CHICAGO (Mar. 8, 2025) – The UIC women's basketball team (13-16, 10-10 MVC) had a strong defensive first half keeping the score within striking distance, before falling to Drake (21-10, 15-5 MVC) 69-49 on senior day.
The Flames were led by 14 bench points from senior
Krystyna Ellew (Chicago, Ill./Taft/Wisconsin) on 5-13 shooting from the field. Graduate student
Keimari Rimmer (Chicago, Ill./Proviso East) scored double figures for the Flames as well, scoring 13 points on 5-7 shooting from the field, while also leading the Flames in rebounds with eight.
The box score and play-by-play recap against Drake can be found
here.
COMMENT FROM HEAD COACH ASHLEEN BRACEY
"I think my team is playing their best basketball, Drake came in on a mission after their loss to Valpo, also of course we have the tough end of the stick on that, but we are playing great basketball, and I think we are going to be a tough team to face in the tournament. We are going to regroup, this is what you do it for, we are battle tested and have played the toughest of the tough. We have beat the toughest and we are ready for it."
SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS
BEYOND THE BOXSCORE
- The Flames 17 offensive rebounds were their highest this season since they grabbed 19 against Indiana State on Feb. 21.
- Krystyna Ellew's three, three pointers moves her to 56 on the season, one shy of being top ten for threes made in a season in UIC history.
- Keimari Rimmer had her fourth game in a row scoring double figures, and fifth such game out of the last six.
UP NEXT
The Flames will set their sights on the Credit Union 1 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament at the Ford Center in Evansville, Ind. on Thursday, Mar. 13. The Flames will be the seventh seed and are set to face the 10th seeded Evansville Aces (7-24, 3-17) for a 6 p.m. (CT) Tip-off. The Flames beat the Aces in their two match ups this season 74-43 and 71-54 and currently hold a four game win streak in the series. The game will be available to stream on ESPN+ or with live stats at
UICFlames.com. Fans interested in buying tickets should contact the UIC Athletics Ticket Office at (312) 413-8421 or via email at athleticsticketing@uic.edu.
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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