ROUNDUP: Late spurt allows UIC to overtake ISU women

The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Feb. 19—Indiana State's women rallied from an eight-point third-quarter deficit to take a late lead Sunday afternoon in Hulman Center, but Illinois-Chicago responded with a 9-0 run and pulled out a 56-50 Missouri Valley Conference basketball win.

Bella Finnegan led all scorers with 17 points. Del'Janae Williams added nine points and was one of three Sycamores with a team-high five rebounds. Caitlin Anderson scored nine points off the bench, while Mya Glanton finished with eight.

Now 10-15, 5-11 in MVC games, Indiana State travels to Southern Illinois and Missouri State this week.

ILLINOIS-CHICAGO (56) — Filer 5-12 5-11 15, Young 3-7 0-0 8, Zabrecky 2-7 2-2 8, McCloud 6-13 3-4 15, Jackson 0-4 0-0 0, Middleton 1-6 2-2 4, Dempsey-Toney 2-6 0-0 4, Schenck 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 20-56 FG, 12-19 FT, 56 TP.

INDIANA STATE (50) — Glanton 4-5 0-0 8, Cain 0-3 0-0 0, McKendree 1-5 0-0 3, Finnegan 6-12 2-2 17, Williams 4-12 0-0 9, Niebuhr 0-2 0-0 0, Anderson 2-5 5-7 9, Pitzer 0-1 0-0 0, Westerfeld 2-5 0-2 4, Blackwell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 FG, 7-11 FT, 50 TP.

Illinois-Chicago 14 12 17 13 — 56

Indiana State 15 11 16 8 — 50

3-point shooting — UIC 4-18 (Young 2-5, Zabrecky 2-6, McCloud 0-1, Filer 0-2, Jackson 0-2, Middleton 0-2), ISU 5-21 (Finnegan 3-6, McKendree 1-5, Williams 1-7, Cain 0-1, Anderson 0-1, Pitzer 0-1). Total fouls — UIC 12, ISU 18. Fouled out — none. Technical foul — Middleton. Turnovers — UIC 13 (Filer 4), ISU 15 (Cain 4, Glanton 3, McKendree 2, Williams 2, Anderson 2, Finnegan, Team 1). Rebounds — UIC 41 (Filer 13, McCloud 11), ISU 31 (Cain 5, Wiilliams 5, Westerfeld 5, Finnegan 4, Glanton 3, Anderson 3, McKendree 2, Niebuhr, Blackwell, Team 2). Assists — UIC 13 (Filer 4), ISU 8 (Glanton 2, Cain 2, Williams 2, McKendree, Finnegan). Steals — UIC 9 (Filer 3), ISU 4 (Cain, McKendree, Williams, Anderson). Blocks — UIC 0, ISU 1 (Williams).

Next — Indiana State (10-15, 5-11 MVC) plays Thursday at Southern Illinois. UIC (15-12, 7-9) hosts Illinois State that night.

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Tennis

* Rose sweeps

* — At Elsah, Ill., the Rose-Hulman men's team relied on a strong doubles performance to set the tone in a 6-3 victory over host Principia College on Saturday.

Owen Reynolds and Rhian Seneviratne won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles; Grant Paradowski and Andrew Leonard won 8-6 at No. 2 doubles; and Renato Prado joined Jonathon Stadler to win 8-1 at No. 3 doubles for the Engineers.

Men's volleyball

* Pomeroys fall

* — A program in its fledgling stages, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College went toe-to-toe with the No. 13-ranked NAIA team in the nation Friday before falling 3-0 (25-19, 25-17, 25-23) to Indiana Tech.

The Woods' Mark Zmojdzin had six kills and Andrej Lindner added five kills, while Connor Orrock contributed four blocks and Jacob Wisniewski dished out 10 assists and served two aces.

Boys prep basketball

* Casey 67, Central A&M 35

* — At Casey, Ill., the host Warriors jumped out to a 20-3 lead after a quarter and coasted to a first-round victory in Illinois Class A regional play.

Jackson Parcel led Casey with 15 points while Grant Cochonour added 12 and Connor Sullivan and Jacob Clement 11 each and Nolan Clement had seven assists.

Now 17-9, the Warriors play Neoga at 6 p.m. CST Wednesday at Cumberland.

* Covington 55, South Vermillion 50

* — At Covington, Luke Bush had a 23-point effort in a losing cause for the Wildcats in a Wabash River Conference game Saturday.

Now 8-14, 2-5 in the WRC, South Vermillion hosts Sullivan on Tuesday. Covington, 11-12 and 4-3, is at Crawfordsville on Friday.

Prep girls basketball

* Tigers, Maroons play rubber game

* — Paris and Robinson will play for the third time this season in the second game of the Illinois Class 2A Pana Sectional on Tuesday.

The two teams shared the Little Illini Conference championship after Robinson won at home but Paris, 28-3, had beaten Robinson, 21-8, to win the LIC Tournament.