NORMAL, Ill. (Feb. 27, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (12-14, 9-8 MVC) came back from a 10-point deficit before falling to Illinois State (18-10, 12-5 MVC) in the closing seconds on the road at CEFCU Arena Thursday night, 65-64.
Senior
Ky Dempsey-Toney (Franklin, N.J./Franklin) led the Flames in scoring with 14 points and six rebounds. Senior
Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) sank three three-pointers enroute to a 13-point performance. Graduate students
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) and
Danyel Middleton (Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook/Marquette) each netted 10 points in the contest.
The box score and the play-by-play recap against Illinois State can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"A really tough loss on the road to Illinois State. We had the opportunity to win it down the stretch and obviously we weren't able to put that together. I'm really proud of our battle. As a competitor, you definitely do what you want to do to win. You obviously want to win games, but it has to be about the process and the way you go about your business, rather then the result. With that being said, I am really proud of our fight, I'm really proud of our willingness to battle back. I thought we handled ourselves great through some tough calls, and I think we are playing some really good basketball. Although I do not like the result of the game, we are onwards and upwards and we got a big one on Saturday."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Dempsey-Toney could not miss offensively, sinking all five of her shots, shooting 100 percent from the field.
- Ellew is three three-pointers from breaking 50 threes in a season, with the third-best three-point percentage (.435) in the entire MVC.
- Rimmer has scored in double figures in 10 games this season for the Flames, scoring 10+ points in three of the past five games.
UP NEXT
The Flames finish their final Missouri Valley Conference road game in Peoria, Ill. when they face off against Bradley (11-17, 5-12 MVC ) at the Renaissance Coliseum for a 2 p.m. (CT) first tip. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ with live stats available at
UICFlames.com.
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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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