INDIANAPOLIS – The UIndy women's basketball team captured the team's first win of the season just before Holiday Break, with a commanding 66-41 win over G-MAC opponent, Ohio Dominican. It marks the first win for the Greyhounds since Feb. 13 against Illinois Springfield.

The Greyhounds led wire-to-wire in this one, with Patricia Chikamba and Graycie Poe leading all scorers in tonight's contest with 18 points each, while the duo of Amyrah Sapenter and Autumn Rucker combined for 26 points on 4-10 (40%) shooting from beyond the arc.

INS & OUTS
The Hounds quickly jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the first two minutes of the contest, and used 10 points combined from Poe and Rucker to maintain a seven point lead after one quarter.

Ohio Dominican cut the lead to two midway through the second quarter, 24-22, but the Hounds answered with a remarkable 36-13 run spanning through the beginning of the fourth quarter to vault their way in front by 26, the team's largest lead. The Greyhounds knocked down four triples, and had seven different scorers over that run, in comparison to only four for the Panthers. Sapenter collected 11 points during that run, while Chikamba and Poe collected another eight points each.

The team was on fire from downtown, connecting on nine threes tonight, while also holding the Panthers on the defensive to its third lowest field goal percentage of the 2025 season to date, 38.5%.

Along with a strong defensive effort from the Greyhounds, the team was also dominant on the boards, crashing the glass for 39 rebounds, including 10 from Kylah Lawson, which is one shy of her career high from last season against Southwest Baptist.

INSIDE THE BOX
- UIndy had a season high in assists as a team tonight with 20, including five dishes from Poe.
- The Greyhounds had four double-digit scorers tonight; Chikamba, Poe, Rucker and Sapenter.
- Sapenter provided big minutes on the defensive end, snagging six steals, the most in a game for her since last season against Malone.

MORE NOTES
The all time series between these two teams is tied 3-3, with the home teams winning all six contests.

UP NEXT
The Greyhounds will have two weeks off to look to make it two wins in a row on Jan 2, 2026 on the road against Illinois Springfield. A team the Grey