The University of Illinois Springfield women's basketball team kept their successful conference campaign going on Thursday night at TRAC with an 85-65 win. The Prairie Stars improve to 11-9 overall, with a 9-5 record in GLVC play. The Cardinals drop to 5-15 overall, with a 3-11 conference record.

Game Summary

• Neither team had much rhythm offensively in the first five minutes of the first quarter

• UIS opened up a small gap behind Liz Uhl and Jessenia Lawson 

• A 14-1 run in the second quarter opened up a seventeen-point lead for the Stars

• Jewell cut the lead down to seven, but UIS led 37-30 at the half

• Both UIS and WJC were able to consistently score, with the Stars increasing their lead to thirteen at the end of the third quarter

• UIS continued to build on their lead as the Cardinal defense had no answer

• UIS led for 38:24 of the 40 minutes in the win

From the Box Score

• Michaela Gibbons was the game's leading scorer with 23 points including 5-for-11 from three-point range

• Jessenia Lawson had 18 points of her own as well as pulling down 9 boards

• Liz Uhl and Shariah Gailes both scored 9 points

• The Prairie Stars held the advantage in rebounds (52-29) and assists (17-7) 

• UIS shot 34-for-71 (47.9%) from the field, 10-for-29 (34.5%) from three, and 7-for-12 (58.3%)  from the free-throw line

• Jewell shot 24-for-59 (40.7%) from the field, 4-for-22 (18.2%) from three, and 13-of-23 (56.5%) from the free-throw line 

Around the GLVC

• Upper Iowa, Quincy, Maryville, McKendree, and Indianapolis joined UIS in the win column on Thursday

• UIS is 9-5 in conference play 

Up Next

The Prairie Stars welcome the Rockhurst Hawks on Saturday at 1:00 p.m.