AMES, Iowa – After sweeping its first homestand of the year, the UIC women's basketball team (3-1, 0-0 MVC) will travel to Ames, Iowa to take on Big 12 Conference opponent the Iowa State Cyclones (4-0, 0-0 Big 12). Tip off between the Flames and Cyclones is set for 5:00 p.m. (CT) inside the Hilton Coliseum on Sunday.
 
A livestream will be available on ESPN+, while live stats will be available on UICFlames.com.
 
UIC FLAMES vs IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Date | Time – Sunday, Nov. 15^th | 5:00 p.m. CT
Location – Ames, Iowa / Hilton Coliseum
Live Stream | Live Stats
 
HISTORY vs IOWA STATE

Sunday's match up will be the eighth meeting all-time between Flames and Cyclones. Iowa State has won the past three meetings and leads the series 5-2.

The two schools last met Dec. 13, 1986, with Iowa State winning 89-43.

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Iowa State enters Sunday undefeated through four games this season. The Cyclones have won each of their first four games by at least fifteen points.

In its most recent game, Iowa State defeated Howard 77-55. Freshman forward Tjaša Turnšek recorded a double-double for the Cyclones scoring a game-high 20 points on 8-14 shooting from the field and grabbed 12 rebounds. The Cyclones shot 41.5% from the field as a team.

Turnšek is the Cyclones leading scorer and rebounder on the season, averaging 19.2 points per game and 8.2 rebounds per game. The freshman has scored a career-high 20 points in back-to-back games. The 6'3 forward was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week on Nov. 9.

The Cyclones are led by head coach Bill Fennelly, who is in his 32nd year at Iowa State and holds a 660-335 record in his tenure.

LAST TIME OUT
 
The Flames won their third consecutive game, defeating local opponent Chicago State 87-50. Four Flames scored in double figures, led by senior guard Nevaeh Foster's season-high 18 points (6-13 FG, 4-10 3PT FG). Foster also tallied four rebounds and three assists in the win.
 
The three other Flames to score over ten points were, junior Julia Coleman who scored 16 points, junior Salma Khedr with 15 points and junior TuTu Clayton adding 12 points.
 
Junior Evyn Carrier led the charge on the glass for the Flames, grabbing a career-high 15 rebounds in the win. Five of Carrier's 15 rebounds were on the offensive end of the court.
 
As a team, the Flames shot 47.1% (32-68 FG) and won the rebound battle, 56-32.
 
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Following a blistering hot start to the season, Julia Coleman earned MVC Player of the Week (Nov. 9) honors for the first time in her career. In the Flames first four games, Coleman is averaging 16.3 points per game, 5.3 rebounds per game and three assists per game. Her 29-point effort against Northwestern on Nov. 8 is tied for her second highest scoring output in her career, and three points shy of her career-high of 32.
 
Starting the season strong, the Flames three wins are the most the team has had through four games since the 2023-24 season, which was also three.
 
The Flames are currently averaging 67.0 points per game on 41.1% from the field and 29.1% from three. Coleman currently leads UIC in scoring and ranks fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference, averaging 16.3 points per game. Coleman has scored over 10 points in every game this season. Nevaeh Foster is the Flames top three-point shooter, making eight on 32% shooting.
 
UIC averages 15.5 assists per game, as junior TuTu Clayton paces the team and ranks second in the MVC, averaging 6.8 per game. Clayton's season-high in assists is 11 against Robert Morris on Nov. 5. Clayton's 27 total assists on the season ranks ninth in the country.
 
Junior Evyn Carrier is the team's and MVC's top rebounder, averaging 9.5 rebounds per game. Carrier's season-best mark of 15 rebounds came against Chicago State on Nov. 11.
 
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