On the heels of a heartbreaking buzzer-beating loss to Indiana State, the Chicago State women's basketball team (1-7) looks for a bounce back, taking on St. Thomas at 12:00 p.m. Saturday at the Jones Convocation Center. Fans can follow, attend and watch using the links below:
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WHAT'S HAPPENING In their second home game after a five-game road trip, Chicago State women's basketball hosts the St. Thomas Tommies for the first time ever. 17th year head coach Ruth Sinn leads St. Thomas to Chicago to face second-year head coach Tiffany Sardin, whose Cougars earned their first win in nearly two seasons on Monday, November 22 at Wisconsin.
ALL-TIME Chicago State and St. Thomas are meeting for the first time ever. The only head-to-head meeting between a CSU and St. Thomas program was in this season's men's basketball season opener, a 77-72 Chicago State win at the Jones Convocation Center.
LAST TIME OUT The Cougars last fell to Indiana State at the buzzer, losing 59-58 on Wednesday night. Trailing 57-56 with 10 seconds left, two-time WAC Freshman of the Week Aaliyah Collins picked up a loose ball on a broken play, slashed to the hoop and sunk a layup to push the Cougars ahead, 58-57. On the subsequent play, however, Indiana State's Mya Glanton went up for a layup, which she missed, but Glanton secured her own rebound and tipped in the eventual game winner to clinch a 59-58 last-second win. Quentarra Mitchell and Collins led the Cougars with 13 points each, as Collins scored in double figures for the seventh consecutive game.
SIZING UP THE SYCAMORES St. Thomas enters on a four-game skid, as the 1-6 Tommies are in their first NCAA Division I season after moving all of their programs from Division III to I. Jade Hill and Erin Norling are each scoring in double figures. The Tommies most recently fell, 102-62, at home to Northern Iowa on Wednesday.Â
CLIMBING THE RANKS As just a freshman, former Washington State Player of the Year Aaliyah Collins is leading the Cougars with 15.0 points per game, which ranks seventh in the Western Athletic Conference. Her 27 steals lead the league, a total that ranks third in NCAA Division I. Adding to the defensive punch is junior Kyjai Miles, whose nine blocks rank second in the WAC.
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.Â
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