UIC FLAMES (9-11, 3-4 HL) Date: Thursday, January 24 Head Coach: Steve Mcclain (Chadron State, 1984) Time: 7:00 P.M
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2018-19 UIC Men’s Basketball Notes Game 21 vs. Detroit Mercy Chicago, Ill. Credit Union 1 Arena Follow the Flames on Social Media UIC Athletic Communications 839 W. Roosevelt Rd. @UICFLAMESMBB Chicago, IL 60608 @UICFLAMESMBB Associate AD/MBB Contact: Dan Yopchick Office: 312-413-9340 Cell: 847-254-0404 UIC Men's Basketball E-mail: [email protected] Web: UICFlames.com #ItsUIC | #FireUpFlames | #HLMBB # Twitter: @UICFlamesMBB | @dyopchick GAME INFORMATION - UIC vs. DETROIT MERCY UIC FLAMES (9-11, 3-4 HL) Date: Thursday, January 24 Head Coach: Steve McClain (Chadron State, 1984) Time: 7:00 p.m. CT Record at UIC: 51-71 (4th season); Career Record: 208-186 (13th season) Site: Credit Union 1 Arena | Chicago, Ill. Watch: ESPN+ VS. Announcers: Jonathan Hood (PxP) & Chris Bleck (Analyst) DETROIT MERCY TITANS (8-11, 5-2 HL) Live Stats/Twitter: UICFlames.com / @UICFlamesMBB Head Coach: Mike Davis (Alabama, 1983) UIC vs. Detroit Mercy All-Time: 19-31 Record at Detroit Mercy: 8-11 (1st season); Career Record: 360-251 (19th season) Current Series Streak: UIC- 4 First Meeting: Jan. 26, 1995 (Detroit Mercy won 91-85) 3-POINT PLAY FERGUSON FOUND A RHYTHM Last Meeting: Feb. 19, 2018 (UIC won, 94-87) • UIC opens a four-game homestand, its lon- • On Jan. 10, Tarkus Ferguson became the gest of the season, against Detroit Mercy. seventh player in UIC history to make at 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (9-11, 3-4 HL) The set also features visits from Oakland, least seven 3-pointers in a game. He made DATE OPPONENT WATCH TIME/RESULT Wright State and Northern Kentucky. all seven triples in the first half vs. YSU. Nov. 1 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN (Exh.) --- W, 81-60 • Thursday's game features two of the • The Belleville, Ill., native actually missed Nov. 6 at Notre Dame! ACCN EXTRA L, 84-67 NCAA's top 3-point shooters. Detroit Mercy his first attempt of the night and then Nov. 9 at Radford! ESPN+ L, 88-78 freshman Antoine Davis leads the NCAA made seven in a row, including one to Nov. 12 at Duquesne! ESPN+ L, 89-88 (OT) with 91 3-pointers, while UIC's Tarkus beat the first-half buzzer and give the Nov. 15 WILLIAM & MARY! NBCSCH W, 100-95 (OT) Ferguson is seventh with 71. Flames a commanding 45-23 lead at the Nov. 17 BRADLEY ESPN3 W, 71-70 • Detroit Mercy assistant coach Tracy Dildy break. Nov. 24 PARKSIDE ESPN+ W, 94-74 played at UIC from 1988-90. He was also • Ferguson was the first Flame to make at Nov. 28 at Saint Joseph's NBCSCH L, 89-75 on the bench as an assistant under UIC Hall least seven 3-pointers in a game since Dec. 1 LOYOLA CHICAGO NBCSCH L, 73-64 of Fame head coaches Bob Hallberg (1990- Daniel Barnes made eight on March 2, Dec. 5 ILLINOIS STATE NBCSCH W, 94-75 94) and Jimmy Collins (2007-10). 2013 in the regular-season finale against Dec. 8 at Colorado Pac-12 Net L, 84-72 Detroit Mercy. Dec. 14 at DePaul FS1 L, 90-70 SWEET SEVENTEEN • UIC's individual single-game record for Dec. 17 INCARNATE WORD ESPN+ W, 63-57 • UIC matched a program record on Jan. 12 3-pointers in a game is nine. Brian Hill ac- Dec. 21 SAINT FRANCIS (IL) ESPN+ W, 76-55 by making 17 3-pointers in a 73-56 victory complished that feat on Dec. 1, 1990 vs. Dec. 28 at Wright State* ESPN2 W, 75-72 (OT) over Cleveland State. Western Michigan. Dec. 30 at Northern Kentucky* ESPN+ L, 73-58 • Sophomore Jamie Ahale made the re- Jan. 4 IUPUI* ESPNU L, 66-64 cord-tying triple with 4:58 to go in the game JUNIORS JUST GET BUCKETS Jan. 10 YOUNGSTOWN STATE* ESPN3 W, 78-63 and it gave the Flames a 25-point lead. UIC • UIC's top four scorers by average are all Jan. 12 CLEVELAND STATE* ESPN+ W, 73-56 attempted only one more 3-pointer and juniors. Jan. 17 at Milwaukee* FSWS L, 81-69 that came with less than 40 seconds to play. • The team's top four scorers - Tarkus Jan. 19 at Green Bay* ESPN+ L, 90-85 • Tarkus Ferguson made a game-high six Ferguson (15.9), Marcus Ottey (15.9), Jan. 24 DETROIT MERCY* ESPN+ 7:00 p.m. 3-pointers that day, while Ahale added a ca- Godwin Boahen (15.0), and Jordan Jan. 26 OAKLAND* ESPN3 3:12 p.m. reer-high four for the Flames. Blount (9.9) - have accounted for 1,111 Feb. 1 WRIGHT STATE* ESPNU 8:00 p.m. • It was the third time UIC knocked down 17 points and 73.4 percent of the team's Feb. 3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY* ESPN+ 3:12 p.m. 3-pointers, and the first since Feb. 8, 1996 at total scoring output this season. Feb. 9 at IUPUI* ESPN3 12:00 p.m. Northern Illinois (L, 98-90). It first occurred • Ferguson (t9th) and Ottey (t9th) rank in the Feb. 14 at Cleveland State* ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. Feb. 16 at Youngstown State* ESPN+ 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 14, 1995 vs. Butler (W, 100-82). top 10 in the Horizon League in scoring. Feb. 22 GREEN BAY* ESPNU 8:00 p.m. • The Flames attempted 38 3-pointers to set • Only one other team, Oakland, has at Feb. 24 MILWAUKEE* ESPN+ 3:12 p.m. a new program record. The previous high least two players in that group (Xavier Feb. 28 at Oakland* ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. was 37 in the 1995 win against Butler. Hill-Mais and Jaevin Cumberland). March 2 at Detroit Mercy* ESPN+ 3:00 p.m. March 5/6 Horizon League Quarterfinal^ ESPN+ TBA UIC’S STARTING LINEUP AT GREEN BAY (Jan. 19) March 11 Horizon League Semifinal@ ESPNU TBA Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note... March 12 Horizon League Championship@ ESPN 6:00 p.m. G 1 Marcus Ottey (Scarborough, Ontario) Jr. 6-2 185 15.9 3.2 Tied career high w/9 FT at Milwaukee HOME GAMES (played at Credit Union 1 Arena) IN BOLD CAPS G 4 Tarkus Ferguson (Belleville, Ill.) Jr. 6-4 190 15.9 6.7 Scored 1,000th career point at GB ! - Gotham Classic | * - Horizon League game G 25 Godwin Boahen (Toronto, Ontario) Jr. 5-11 180 15.0 3.3 Career-high 25 pts at Green Bay ^ - Horizon League Championship (Campus Sites) @ - Horizon League Championship (Detroit, Mich.) F 2 Michael Diggins (Las Vegas, Nev.) So. 6-8 190 6.3 3.1 Career-high 16 pts at Green Bay All times CT and subject to change F 22 Rob Howard (Gary, Ind.) Jr. 6-8 230 6.1 3.7 Had 5 offensive reb (8 total) at MKE PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Jamie Ahale .................................................. (uh-HALE) OFF THE BENCH Ralph Bissainthe......................................... (bih-SAINT) G 0 Dominique Matthews (Chicago, Ill.) Jr. 6-2 200 0.8 1.3 Appeared in four games, last vs. CSU Jordan Blount ...........................................(bl-OWW-nt) F 3 Jacob Wiley (Houston, Texas) So. 6-7 205 2.6 3.4 Notched at least 1 blk in 5 of 6 gms Godwin Boahen .............................................(BOW-in) G/F 5 Ralph Bissainthe (North Miami, Fla.) R-Fr. 6-6 205 0.8 0.3 Career-high 4 pts vs. Incarnate Word Abraham Makumator ................(muh-KOO-muh-tore) F 13 Jordan Blount (Cork, Ireland) Jr. 6-8 235 9.9 5.7 Averaging 9.0 rpg in last 2 gms played Marcus Ottey ...................................................(AH-tee) G/F 20 Jamie Ahale (Montrose, Australia) So. 6-5 200 2.7 1.5 Career-high 12 pts vs. Cleveland State Travell Washington .................................... (TRUH-vell) F 35 Travell Washington (San Bernardino, Calif.) Fr. 6-9 235 2.8 1.3 Hit game-winning 3-ptr in OT at WSU 2018-19 UIC Men’s Basketball Notes Game 21 vs. Detroit Mercy Chicago, Ill. Credit Union 1 Arena UIC UNLEASHES NEW LOOK FERG WILL FIND YOU UIC ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Points .........................................1,129 (Marcus Ottey) • On Dec. 31, UIC released new Chicago Tribute • Junior Tarkus Ferguson leads UIC, and ranks 3-point Field Goals ...................167 (Godwin Boahen) uniforms in collaboration with adidas. second in the Horizon League, with 5.2 assists Free Throws ..................................223 (Marcus Ottey) • The Flames donned the look for the first time per game (Braden Norris, OAK - 5.3). Rebounds................................. 472 (Tarkus Ferguson) on Jan. 4 against IUPUI. UIC is also scheduled • He led the conference in helpers during Offensive Rebounds ....................... 84 (Jordan Blount) to wear them on Feb. 1 and Feb. 24 against League play in each of his first two seasons. Defensive Rebounds ................ 429 (Tarkus Ferguson) Wright State and Milwaukee, respectively. • Ferguson has posted three performances of Assists ...................................... 417 (Tarkus Ferguson) • The primary color, a shade of Columbia blue, at least 10 assists this season and is the only Steals ....................................... 104 (Tarkus Ferguson) Blocks .........................................63 (Tarkus Ferguson) is featured in the Flag of Chicago. The script player in the conference to do it more than Flames on the top are a tribute to UIC's past. once. His 11 dimes against Duquesne and CAREER GAMES/STARTS (AT UIC) • The four iconic six-pointed stars which repre- Illinois State match the most for any Horizon No. Player GP GS sent Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire, League player in a single game this year. 1 Marcus Ottey 86 55 the World's Columbian Exposition and the • The Belleville, Ill., native ranks 35th in the 25 Godwin Boahen 85 52 Century of Progress Exposition are featured NCAA with 104 total assists this season.