After five consecutive road games, the Chicago State women's basketball team (1-6) returns to Chicago to face Indiana State after the programs' 2020 matchup was canceled due to COVID-19. The game tips off at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 1, and fans can follow below:
WHAT'S HAPPENING After their meeting in 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19, Chicago State faces Indiana State for the 5th time in the Cougars' return to the Jones Convocation Center after a five-game road swing that took CSU through Western Illinois, Loyola Chicago, Wisconsin and Miami. The Cougars, fresh off the program's first win in nearly two full seasons — an OT thriller at Wisconsin — will look to stymie a 2-4 Indiana State team in its first season under head coach Chad Killinger.
ALL-TIME Chicago State and Indiana State first met during the 1975-76 season, and the two sides have battled four times, with Indiana State winning all four game. In the last matchup, the Sycamores won, 69-35, on December 18, 2012. Last season, the two sides were scheduled to meet on December 14 in Chicago, but the contest was canceled due to COVID-19 protocol.
LAST TIME OUT A week after the Cougars earned the program's first win since Jan. 18, 2020, taking down Wisconsin, 71-63 in an overtime thriller in Madison, the Cougars fell in back-to-back games at the Florida International University Thanksgiving Tournament. The Cougars fell, 64-46, to FIU on Saturday then to Delaware, 72-63, on Saturday. Aaliyah Collins, after winning WAC Freshman of the Week, scored 20 and 19 points, respectively.
SIZING UP THE SYCAMORES The 2-4 Sycamores are fresh off a 71-67 win over Georgia Southern. Indiana State is powered by Adrian Folks (14.6 ppg) and Del'Janae Williams (11.8 ppg). The GSU win snapped a four-game skid after Indiana State took down Stephens College in its season opener.
SQUAD UP Only three players from last season's roster return for Sardin's bunch: Christina Britter, Ana Haklicka and Laura Segues. Sardin has added two assistant coaches, Tiffany Conner and Diana Martinez, two freshman, Taylor Norris and Aaliyah Collins, and six transfers: Quentarra Mitchell, Nafa Haidara, Kyjai Miles, Janiah Newell, Jazmine Covington and Allysah "Cookie" Boothe.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title and made an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet.
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