TERRA HAUTE, IN - The Chicago State women's basketball team faced off against the Indiana State Sycamores and suffered a 68-43 loss.
Ahlea Myers, Jacia Cunningham, and Josie Hill all finished with nine points each, while Taylor Norris added on six of her own.
First Quarter - Indiana State 14, Chicago State 10
- The Sycamores opened up the scoring with a 5-0 run
- However, Hill then hit a jumper to cut the run at 2-5
- Indiana State continued their scoring as the Cougars trailed close behind 7-9 after a layup from Norris
- Unfortunately, the Cougars did not manage to tie the game as the Sycamores led at the end of the first with a 14-10 score
Second Quarter - Indiana State 31, Chicago State 15
- Indiana State once again opened up the scoring, this time with a 4-0 run to increase their lead to 18-10
- Fortunately, the Cougars managed to end the rally with a beautiful trey from Ahlea Myers followed by a pull-up jumper by Hill to now trail by three at 15-18
- Nonetheless, Chicago State then went on a six minute scoring drought as the Sycamores executed a 13-0 run to lead comfortably at the half with a score of 31-15
Third Quarter - Indiana State 52, Chicago State 30
- The Sycamores began with a trey to increase their lead to 33-15
- Indiana State then continued their run as they reached a score of 39-15 until the Cougars finally cut their run with yet another trey from Myers to reach a score of 18-39
- However, the Cougars were unable to gain any momentum as the Sycamores continued to match the scoring
- This led to Indiana State retaining their lead comfortably with a third quarter score of 52-30
Fourth Quarter - Indiana State 68, Chicago State 43
- The Cougars opened up the scoring with another jumper from Myers to add two and reach a score of 32-52
- Unfortunately, the Sycamore answered back with 6-0 rally to increase their lead to 58-32
- Chicago State then managed to cut the run with a tough driving layup from Norris at 34-58
- Much like throughout the game, the Sycamores and Cougars continued scoring back-and-forth which ultimately led to Indiana State taking the win comfortably at 68-43
The Chicago State women's basketball team stay on the road for their second consecutive game, playing at Southern Illinois on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Illinois. The Salukis are 1-5 this season which includes an 0-3 record at home. Thursday's game will be the eighth all-time meeting between the two schools with Southern Illinois holding a 5-2 advantage. The last time the two teams played in Carbondale is also the last Chicago State victory, a 55-51 CSU win.
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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