CHICAGO (Friday, Feb. 7, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (9-11, 6-5 MVC) successfully earned redemption from an earlier season defeat with a win over Murray State (14-6, 8-3 MVC) in front of a home crowd at Credit Union 1 Friday night, 79-70.
The Flames were led in scoring by senior
Ky Dempsey-Toney (Franklin, N.J./Franklin) with 19 points, nine rebounds and one turnover. Senior
Arin Freeman (Little Rock, Ark./North Little Rock/Central Carolina) scored 16 points and collected five assists. Graduate student
Danyel Middleton (Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook/Marquette) netted 12 points and led the team with six assists.
The full box score and play-by-play against Murray State can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"A huge home victory, always nice for us to play at home, especially when you play against one of the top teams in the league. That Murray State team is a high-power offense. They average around 88 points a game, so to be able to come here and hold them to 70, our defense, intensity and effort is honestly inspiring as a coach. They played 40 minutes on that defensive end, and I thought offensively we clicked. We found the right people at the right time. We did a great job feeding Kyierah Dempsey-Toney, who has just been an anchor in there for us. We had 24 assists on I think close to 54 field goals. So, we shared the basketball and that's a big time team win, and I think we showed the depth of this roster tonight."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Dempsey-Toney's 19-point performance ties a career-high for the forward, tying her 19-point performance in the overtime 75-71 win over St. Thomas at home on Nov. 22, 2022.
- Graduate student Kristian Young (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) is two assists away from becoming the first member in program history to have 750+ points (She has 818 and counting), 500+ assists (Currently sits at 494 assists and counting) and 500+ rebounds (Sits at 543 and counting). She is also 7 assists away from becoming the all-time program leader in career assists, surpassing UIC alumni Terri Bender (2012-17) at 504 assists.
- Midway through her third season head coach, Bracey has 46 career wins at UIC, four wins away from the 50-win milestone.
UP NEXT
The Flames remain at home on Super Bowl Sunday, when they host Belmont (15-7, 10-1 MVC) for a 1 p.m. (CT) tip-off at Credit Union 1 Arena. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+, listen to for free on the Flames Network or with live stats 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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