OUT – VS. BELMONT
  • The Flames entered the fourth quarter in a two-possession game before falling short, 65-54 at Credit Union 1 Arena Sunday afternoon.
  • Ellew  sank four threes enroute to a 14-point performance with 31 points coming off the bench to lead the Flames in scoring.
  • Senior Arin Freeman (Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock/Central Carolina) netted 11 points, grabbed four assists and three rebounds.
  • Collecting five assists in the game, graduate student Kristian Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) became the first member in program history to have collected 750+ points, 500+ rebounds and 500+ assists in her career at UIC. Now with 502 assists, the guard just needs three more assists to become the program leader in career assists, surpassing UIC alumni Terri Bender (2012-17) at 504.
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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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