CARBONDALE, Ill. \u2013\u00a0Southern Illinois women’s basketball (5-12, 2-6) closed the week by welcoming UIC (8-10, 3-4) to Carbondale on Sunday. After 40 minutes of back-and-forth action, the Salukis walked away with a 63-58 win.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“The energy we brought for 40 minutes was tremendous,” says head coach Kelly Bond-White<\/a>.
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\nInside the Box Score
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\n\tIndya Green<\/a> had a monster 20-points, 15-rebound double-double to lead the way for Southern.\u00a0
\n\tKayla Cooper<\/a>, Alayna Kraus<\/a>, and Kynnedi Davis<\/a> also score 10+ points as well.\u00a0
\n\tDavis also did well setting the table for other players with her team-leading four assists.\u00a0
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\nHow it Happened
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\nFirst Quarter
\nBoth squads scored a bucket in the opening minute of play. The teams proceeded to trade baskets until the 6:27 mark when consecutive scores gave UIC an 8-6 lead. A third straight score bumped UIC’s lead to 10-6.
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\nGreen ended the Flames’ run, but UIC followed that up with another score to maintain a four-point lead. After nearly three minutes of scoreless action, Green struck again to make it 12-10. Both teams would score two points in the final minutes of the quarter to make it 14-12 Flames going into the second frame.\u00a0
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\nSecond Quarter
\nCooper scored on a layup to start the second quarter, tying the game at 14 all. A 4-0 run by UIC built them an 18-14 lead. Following a SIU score, another four points by the Flames gave them a six-point advantage.\u00a0
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\nSix consecutive points from Green knotted the game at 22-22, and a layup from Tkiyah Nelson<\/a> with 3:18 remaining the half gave SIU the lead. The Salukis then took four of the final six points of the quarter to give the Salukis a 28-24 lead at halftime.
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\nThird Quarter\u00a0
\nWhile UIC scored first coming out of the break, four straight Saluki points built them a 32-26 lead. The Flames pulled within two briefly, but Green scored to bump the SIU lead back to four. UIC did not back down however, eventually tying the game at 34-34 with 4:19 on the clock.\u00a0
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\nMore ties were had at 36-36, 38-38, and 40-40. Cooper gave Southern a lead again by nailing a three-pointer, but free throws from UIC made it a one-point game as the game entered the final 10 minutes of regulation.\u00a0
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\nFourth Quarter
\nThe teams traded the first five baskets of the fourth quarter before consecutive SIU scores built their lead to five with 7:43 to play. For the next few minutes, UIC kept scoring to make it a one possession game, but every time they did, SIU scored to take a multipossession lead again.\u00a0
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\nThe Flames cut the deficit down to one at 5:36, but Southern kept scoring to stay ahead. SIU would create a multiple possession lead again with 22 seconds to go when they took a 63-58 lead, which turned into the final score for the game.\u00a0
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\nUp Next
\nSouthern closes out their five-game homestand on Thursday, Jan. 22, with a 6 p.m. game against Indiana State.\u00a0
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