Illinois Springfield (1-1) lost to Tiffin (2-0) 81-73 Friday at TRAC The Prairie Stars forced 26 turnovers and scored 25 points off them, but Tiffin held a 48-35 rebounding edge and had 19 second-chance points. The Prairie Stars will play Hillsdale at 3 p.m. Saturday as part of continued tournament action.
Illinois Springfield Men's Basketball (2-0) defeated Roosevelt (1-1) 90-71 Friday in a neutral-site game at the Upper Iowa Crossover. The Prairie Stars finished with 43 rebounds, 19 assists and 35 bench points.
UIS Men's Basketball Head Coach Matt Brock is pleased to announce the signings of Brendan Petty and Jackson Vanderheydt to the UIS men's basketball program.
Brendan Petty
Brendan Petty is a 6-foot-7 wing from Morton High School in Morton, Illinois. Last year, Morton finished 30-5 while making a deep run to the supersectionals of the IHSA playoffs. Petty was a big contributor to that run, doing a little bit of everything for the Potters.
The UIS men's basketball team heads to Fayette, Iowa, this weekend for a regional crossover hosted by Upper Iowa, with the Prairie Stars set to face Roosevelt on Friday and Wisconsin-Parkside on Saturday.
UIS will take on Roosevelt at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 13, before facing Parkside at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14. Both games will be played at Dorman Memorial Gymnasium at Upper Iowa.
UIS Women's Basketball welcomes three in-region opponents to TRAC this week for a Midwest Region crossover tournament. UIS has looked sharp early, defeating Division I Southern Illinois in the preseason before opening the regular season with a 79-64 victory over Purdue Northwest on Monday night.
Illinois Springfield (1-0) won its 25th straight home opener Monday night, continuing a streak that dates back to 2002 with a 108-72 victory over Millikin (2-0) in front of the Blue Out crowd. The Prairie Stars opened the game with an 11-0 run, hit 18 3-pointers and got 49 points from the bench.
Illinois Springfield (1-0) opened the 2026-27 season with a 79-64 win over Purdue Northwest (0-1) on Monday, led by a career-high 30 points from Kayla Rice. UIS turned 31 PNW turnovers into 38 points and added 16 steals.
Illinois Springfield men's basketball will open its 2026-27 season Monday at 7:30 p.m. when the Prairie Stars host Millikin at TRAC. The game follows the women's season opener against Purdue Northwest at 5:30 p.m., creating a season-opening doubleheader in Springfield.
UIS enters the regular season after an exhibition at Iowa on Oct. 27. The Hawkeyes earned an 88-64 victory, but the opportunity gave the Prairie Stars valuable experience against a Division I opponent on the road.
Illinois Springfield women's basketball will open its 2026-27 season Monday at 5:30 p.m. when the Prairie Stars host Purdue Northwest at TRAC. The season opener begins a doubleheader, with the men's team hosting Millikin immediately following.
The Prairie Stars enter the regular season with momentum from their preseason exhibitions. UIS faced Illinois at State Farm Center on Friday, Oct. 30, before earning a 75-70 road win over Division I Southern Illinois in Carbondale on Tuesday.
UIS Volleyball (7-20, 1-12 GLVC) fell to Maryville (15-13, 9-4 GLVC) 3-1 on Saturday at TRAC. The match served as Senior Day, celebrating Kaitlyn Taylor and practice player Jose Leguizamo, and was the final home match for fifth-year player Alexis Schwartz as well. The Prairie Stars won the opening set 25-22, highlighted by an 8-0 run from 16-21 to 24-21, before dropping the next three sets 25-20, 25-18, 25-10.