Ill. Springfield UIS 7-2

Bradley BRAD 3-6

Ill. Springfield UIS

7-2

Final

Dec. 19, 2021

Bradley BRAD

3-6

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Ill. Springfield UIS	22	19	21	17	79
Bradley BRAD	16	13	22	20	71

Box Score

Josh Schwam

Bradley Women Fall to UIS, 79-71

After playing back-to-back days in Louisiana and Peoria, the Braves will return to action Dec. 28 against Saint Louis

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 12/19/2021 6:59:00 PM | Bobby Parker, Sr. Associate AD for Communications and Event & Facility Operations

PEORIA, IL – Sophomore forward Daija Powell posted her first career double-double with 17 points and a career-best 12 rebounds and senior guard Gabi Haack scored a game-high 22 points, but Bradley could not overcome an early deficit and suffered a 79-71 loss to Illinois-Springfield Sunday evening at Renaissance Coliseum.

Sunday's game was not scheduled until Friday and the Braves, and coming off Saturday's game at #22 LSU, Bradley was playing on back-to-back days in different venues for the first time since 1997-98.

After jumping out to leads of 9-5 and 11-6 to start the game, the Braves went cold as UIS countered with a 16-2 run on the way to a 22-13 lead the Prairie Stars would never give back. After Powell scored on an offensive rebound putback to pull Bradley within 31-28 with 4:26 left in the second quarter, UIS again had the answer and rode a 10-1 closing run to a 41-29 lead at halftime.

Held to four points in the first half, Haack heated up after halftime and her 18 points in the final 20 minutes helped the Braves cut the deficit down to four twice in the third quarter and then down to three, 74-71, after a Powell layup with 52.9 seconds remaining in the game. The Prairie Stars made 5-of-6 free throw attempts to close out the game.

While Haack and Powell were Bradley's lone double-digit scorers, UIS put four in double figures, led by Ally Gietzel's double-double 16 points and 13 rebounds. Lauren Ladowski scored a team-high 19 points, Malea Jackson added 16 and Ellie Mitchell chipped in 11.

The Braves originally were scheduled to play a pair of games Monday and Tuesday in the Tulane Holiday Classic, but that tournament was cancelled last week due to Tulane's COVID program pause, creating the last-second schedule additions of LSU and UIS. Bradley now will return to action by hosting Saint Louis in the non-conference finale Dec. 28 (6:30 p.m.) at Renaissance Coliseum.

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