CHICAGO (Feb. 23, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (12-13, 9-7 MVC) couldn't be stopped on both ends of the floor, defeating Evansville (6-21, 2-14 MVC) 71-54 in the Flames annual Play4Kay game Sunday afternoon at Credit Union 1 Arena.
UIC was led in scoring by
Danyel Middleton (Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook/Marquette) with 15 points, three rebounds and a pair of assists. Senior
Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) netted 14 points with four made three pointers. Senior
Ky Dempsey-Toney (Franklin, N.J./Franklin) collected 10 points and grabbed five rebounds in the win.
The box score and play-by-play recap against Evansville can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"Great team home win. It's always special when you get to play for a cause, and I thought our girls did an incredible job banding together, coming out on that floor and battling from start to finish, and playing with joy and with pride as we battled for people that have been battling breast cancer today. I'm really proud of our team, I like how we are playing. I think we are playing on both ends of the floor. I think the goal was for it to all come together late February, going into March. I think if they continue to stay hungry, special things areon the horizon for this squad."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Dempsey-Toney finishes a stellar week of play averaging 15.5 points per game, 9.5 rebounds per game with a shooting percentage of 57.9%.
- Ellew ties her career-high of four made three-pointers in a game for the sixth time this season. She has made four triples against LSU (Dec. 19), Valparaiso (Jan. 26), on the road at Evansville (Jan. 31) and at home against Belmont (Feb.9).
- Middleton's 15-point performance is her first time in double figures in five games, last scoring 12 points in UIC's home victory against Murray State (17-7, 11-4 MVC) on Feb. 7.
- Bracey is now one win away from hitting the 50-win milestone, having sported a 49-46 (.515) since taking over as head coach at UIC.
UP NEXT
The Flames return to conference road play next week, making their first stop at Illinois State (17-10, 11-5 MVC) at the CEFCU Arena for a 6:30 p.m. (CT) tip-off. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats available at
UICFlames.com.
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