UIC Sports Information 2003-04 839 W. Roosevelt Rd. Chicago, Ill. 60608 Men’s Basketball Contact: UIC MEN’S BASKETBALL Mike Cassidy Phone - 312/413-8199 GAME NOTES E-Mail: [email protected] NCAA Tournament (1998, 2002) * National Invitation Tournament (2003) 2003-04 UIC Schedule/Results UIC FLAMES (2-1) at 2003 Dell BCA Classic vs. 11/15 vs. UC-Irvine W, 77-65 11/16 vs. Oakland L, 66-79 11/17 vs. Mercer W, 75-64 EVANSVILLE (0-0) 11/21 at Evansville 7:00 PM Friday, November 21, 2003 11/25 EVANSVILLE 7:00 PM 11/29 at UT-San Antonio 2:00 PM Roberts Stadium (11,600) * 7:05 PM CST 12/2 at Eastern Illinois 7:30 PM at Hawkeye-Gazette Challenge 12/5 vs. Northern Illinois 5:45 PM * TV/Radio: ESPN Radio 1000 AM 12/6 at Iowa/vs. E. Wash. 5:45/8:15 PM * The Series: Series Tied 1-1 12/13 ILLINOIS STATE 5:00 PM * Last Meeting: Evansville defeated UIC, 73-68, on November 22nd, 2002, at Roberts 12/20 NORTHWESTERN 5:00 PM 12/23 at UW-Milwaukee# 7:00 PM Stadium. 12/30 vs. ILLINOIS^ 7:00 PM * Quick Notes: These two teams begin a back-to-back, home-and-home series tonight in 1/3 DETROIT# Noon Evansville...The Flames and Purple Aces meet, again, on Tuesday, Nov. 25th in Chicago...The 1/5 YOUNGSTOWN ST.# 7:30 PM two previous games in the series have been decided by a combined eight points with each 1/8 LOYOLA# 7:00 PM 1/15 at Detroit# 6:00 PM team winning on its home floor...UIC has already played three games this season, going 2-1 1/17 CLEVELAND ST.# 3:00 PM en route to a third-place finish at the 2003 Dell BCA Classic in Cincinnati, Ohio...UIC’s Cedrick 1/21 at Wright St.# 6:00 PM Banks and Evansville senior Clint Cuffle were both Illinois Mr. Basketball finalists coming out 1/24 UW-GREEN BAY# 7:00 PM of high school in 2000...Indiana has not been a friendly place to visit for the Flames as they 1/26 at Loyola# 7:00 PM are 1-9 in their last 10 trips to play teams in the Hoosier state.. 1/31 at Butler# 1:00 PM 2/5 UW-MILWAUKEE# 7:00 PM 2/12 at Youngstown St.# 6:00 PM 2/14 at Cleveland St.# 4:30 PM UIC PROBABLE STARTERS 2/18 at UW-Green Bay# 7:00 PM Name Vitals Key Stats Hometown 2/21 ESPN BRACKET BUSTER TBA G - #3 Martell Bailey 5-10/170/Sr. 8.3 ppg, 7.0 apg Chicago, Ill. 2/26 WRIGHT ST.# 7:00 PM G - #34 Cedrick Banks 6-2/165/Sr. 17.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg Chicago, Ill. 2/28 BUTLER# 6:00 PM F - #32 Aaron Carr 6-4/195/Sr. 13.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg Chicago, Ill. at Horizon League Tournament F - #30 Armond Williams 6-4/210/Sr. 12.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg Hillside, Ill. 3/2 Opening Round TBA C - #42 Joe Scott 6-9/230/Sr. 9.7 ppg, 4.7 rpg Palos Hills, Ill. 3/5 First Round TBA 3/6 Semifinals TBA UIC KEY RESERVES 3/9 Championship TBA # Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG APG 22 Rickey Dominguez G 6-4 190 Sr. 8.0 3.0 1.0 Home Games in ALL CAPS 15 Marcetteaus McGee G 6-1 160 Fr. 3.7 2.0 1.3 # - Horizon League Game 45 Elliott Poole F 6-8 240 So. 3.3 3.0 1.3 ^ at United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 50 Josip Petrusic C 6-10 260 Jr. 2.3 1.7 0.3 All Times Central 40 Jabari Harris F/C 6-9 220 Sr. 0.0 1.7 0.0 14 Richard Lesko F 6-9 210 Sr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 FOLLOW THE FLAMES ONLINE AT 41 Kevin Mitchem F 6-6 190 Sr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 www.uicflames.com 25 Justin Bowen F 6-6 185 So. 0.0 0.0 0.0 4 Jovan Stefanov G/F 6-9 215 Fr. 0.0 0.0 0.0 2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com UIC HEAD COACH 2003-04 UIC MEN’S BASKETBALL Jimmy Collins SETTING THE SCENE: (109-102, 8th season) UIC and Evansville meet tonight, starting a rare back-to-back, home-and-home, non-conference series. After tonight’s contest, the two teams meet in Chicago Head Coach Jimmy Collins is in his eighth on Tuesday, November 25th, at 7:00 p.m. This is the season-opener for the Purple season at the helm of the UIC men’s basketball Aces while the Flames already have three games under their belts going 2-1 en program. The veteran mentor has compiled a cur- route to a third-place finish at the Dell BCA Classic. rent record of 109-102 with the Flames, making him the second all-time winningest head coach SCOUTING EVANSVILLE: at UIC. He has captured a conference regular sea- Evansville opens its season tonight when they take on UIC. The Purple Aces, who son (1998) and league tournament crown (2002) downed the Flames in their campaign lid-lifter last year, went 12-16 in 2002-03 during his tenure and has guided the Flames to and finished fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference. Evansville returns three back-to-back postseason appearances and back- starters to the team this season, including All-MVC performer Clint Cuffle, who to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school averaged a team-high 16.5 ppg a year ago. The Purple Aces posted a pair of history. victories over Top 25 teams last season, downing #9 Creighton and #25 Western Named co-conference coach of the year af- Kentucky. Head Coach Steve Merfeld is in his second season at Evansville, after ter his first season with the Flames, Collins has spending five years as the head coach at Hampton. also guided UIC to its only two NCAA Tourna- ment appearances in school history, taking the LAST TIME WE MET: team to the Big Dance in both 1998 and 2002. He Playing without leading scorer Cedrick Banks, UIC watched a six-point halftime also guided the Flames to their first-ever NIT bid lead slip away as they fell to Evansville, 73-68, at Roberts Stadium in the season last season. opener for both schools. Aaron Carr scored 17 points for the Flames, but poor Collins, who served as an assistant coach at free throw shooting (3-for-14) doomed UIC down the stretch. Dan Lytle scored Illinois for 13 years prior to his arrival at UIC, earned 20 points to lead Evansville. All-American honors as a player at New Mexico State, averaging 20.1 ppg while leading the UIC vs. EVANSVILLE - QUICK NOTES: Aggies to the Final Four. * The all-time series between the two schools is tied 1-1, with each school claim- ing victory on its home floor. COLLINS COACHING QUICK FACTS * This is the third straight year UIC and Evansville have met. * Both games in the series have come down to the wire with the two contests * Collins has propelled UIC to its first two NCAA being decided by a combined eight points. Tournament bids (1998, 2002) and first NIT berth * The Flames are 26-44 all-time versus teams from the Missouri Valley Confer- (2003) in school history. ence. * Collins has led UIC to three 20-win seasons: UIC vs. EVANSVILLE 22 (1997-98); 20 (2001-02); 21 (2002-03). TALE OF THE TAPE: Stats UIC ACES^ * Collins is 24 wins behind Bob Hallberg (1987- Points Per Game 72.7 70.0 96) for the top spot in the UIC career coaching Points Allowed Per Game 69.3 73.7 victories list. Field Goal % .441 .484 Opponent Field Goal % .435 .450 * Collins has guided UIC to a league regular-sea- son (1998) and league tournament title (2002) Three-Point % .378 .391 during his tenure. Opponent Three-Point% .426 .388 Free Throw % .638 .730 * Collins is the second-longest tenured coach in Opponent FT % .696 .716 the Horizon League behind Perry Watson of De- Rebounds Per Game (Avg.) 34.7 31.9 troit. Rebound Differential -0.0 -0.4 Assists Per Game (Avg.) 16.0 15.8 * Collins has posted a record of 66-27 at home Steals Per Game (Avg.) 9.3 5.4 during his career at UIC. Blocks Per Game (Avg.) 4.0 3.4 * Collins was an assistant coach at the University Turnovers Per Game (Avg.) 14.0 15.9 of Illinois for 13 years, including the 1989 season ^ 2002-03 Averages Used in which the Fighting Illini advanced to the Final Four. 2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com BANKS JOINS THE 1,000-POINT CLUB: 2003-04 Horizon League With his first basket of the game versus Mercer on Nov. 17th, senior Cedrick Banks became the 17th player in UIC history to reach the 1000-point plateau for Preseason Awards his career. Banks, who finished the game with a team-high 20 points, has already moved into 16th place on the UIC all-time scoring list with 1,018 points. Team Points UIC All-Time Scoring List 1. UIC 312 13. Bobby Locke 1,067 2. UW-Milwaukee 251 14. Craig Lathen 1,062 3. Butler 250 15. Larry Frey 1,048 4.