VALPARAISO, Ind. (Feb. 13, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (9-13, 6-7 MVC) couldn't catch up to the Valparaiso Beacons (9-15, 5-8 MVC) in the closing seconds, falling 60-51 on the road in the Athletics-Recreation Center Thursday night.
Graduate student
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) nearly completed a double-double, leading the team with 14 points and nine rebounds with 21 minutes off the bench. Senior
Makiyah Williams (Chicago, Ill./Trinity/Marquette) netted 11 points, grabbed seven boards, collected a pair of assists and a block.
The box score and play-by-play recap against Valparaiso can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"Disappointing loss on the road to Valpo. Obviously, it's tough in The Valley every single night, but on the road against a team that can shoot it as well as Valpo, that can shoot it and can also make you pay at the rim and at the free throw line. We didn't do enough offensively to win tonight, we were two-for-17 from the three-point line and shot 35% from the field overall. We just didn't get to the free throw line enough. We outrebounded them by 13, which I am proud of. At the end of the day, you have to defend, you have to make some shots, enough shots which we didn't do."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Collecting three assists in the game, graduate student Kristian Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) surpassed Terri Bender (2012-2017) as the leader in career assists in program history. The guard has 505 assists and counting.
- Scoring four points against Valparaiso, graduate student Jaida McCloud (Peoria, Ill./Richwoods) enters the top five in career scoring (1,524 points), surpassing UIC Hall of Famer Angela Gilbert (1989-93) who finished her career with 1,520 points.
- This is Rimmer's first double figures performance in five games, back when UIC defeated at home on Jan. 26, 60-45, scoring 10 points in the victory.
UP NEXT
The Flames remain on the road this weekend, traveling to Carbondale to face off against Southern Illinois (4-18, 2-11 MVC) at the Banterra Center for a 2 p.m. (CT) tip-off this Sunday afternoon. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats available at
UICFlames.com.
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