CHICAGO – The UIC women's basketball team released its 2025-26 nonconference schedule Thursday afternoon, jam-pack with strong competition before the Flames enter their fourth season in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Ashleen Bracey enters her fourth season as the head coach at UIC after a 15-18 campaign in 2024-25, including 10-10 against members of The Valley. She led the Flames to their second-consecutive WNIT appearance and third-consecutive postseason appearance, making history with a 63-48 win over UAB in front of the home crowd on Mar. 21, the program's first WNIT victory.
UIC welcomes 10 newcomers in 2025-26, including five transfers. The group is led by guard
Jessica Carrothers, the reigning NAIA National Player of the Year and the nation's leading scorer at 31.4 points per game, along with
Jaya McClure, an All-Mid-American Conference standout during three seasons at Ohio. A presence on the boards, senior
Amelia "Milly" Strong collected 276 rebounds in her time at Niagara, with 159 of those boards coming on the offensive side.
Key games include traveling to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall to face off against Big Ten's Indiana, home matchups against Wisconsin, and crosstown rival in DePaul. UIC will also be traveling to New York to compete in Iona's Thanksgiving tournament over the holiday.
Some of the key contests for the Flames' nonconference schedule are outlined below. The full schedule is available
here. UIC's conference schedule, as well as tipoff times and broadcast information for all their games will be released in the coming weeks.
2025-26 UIC Women's Basketball Non-Conference Schedule
Nov. 3 vs. Robert Morris (Home Opener against former Horizon League opponent)
Nov. 7 @ Indiana (2025 NCAA Tournament Participant)
Nov. 19 vs. Wisconsin (
Bracey faces off against her former college coach, Robin Pingeton and brother Chris Bracey)
Nov. 22 vs. Loyola-Chicago (Ramblers return to CU1 Arena for the first time since 2022)
2025 Iona's Turkey Tip-Off
Nov. 28 vs. Maine (2024 America East Conference semifinal appearance)
Nov. 29 vs. Iona/ St. Francis (Pa.)
Dec. 17 vs. DePaul (Blue Demons first visit to CU1 Arena since 2010)
All HOME Games are in BOLD.
Season tickets for the 2025-26 Flames' women's basketball campaign are now on sale and can be purchased through the UIC Athletics Ticket Office (312.413.8421;
athleticsticketing@uic.edu).
For more information on UIC women's basketball, fans are encouraged to visit
UICFlames.com or follow the Flames on social media through X (@UIC_WBB and @UICFlames) and Instagram (@uic_wbb and @uicflames).
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