The University of Illinois Springfield women's basketball team won a thrilling contest on Saturday afternoon in Liberty, Missouri against the William Jewell Cardinals. UIS improves to 7-7 overall, with a 5-3 record in GLVC play. William Jewell drops to 4-9 overall, with a 2-5 mark in conference play. 

Game Summary

• It was a very even game throughout with 6 lead changes and 12 times the score was tied 

• Both teams shot a multitude of free-throws

• Jewell started and ended the first quarter on runs to jump out to a 19-14 lead after the first frame

• WJC increased the lead to as much as 13 before UIS went on a 17-6 run to cut the lead to 2 at the half

• The third quarter was more defensive from both sides, as Jewell held a 56-53 going into the final quarter

• UIS was able to take the lead by going 19-for-22 from the free throw line in the final quarter combined with forcing WJC into turnovers

• LIz Uhl iced the game at the charity stripe for the Prairie Stars by going 5-for-6 in the final 15 seconds

From the Box Score

• Four Prairie Stars finished the game with double-digit points

• Shariah Gailes had a season and game high 27 points, and went a perfect 11-for-11 from the free-throw line

• Liz Uhl finished with 17 points, going 9-for-10 from the free-throw line

• Freshman Kayla Rice had 13 points, with a 9-of-11 mark from the free-throw line

• Jessenia Lawson had 10 points and pulled down 7 rebounds also

• Shariah Gailes led the team with 12 rebounds as well, 8 of those being offensive

• UIS forced 20 turnovers, scoring 32 points off of those turnovers

• UIS shot 21-of-54 (38.9%) from the field, 4-of-14 (28.6%) from three, and 38-for-43 (88.4%) from the charity stripe

• William Jewell shot 24-of-48 (50.0%) from the field, 5-of-15 (33.3%) from three, and 27-for-39 (69.2%) from the free-throw line

Around the GLVC

Maryville, Drury, McKendree, Southwest Baptist, UMSL, and Lewis joined UIS in the win column on Saturday. Maryville, Lewis, and UIS all went 2-0 this week in the GLVC. Lewis is currently leading the way in the GLVC with a 7-0 record. UIS is tied for third with a 5-3 conference record. 

Up Next

The Prairie Stars return to TRAC next weekend for conference matchups against Upper Iowa on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. and Truman State on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.