PEORIA, Ill. (March 1, 2025) – After keeping the game close for most of the game, the UIC women's basketball team (12-15, 9-9 MVC) couldn't fend off Bradley (12-17, 6-12 MVC) in the fourth, falling 65-54 at the Renaissance Coliseum in the Flames final Missouri Valley Conference game Sunday afternoon.
The Flames were led in scoring by senior
Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) sank five three-pointers to lead UIC in scoring in 15 points. Graduate student
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East/DePaul) netted 11 points and led the team with eight rebounds. Graduate student
Danyel Middleton (Chicago, Ill./Bolingbrook/Marquette) scored 10 points in 24 minutes of play.
The box score and full play-by-play recap against Bradley can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"Really tough loss today at Bradley, it was their Senior Night, they played with great intensity from start to finish. They are one of the top three defensive teams in the league, they make really sticky for you offensively.
Krystyna Ellew stepped up tonight and had a big night with five made threes, she's been playing at a really high level, but just in a paint finishing standpoint, we just didn't do enough. We are going to dominate the paint, and typically dominate the paint points versus our opponent, and tonight we weren't able to do that. Hats off to Bradley, a really good team. They upsetted Illinois State a couple games back, a really good program. Kate (Popovec-Goss) has done a really incredible job, but we got to regroup with a big week ahead of us.
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- Five three-pointers in one game is a career high for Ellew. Now with 52 threes in the season, Ellew is five triples away from breaking into the top 10 in a single season, tying four-others at 57.
- Rimmer continues to hit her stride late into the season, having scored in double figures in four of the past six games for the Flames.
- Middleton has scored in double figures for the third consecutive game, averaging 11.7 points per game.
UP NEXT
The Flames return to Credit Union 1 Arena for their final homestand of the season, facing off against Northern Iowa (15-14, 10-8 MVC) Thursday at 7 p.m. (CT). The game will be available to stream on ESPN+, listen to for free on the Flames Network or 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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