Senior guard Alyssa Palmer (Bloomington, Ill.) became the second player in UIS women's basketball history to score 1,000 career points. On Thursday, Jan. 16 against UW-Parkside, she was 19 points away and she scored exactly 19 to lead the Prairie Stars to victory. In the month of January, she averaged 11.2 points, 4.2 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals while leading the team in scoring twice.