CHICAGO, Ill. – The IUPUI women's basketball team fell to the UIC Flames on the road on Sunday, 79-49. Sophomore Abby Wolterman tallied a career-high 12 points in the loss. Turnovers hurt with the Jags committing 23 turnovers that UIC converted to 26 points.
 
Two Flames scored in double-digits with UIC's (4-1) Makiyah Williams totaling 22 points.
 
The Jaguars outrebounded the Flames, totaling 48 rebounds but the Jags' offense couldn't finish plays shooting .284 from the field (19-for-67). UIC was more efficient from the three point line recording a .304 percentage (7-for-23) while the Jags couldn't get the rock to sink at just .200 percent (4-for-20) from behind the arc.
 
IUPUI fell behind early with a slow offensive start in the first quarter. The Jags scored just eight points in the first quarter with Wolterman recording five of those points. Down 18-8, IUPUI added 12 points with Tahlia Walton, Jaela Johnson, Faith Stinson and Katie Davdison all adding buckets. Although the Jags offense started to make progress, UIC scored 20 to keep the lead at 38-20 at the half.
 
After the break, the Jaguars recorded a better shooting percentage in the second half at .324 (11-for-34) but it was too late as UIC kept the lead at 59-33. Heading into the fourth quarter, IUPUI totaled 16 points for their highest tally of the game. UIC closed out the game with a 30-point lead at 79-49.
 
Wolterman finished with a career-high 12 points on 5-for-9 shooting from the field and 2-for-4 from the free throw line. The freshman also collected six rebounds and two assists. Walton added 10 points and five rebounds while Faith Stinson totaled nine points. Kace Urlacher collected a team-high seven rebounds.
 
The Jags drop to 1-3 on the season and will return to the Jungle on Wednesday, November 22 when they host in-state foe Ball State for a 2:00 PM tipoff.