CHICAGO, IL - The Chicago State women's basketball team faced off against the UIC Flames and suffered a 87-62 loss.
Tae'lor Willard led all scorers with a game-high twenty-two points while Laura Segues added on 13 points and shooting 3-5 from three.
First Quarter - UIC 19, Chicago State 11
- The Cougars began with a trip to the free throw line where Janiah Newell made one of two and gained a 1-0 lead
- Nonetheless, the Flames answered right back with a three to stun the Cougars and now lead 3-1
- The Flames then executed a 7-4 run to gain an early lead of 11-5
- However, Chicago State then went on a 6-0 run with deuces from Tae'lor Willard, Princess Hester, and Ahlea Myers to tie it all up 11-11
- Unfortunately, UIC went on to finish the quarter with a 8-0 run to retain the lead at 19-11
Second Quarter - UIC 41, Chicago State 24
- The Cougars kicked it off with a trey from Laura Segues to get near at 14-19
- The Flames answered right back with a trey of their own and continued with an 11-0 run which saw the Cougars trailing 16-33
- This run served as momentum for UIC and at the half, they managed to lead by seventeen at 41-24
Third Quarter - UIC 70, Chicago State 48
- The Cougars began with a deuce after a ferocious drive from Josie Hill to the basket
- The Flames then scored a trey, however the Cougars answered right back with one of their own from Willard
- UIC and Chicago State then went back and forth however the Flames managed to finish the quarter with an 11-6 rally which maintained their comfortable lead at 70-48
Fourth Quarter - UIC 87, Chicago State 62
- The Flames opened up the scoring with a deuce
- However, the Cougars went on a 5-0 run with three points from Yzabelle Tevao and a trey from Laura Segues
- Unfortunately, the Flames retaliated with a 10-2 run which gifted them a very comfortable lead at 82-56
- This cemented the Flames win as they sealed the win with a final score of 87-62
The Cougars next take on Evansville on Wednesday at 11 A.M.
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. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. 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, also making 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. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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