UIC Sports Information 2003-04 839 W. Roosevelt Rd. , Ill. 60608 Men’s 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 (9-2, 0-0) 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 UW-MILWAUKEE (4-3, 0-0) 11/21 at Evansville W, 70-54 Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11/25 EVANSVILLE W, 77-73 11/29 at UT-San Antonio W, 73-47 U.S. Cellular Arena (18,000) * 7:00 PM CST 12/2 at Eastern Illinois W, 77-60 at Hawkeye-Gazette Challenge 12/5 vs. Northern Illinois L, 53-54 * TV/Radio: ESPN Radio 1000 AM (Dave Wills and Dick Nagy) 12/6 vs. Eastern Washington W, 67-52 * The Series: UW-Milwaukee leads the all-time series 24-15 12/13 ILLINOIS STATE W, 86-74 * Last Meeting: UWM edged UIC, 75-73, on March 8, 2003 in the 12/20 NORTHWESTERN W, 90-71 12/23 at UW-Milwaukee# 7:00 PM Tournament Semifinals at U.S. Cellular Arena. 12/30 vs. ILLINOIS^ 7:00 PM * Quick Notes: UIC and UW-Milwaukee meet for the 40th time on Tuesday night, opening 1/3 DETROIT# Noon the Horizon League season for both schools...The Panthers have won the last two meetings, 1/5 YOUNGSTOWN ST.# 7:30 PM but the teams have split the last six encounters...UIC is 3-1 in its last four conference 1/8 LOYOLA# 7:00 PM 1/15 at Detroit# 6:00 PM openers...The Flames are 3-0 on enemy courts this season...UIC is 8-0 this season when 1/17 CLEVELAND ST.# 3:00 PM scoring 70 or more points...Senior point guard Martell Bailey currently ranks third in the 1/21 at Wright St.# 6:00 PM nation and leads the Horizon League in assists, averaging 8.7 apg...Senior Aaron Carr, who 1/24 UW-GREEN BAY# 7:00 PM was named Horizon League Player of the Week on Monday, has tallied both of his two career 1/26 at Loyola# 7:00 PM 1/31 at Butler# 1:00 PM double-doubles versus UW-Milwaukee..UIC’s 9-2 start is the second best in school history. 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. 8.2 ppg, 8.7 apg Chicago, Ill. 2/26 WRIGHT ST.# 7:00 PM G - #34 6-2/165/Sr. 19.6 ppg, 4.0 rpg Chicago, Ill. 2/28 BUTLER# 6:00 PM F - #32 Aaron Carr 6-4/195/Sr. 13.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg Chicago, Ill. at Horizon League Tournament F - #30 Armond Williams 6-4/210/Sr. 13.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg Hillside, Ill. 3/2 Opening Round TBA C - #42 Joe Scott 6-9/230/Sr. 6.2 ppg, 3.9 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 44 Elliott Poole F 6-8 240 So. 5.9 5.1 0.7 Home Games in ALL CAPS 22 Rickey Dominguez G 6-4 190 Sr. 2.5 1.1 0.2 # - Horizon League Game 15 Marcetteaus McGee G 6-1 160 Fr. 2.4 1.0 1.0 ^ at (Chicago, Ill.) 25 Justin Bowen F 6-6 185 So. 2.3 2.2 0.3 All Times Central 14 Richard Lesko F 6-9 210 Sr. 1.0 0.5 0.0 50 Josip Petrusic C 6-10 260 Jr. 1.1 1.4 0.2 FOLLOW THE FLAMES ONLINE AT 40 Jabari Harris F/C 6-9 220 Sr. 0.5 1.9 0.2 www.uicflames.com 41 Kevin Mitchem F 6-6 190 Sr. 0.0 0.3 0.0 4 Jovan Stefanov F 6-9 210 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: (116-103, 8th season) UIC opens Horizon League play on Tuesday night as they meet arch-rival UW- Milwaukee at U.S. Cellular Arena in Milwaukee, Wis. The Flames and Panthers Head Coach Jimmy Collins is in his eighth also locked horns in that arena last year in the semifinals of the Horizon League season at the helm of the UIC men’s basketball Tournament, a game UWM won, 75-73. UIC has won three of its last four league program. The veteran mentor has compiled a cur- openers, including last year at UW-Green Bay. rent record of 116-103 with the Flames, making him the second all-time winningest head coach SCOUTING UW-MILWAUKEE: at UIC. He has captured a conference regular sea- UW-Milwaukee enters Tuesday night’s tilt with a 4-3 record and plenty of rest, son (1998) and league tournament crown (2002) not having played since a 89-71 loss at Wisconsin on Dec. 13th. On the floor, the during his tenure and has guided the Flames to Panthers are led by All-Horizon League First Team honoree Dylan Page. The back-to-back postseason appearances and back- forward is averaing 19.9 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, both of which rank to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school in the top five in the league. Junior college transfer Ed McCants has also paid history. immediate dividends for UWM, averaging 17.4 ppg and 3.0 rpg through the first Named co-conference coach of the year af- seven games of his Division I career. The Panthers are coached by Bruce Pearl, ter his first season with the Flames, Collins has who is in his third year with the program. 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 UW-Milwaukee 75, UIC 73 - US Cellular Arena - March 8, 2003 also guided the Flames to their first-ever NIT bid UW-Milwaukee ended UIC’s hopes of a second straight NCAA Tournament ap- last season. pearance as they edged the Flames in the semifinals of the Horizon League Collins, who served as an assistant coach at Tournament. Aaron Carr led UIC with a double-double effort of 16 points and Illinois for 13 years prior to his arrival at UIC, earned 10 rebounds, playing almost the entire second half with a sprained MCL. Clay All-American honors as a player at New Mexico Tucker (24 points) and Dylan Page (22 points, 9 rebounds) both put up strong State, averaging 20.1 ppg while leading the performances for UWM, which would go on to win the tournament title. Aggies to the Final Four. UIC vs. UWM - QUICK NOTES COLLINS COACHING QUICK FACTS * This is the 40th all-time meeting between the two schools with UW-Milwaukee holding a 24-15 edge in the series. * Collins has propelled UIC to its first two NCAA * These two teams have won the last two Horizon League Tournaments - UIC Tournament bids (1998, 2002) and first NIT berth (2002), UWM (2003) - with each team eliminating the other during its title run. (2003) in school history. * These two teams met in the longest game in UIC history back on Jan. 12th, 2002, as the Flames outlasted the Panthers 112-106 in quadruple overtime. * Collins has led UIC to three 20-win seasons: * Senior Aaron Carr has posted both of his two career double-doubles versus 22 (1997-98); 20 (2001-02); 21 (2002-03). UW-Milwaukee. * Senior Cedrick Banks is averaging 21.6 points and 6.5 rebounds per game * Collins is 17 wins behind Bob Hallberg (1987- while shooting 50% from the field in his six meetings versus UWM. 96) for the top spot in the UIC career coaching victories list. UIC vs. UW-MILWAUKEE TALE OF THE TAPE: * Collins has guided UIC to a league regular-sea- Stats UIC UWM son (1998) and league tournament title (2002) Points Per Game 73.7 82.4 during his tenure. Points Allowed Per Game 63.0 77.7 Field Goal % .468 .490 * Collins is the second-longest tenured coach in Opponent Field Goal % .444 .464 the Horizon League behind Perry Watson of De- Three-Point % .398 .320 troit. Opponent Three-Point% .368 .331 * Collins has posted a record of 69-27 at home Free Throw % .613 .712 during his career at UIC. Opponent FT % .647 .679 Rebounds Per Game (Avg.) 35.7 37.7 * Collins was an assistant coach at the University Rebound Differential +4.9 +3.0 of Illinois for 13 years, including the 1989 season Assists Per Game (Avg.) 16.6 16.7 in which the Fighting Illini advanced to the Final Steals Per Game (Avg.) 7.9 6.3 Four. Blocks Per Game (Avg.) 3.4 2.4 Turnovers Per Game (Avg.) 12.2 14.7

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com LAST TIME OUT: 2003-04 Horizon League UIC 90, Northwestern 71 (Dec. 20, 2003) UIC enjoyed its hottest shooting night of the season, netting 61% of its shots on Preseason Awards Saturday en route to a 19-point home win over Northwestern. Five Flames reached double figures in the contest with Aaron Carr (21 points), Cedrick Banks Team Points (20 points) and Armond Williams (20 points) each topping the 20-point plateau. 1. UIC 312 Senior Martell Bailey also added his second straight double-double with 11 2. UW-Milwaukee 251 points and 12 assists. UIC shot a blistering 68% in the second half and connected 3. Butler 250 on a season-high 10 three-pointers in the game. 4. Detroit 209 5. Loyola 173 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: 6. Wright State 126 UIC senior Aaron Carr was honored for his stellar effort versus Northwestern on 7. UW-Green Bay 95 Dec. 20th, as he was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Monday. 8. Youngstown State 91 Carr scored 16 of his team-high 21 points in the second half to lead the Flames 9. Cleveland State 68 to a victory over the Wildcats. The Chicago native connected on a career-high five three-pointers while also tabbing four rebounds, four assists and a steal. 2003-04 Preseason Horizon League This is the first time in his career that he has earned player of the week acco- Player of the Year lades. Cedrick Banks (UIC)

GREAT START: 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League UIC’s 9-2 record through the first 11 games marks the second best start to a First Team season in school history. The best start was set by the 1997-98 Flames, who Cedrick Banks (Sr., G) UIC under the direction of Jimmy Collins opened the year by going 10-1 en route to Martell Bailey (Sr., G) UIC a 22-6 season and the program’s first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Seth Doliboa (Sr., F) Wright State Paul McMillan (Sr., F) Loyola SECOND HALF STAR: Dylan Page (Sr., F) UW-Milwaukee Aaron Carr has proven to be a second-half star for UIC in its last two games as the senior has tallied 37 points, on 13-for-20 shooting, in the second half in the 2002-03 Preseason All-Horizon League Flames’ last two wins. Carr tallied 21 of his season-high 23 points in the second Second Team half of UIC’s win over Illinois State on Dec. 13th, then erupted for 16 of his team- Armond Williams (Sr., F) UIC high 21 points in the second stanza in the Flames’ victory over Northwestern on Adam Baumann (Sr., C) Youngstown St. Dec. 20th. Elijah Warren (Sr., F) Detroit Vernard Hollins (Sr., G) Wright State LOOKING TO DEFEND HIS TITLE: Mike Monserez (Sr., F) Butler Reigning NCAA Division I assist leader Martell Bailey is in the hunt to defend his title this season, averaging a career-best 8.7 assists per game through UIC’s first 11 contests. Bailey is currently ranked third in the nation behind Greg Davis (10.7 apg) of Troy State and Lamar Searight (9.7 apg) of Grambling. UIC IN THE

TOPS IN THE LEAGUE: MID-MAJOR POLLS Heading into this Tuesday’s action, UIC finds itself leading the Horizon League in scoring margin (+10.7), turnover margin (+5.5), three-point field goal percentage (.398) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.37). ESPN.com CollegeInsider.com

DOUBLING UP: MID-MAJOR MID-MAJOR UIC senior point guard Martell Bailey collected his second straight double- TOP 10 TOP 10 double, the fourth of his career, on Saturday with 11 points and 12 assists versus Northwestern. It was also the sixth time in 11 games a UIC player has tallied a 1. Gonzaga 1. Gonzaga double-double this year. Bailey and senior Armond Williams each have two to 2. Creighton 2. Creighton their credit this season while Cedrick Banks and Elliott Poole have each re- 3. Murray St. 3. East Tenn. St. corded one double-double. 4. Wichita St. 4. Wichita State 5. Southern Illinois 5. Southern Illinois UIC 2003-04 Double-Doubles 6. East Tenn. St. 6. College of Date Player Numbers Opponent 7. UIC Charleston 11/17 Cedrick Banks 20 points, 10 rebounds vs. Mercer 8. Bradley 7. UIC 11/21 Elliott Poole 10 points, 10 rebounds at Evansville 9. Utah State 8. Utah State 12/2 Armond Williams 15 points, 13 rebounds at Eastern Illinois 10. Western 9. Murray State 12/5 Armond Williams 14 points, 11 rebounds vs. Northern Illinois Michigan 10. Bradley 12/13 Martell Bailey 13 points, 12 assists Illinois State 12/20 Martell Bailey 11 points, 12 assists` Northwestern

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com UIC’S RECORD WHEN...... AWESOME ARMOND: Senior forward Armond Williams has stepped up his game of late, averaging 15.8 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while shooting 60% from the field in UIC’s last Leading at the half ...... 6-1 five outings. Williams, who led UIC with nine double-doubles last season, has Trailing at the half ...... 3-1 posted a pair of double-doubles in his recent run, including a 14-point and 11- Tied at the half ...... 0-0 rebound effort versus Northern Illinois on Dec. 5th.

Shooting under 40% ...... 0-1 MOVING UP THE CHARTS: Shooting 40-44.9% ...... 3-0 UIC senior Martell Bailey, the reigning NCAA Division I assist leader, moved into Shooting 45-49.9% ...... 3-1 second place on the UIC all-time assist list on Dec. 13th with his 12-assist perfor- Shooting over 50% ...... 3-0 mance versus Illinois State. Bailey, who now has 502 career assists, moved past UIC Hall of Famer Kenny Williams into the second spot, but is still 253 helpers away from Craig Lathen’s career record 755 assists. Opponent shoots under 40% ...... 1-0 Opponent shoots 40-44.9% ...... 5-2 THIS BANKS ALWAYS OPEN: Opponent shoots 45-49.9% ...... 2-0 Preseason Horizon League Player of the Year and CollegeInsider.Com Mid-Major Opponent shoots over 50% ...... 1-0 All-American Cedrick Banks has lived up to his billing so far this season, leading the Flames in scoring (19.6 ppg) while ranking second in steals (1.9 spg) and assists Outrebounding opponent ...... 7-0 (2.4 apg) and third in rebounding (4.0 rpg). Banks has scored 20-plus points in Outrebounded by opponent ...... 2-2 eight games this year and has scored 25 or more on three occasions. He also Rebounds are equal ...... 0-0 collected his first double-double in almost two years with a 20-point, 10-rebound effort in a win over Mercer on Nov. 17th.

Committing fewer turnovers ...... 8-1 NON-CONFERENCE HOME SUCCESS: Committing more turnovers ...... 0-1 UIC has been dominant on its home floor versus non-conference foes over the Turnovers are equal ...... 1-0 last four years, going 18-1. The Flames, who have won their last 14 at home verus non-league opponents, suffered their lone defeat during that span versus South Scoring less than 70 points ...... 1-2 Florida, 67-51, on Dec. 17th, 2000. Scoring 70-80 points ...... 6-0 Scoring 80-90 points ...... 2-0 ‘STATE’-ING THEIR CASE: Scoring 90 or more points...... 0-0 UIC has had great success against Illinois universities and colleges in the last four years, going 19-4 since the start of the 2000-01 campaign. UIC, which went 7-0 against state schools last year, is 3-1 this season versus state schools. The Flames Game decided by less still have in-state contests with Loyola on the schedule this season, as well as a than 5 points ...... 1-1 match-up with Illinois at the United Center on December 30th. Game decided by 5-10 points ...... 0-0 Schools Record Game decided by 11-20 points ...... 7-1 Chicago State 1-0 Game decided by 20+ points ...... 1-0 Eastern Illinois 2-0 Illinois 0-1 Wearing white uniforms ...... 5-2 Illinois State 2-0 Wearing red uniforms ...... 4-0 North Central 1-0 Wearing blue uniforms ...... 0-0 Northern Illinois 3-1 Northwestern 2-0 Southern Illinois 2-1 Playing on Monday...... 1-0 Loyola 6-1 Playing on Tuesday...... 2-0 Playing on Wednesday ...... 0-0 OUR NEWCOMERS AREN’T SO NEW ANY MORE: Playing on Thursday ...... 0-0 With 11 games under their belts, newcomers Elliott Poole and Justin Bowen are Playing on Friday ...... 1-1 beginning to come into their own as strong performers off the bench for the Playing on Saturday ...... 5-0 Flames. Over the last five games, Poole, who is the team’s second-leading rebounder, Playing on Sunday ...... 0-1 is averaging 6.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game while Bowen is chipping in with 3.8 ppg and 3.0 rpg with both seeing less than 20 minutes per contest on the floor. In November ...... 5-1 In December ...... 4-1 CONTINUING TRENDS: In January ...... 0-0 Dating back to the 2000-01 season, UIC is 24-0 when they shoot better than 50% In February ...... 0-0 from the field in a game and are 49-7 when leading at the half. The Flames are also In March...... 0-0 23-1 when tallying 80 or more points in a game during that span.

ASSISTING PAST EVANSVILLE: UIC senior point guard Martell Bailey set a new career-high on Nov. 25th versus

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Evansville with his 15 assists. The reigning NCAA Division I assist five UIC players on the floor will all be former All-Chicago Public leader, who also tabbed six points and a season-high six re- League honorees. All in all, the Flames feature eight public leagu- bounds in the win over the Purple Aces, reached his new high- ers, including Martell Bailey (Westinghouse), Cedrick Banks water mark while committing just a single turnover. The 15 as- (Westinghouse), Justin Bowen (Marshall), Aaron Carr (Lincoln sists was the single game high in NCAA Division I play this sea- Park), Marcetteaus McGee (Farragut), Elliott Poole (Farragut), son and third-most in UIC single-game history. It was the most Armond Williams (Austin), and Josh Williams (Whitney Young). assists in a game by a Flame since Craig Lathen’s 17-assist night versus Cleveland State in 1984. FANTASTIC FIVE: The Flames return plenty of firepower for the 2003-04 campaign BANKS AT 1,000 POINTS AND CLIMBING: as all five starters return. The group is totaling over 60 points With his first basket of the game versus Mercer on Nov. 17th, and 20 rebounds an outing this season. senior Cedrick Banks became the 17th player in UIC history to Breaking Down The Returning Senior Starters reach the 1000-point plateau for his career. Banks, the team’s Senior guard Cedrick Banks: leading scorer, has already moved into 11th place on the UIC all- * 2003-04 Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year. time scoring list with 1,183 points, and needs just 48 more to * 2003-04 CollegeInsider.com Preseason Mid-Major All-American. crack the Top 10. * 2002-03 All-Horizon League First Team. UIC All-Time Scoring List * 2001-02 All-Horizon League Second Team and Horizon League 10. Nate Chambers 1,231 Tournament MVP. 11. Cedrick Banks 1,183 * UIC’s leading scorer in each of the last two seasons, and is 12. Derrick Johnson 1,142 pacing the squad at 19.6 ppg this year. * As a prep athlete, he was the Chicago Sun-Times Player of the ALL-PUBLIC LEAGUE TEAM: Year, over the likes of (NBA), Dwayne Wade (Marquette, The Chicago Public League is widely recognized as one of the NBA), Andre Brown (DePaul) and Matt Lottich (Stanford). most talent-rich prep leagues in the state of Illinois and one of Senior guard Martell Bailey: the most recruited leagues in the country, having produced nu- * 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League First Team. merous collegiate All-Americans and NBA stars. It’s no wonder * 2002-03 All-Horizon League Second Team. why then that there will be many times this season when the * Finished first nationally in assists last year, dishing out 8.1 apg.

2003-04 UIC MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER

## Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Last School 1 Mike Smith G 6-2 170 So. Calumet Park, Ill./Shepard 3 Martell Bailey G 5-10 170 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Westinghouse 4 Jovan Stefanov G/F 6-9 210 Fr. Belgrade, Yugoslavia/Tavares (Fla.) 10 Rocky Collum G 5-10 165 Jr. Racine, Wis./Case/Kankakee CC 14 Richard Lesko F 6-9 210 Sr. Kosice, Slovakia/Danville (Ill.) JC 15 Marcetteaus McGee G 6-1 160 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Farragut 22 Rickey Dominguez G 6-4 190 Sr. Aurora, Ill./Feather River (Calif.) JC 23 Kevin Bond F 6-5 175 Fr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park 25 Justin Bowen F 6-6 190 So. Chicago, Ill./Maryland-Eastern Shore 30 Armond Williams F 6-4 205 Sr. Hillside, Ill./Austin 32 Aaron Carr F 6-4 195 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Park 33 Etienne Nelson G 6-1 165 So. Maywood, Ill./Walther Lutheran 34 Cedrick Banks G 6-2 165 Sr. Chicago, Ill./Westinghouse 40 Jabari Harris F/C 6-9 215 Sr. Broadview, Ill./Fenwick 41 Kevin Mitchem F 6-6 190 Sr. Grandview, Mo./Kansas City CC 42 Joe Scott F 6-9 215 Sr. Palos Hills, Ill./Stagg 43 Josh Williams F 6-8 220 So. Chicago, Ill./Whitney Young 44 Elliott Poole F 6-7 255 So. Chicago, Ill./Farragut 50 Josip Petrusic C 6-10 240 Jr. Metkovic, Croatia/Treasure Valley (Oreg.) CC

Head Coach: Jimmy Collins Associate Head Coach: Mark Coomes PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Assistant Coaches: Lynn Mitchem, Dave Donnelly Cedrick Banks SAID-rick Director of Basketball Operations: Andrew Haring Rocky Collum KULL-em Athletic Trainer: Mike Gilmartin Marcetteaus McGee Mar-KEY-tuss Josip Petrusic YO-sif Pe-TRUE-sitch Jovan Stefanov YO-von Stef-ON-off Armond Williams ARE-mond

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com * Averaging 8.2 points and 8.7 assists per game this year. * Currently ranked third nationally in assists. 2003-04 HORIZON LEAGUE STANDINGS Senior forward Armond Williams: * 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team. (as of Dec. 22) * 2003 All-Horizon League Second Team. * Led UIC in rebounding (7.6 rpg) while ranking second on the team in Horizon Record Overall Record scoring (13.6 ppg) last season. Team W L PCT. W L PCT. * Posted a team-best nine double-doubles in 2002-03. 1. Wright State 1 0 1.00 2 5 .286 * Finished the year ranked fourth in the nation in field goal percentage, 2. UIC 0 0 .000 9 2 .818 converting 64% of his field goal attempts. * Averaging 13.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game this year. 3. Detroit 0 0 .000 5 3 .625 Senior forward Aaron Carr: 4. UW-Milwaukee 0 0 .000 4 3 .571 * Averaged a personal best 11.3 ppg and 4.2 rpg as a junior. 5. Cleveland State 0 0 .000 4 4 .500 * Ranks third on the team in scoring (13.3 ppg) this season. Butler 0 0 .000 4 4 .500 Senior center Joe Scott: UW-Gr een Bay 0 0 .000 4 4 .500 * Averaging 6.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game this season. 8. Loyola 0 0 .000 2 4 .333 * Ranks fourth on the UIC career blocks list with 115. 9. Youngstown State 0 1 .000 2 7 .222 * Averaged 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game in his first season back since tearing his ACL during the 2001-02 campaign.

COLLINS AMONG UIC’S BEST: Upcoming Action: With 41 wins in the last two years and nine already this season, head coach Dec. 23rd Jimmy Collins is now firmly in second place in the UIC record books for Central Michigan at Loyola career coaching victories with 116. Former Flames coach Bob Hallberg (1987- UIC at UW-Milwaukee 96) is the all-time leader with 133 wins. Coach Collins is the third coach in UIC history to post 100 career wins at the university.

SEE YOU AT THE UC: UIC will play its first-ever game at the United Center on Dec. 30th when they UIC INDIVIDUAL STAT LEADERS take on in-state rival Illinois at 7:00 p.m. The Fighting Illini have plenty of experience playing in the UC as they are 22-5 all-time in the arena. 2003-04 Avgs.

2002-03 WAS A SEASON OF FIRSTS: Scoring PPG Points The 2002-03 campaign proved to be a season of many firsts for the UIC 1. #34 C. Banks 19.6 216 men’s basketball program. Not only did the Flames record back-to-back 20- 2. #30 A. Williams 13.5 149 win seasons for the first time with their 21-9 finish, but they also made it back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in school history by 3. #32 A. Carr 13.3 146 earning their first-ever bid to the NIT. Rebounding RPG Rebs. UIC INDIVIDUALS - THE LAST TIME 1. #30 A. Williams 5.9 65 * A player scored 40 points - Chuck Lambert, 43 vs. Trinity Christian (1/27/74) 2. #44 E. Poole 5.1 56 * A player scored 30 points - Cedrick Banks, 33 vs. Wright St. (1/29/03) 3. #34 C. Banks 4.0 44 * A player grabbed 25 rebounds - Chuck Lambert, 25 vs. Chicago State (2/20/69) * A player grabbed 20 rebounds - Chuck Lambert, 20 vs. Mercy (12/14/74) * A player grabbed 15 rebounds - Armond Williams, 15 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) Assists APG Assists * A player recorded a double-double - Martell Bailey (11 points, 12 assists), 1. #3 M. Bailey 8.7 96 vs. Northwestern (12/20/03) 2. #34 C. Banks 2.4 26 * A player dished out 15 assists - Martell Bailey, 15 vs. Evansville (11/25/03) 2. #32 A. Carr 1.6 18 * A player dished out 10 assists - Martell Bailey, 12 vs. Northwestern (12/20/03) * A player blocked 10 shots - none * Hit more than five three-pointers - Cory Little, 6 at Detroit (1/31/02) Free Throw % FT% FT Md. *Made more than 10 free throws - Cedrick Banks, 12 vs. SMS (12/21/01) 1. #32 A. Carr 78% 29 2. #34 C. Banks 77% 23 UIC TEAM - THE LAST TIME 3. #3 M. Bailey 63% 20 * Scored 100 or more points - 1/9/03 - UIC 102, UWM 92 * Scored less than 50 points - 2/8/03 - Butler 61, UIC 47 Three-Point % 3PT% 3PT Md. * Allowed 100 points - 1/12/02 - UIC 112, UWM 106 (4OT) at UIC * Held an opponent under 50 points - 12/28/02 - UIC 77, NIU 45 @NIU 1. #32 A. Carr 43% 23 * Shot 60% or better from the field - 12/20/03 - 61% vs. Northwestern 2. #34 C. Banks 41% 31 * Played an overtime game - 3/5/02 - vs. Loyola 3. #22 R. Dominguez 40% 4 * Won an overtime game - 3/5/02 - vs. Loyola * Played a multiple overtime game - 1/12/02 - 4OT vs. UWM

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Martell Bailey Bailey’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 5-10 * 165 * PG vs. UC-Irvine 3-11 2-5 0-0 1 6 2 0 0 8 8.0 #3 Chicago, Ill. * Westinghouse vs. Oakland 4-6 1-1 3-4 3 9 6 0 3 12 10.0 vs. Mercer 2-3 0-1 1-2 3 6 2 0 0 5 8.3 @Evansville 1-4 0-2 3-6 3 7 3 0 2 5 7.5 Evansville 2-9 0-3 2-3 6 15 1 0 2 6 7.2 UTSA 2-6 0-1 2-2 1 5 5 0 4 6 7.0 CAREER ACCOLADES: EIU 4-11 2-4 2-4 3 8 6 1 1 12 7.7 2003 NCAA Division I Assist Leader vs. NIU 0-6 0-2 1-2 3 7 1 0 2 1 6.9 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League First Team vs. E. Wash. 5-10 0-2 1-3 2 9 3 0 2 11 7.3 2002-03 All-Horizon League Second Team Ill. St. 3-5 2-2 5-6 5 12 4 0 2 13 7.9 2001-02 All-Horizon League Newcomer Team N’Western 5-8 1-2 0-0 2 12 1 0 0 11 8.2 @UWM Horizon League Player of the Week (12/2/02) Illinois Detroit 2003-04 Notes: Averaging a Horizon League-best 8.7 assists per game, which YSU ranks third nationally, while owning a 2.8:1 assist-to-turnover ratio..has dished Loyola out 10 or more assists on three occasions and no less than five helpersin every @Detroit game this season...has posted back-to-back double doubles, the third and fourth Clev. St. of his career, with a season-best 13-point, 12-assist game versus Illinois State on @WSU UWGB Dec. 13th, followed by an 11-point, 12-assist night in a win over Northwestern on @Loyola Dec. 20th....set a new career-best with 15 assists, while committing just one @Butler turnover, at home versus Evansville on Nov. 25th...also tabbed a season-high six UWM rebounds along with six points in the win over the Purple Aces...his 15-assist effort @YSU was the third-best in UIC single-game history and was the most assists in a game @Clev. St. since Craig Lathen’s 17 helpers back in 1984...totaled 11 points and nine assists @UWGB versus Eastern Washington on Dec. 6th...scored 12 points while adding eight as- ESPN sists and a blocked shot at Eastern Illinois on Dec. 2nd...dished out seven assists WSU and scored five points at Evansville on Nov. 21st...averaged 9.7 points and 7.0 Butler Totals 31-79 8-25 20-32 32 96 34 1 18 90 8.2 rebounds at the 2003 Dell BCA Classic...tabbed then season highs with 12 points and 9 assists versus Oakland on Nov. 16th in the BCA Classic semifinals...his nine assists tied the Dell BCA Classic single-game assist record...recorded eight points and six assists in UIC’s season-opening win over UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th. Season Highs Career Highs Points:13 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) Points: 21 vs. Butler (1/26/02) FG: 5 on two occasions FG: 8 at Illinois St. (11/30) FGA: 11 on two occasions FGA: 14 at Evansville (11/22/02) 3PT: 2 on three occasions 3PT: 2 on five occasions 3PTA: 5 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) 3PTA: 5 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) FT: 5 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FT: 9 vs. Butler (1/26/02) FTA: 6 at Evansville (11/21) FTA: 15 vs. Butler (1/26/02) REB: 6 vs. Evansville (11/25) REB: 10 at Indiana (12/7/02) A: 15 vs. Evansville (11/25) A: 15 vs. Evansville (11/25/03) ST: 4 at UTSA (11/29) ST: 5 vs. UW-Milwaukee (3/8/03) BLK: 1 at Eastern Illinois (12/2) BLK: 2 vs. YSU (1/21/02)

Bailey’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2001-02 34-31 804 78-215 .363 8-27 .296 75-135 .560 103-3.0 162 98 4 24 239-7.0 2002-03 30-27 968 108-244 .443 13-37 .351 71-110 .645 110-3.7 244 96 0 35 300-10.0 2003-04 11-11 374 31-79 .392 8-25 .320 20-32 .625 32-2.9 96 34 1 18 90-8.2 Totals 75-69 2146 217-538 .403 29-88 .329 166-277 .599 245-3.3 502 228 5 77 629-8.4

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Cedrick Banks Banks’ 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-2 * 165 * F vs. UC-Irvine 9-17 2-4 5-8 3 2 1 0 3 25 25.0 #34 Chicago, Ill. * Westinghouse vs. Oakland 3-16 0-5 0-0 5 5 1 0 3 6 15.5 vs. Mercer 7-23 3-9 3-4 10 2 1 0 0 20 17.0 @Evansville 10-20 4-9 2-2 2 2 2 0 6 26 19.3 Evansville 9-22 4-11 3-5 2 1 1 0 2 25 20.4 CAREER ACCOLADES: UTSA 8-12 2-5 2-2 7 5 3 0 3 20 20.3 2003-04 CollegeInsider.com Preseason EIU 5-14 2-6 4-4 5 1 0 0 1 16 19.7 vs. NIU 9-18 3-6 2-2 1 1 2 1 1 23 20.1 Mid-Major All-American vs. E. Wash. 5-12 3-6 0-1 4 2 3 1 0 13 19.3 2003-04 Horizon League Preseason Ill. St. 9-16 4-6 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 22 19.6 Player of the Year N’Western 7-16 4-8 2-2 3 4 2 1 2 20 19.6 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League First Team @UWM Illinois 2002-03 All-Horizon League First Team Detroit 2001-02 All-Horizon League Second Team YSU 2001-02 All-Horizon League Newcomer Team Loyola 2002 Horizon League Tournament MVP @Detroit 2002 Horizon League All-Tournament Team Clev. St. @WSU Horizon League Player of the Week (1/13/03) UWGB @Loyola 2003-04 Notes: UIC’s leader in scoring (19.6 ppg) while he ranks second in @Butler assists (2.4 apg) and third in rebounding (4.0 rpg)...ranks third in the Horizon UWM League in scoring...has scored 20 or more points in eight of his 11 games this @YSU season...dropped in 20 points while adding three rebounds, four assists and @Clev. St. two steals in a win over Northwestern on Dec. 20th...totaled 20 of his 22 points @UWGB ESPN in the first half in UIC’s win over Illinois State on Dec. 13th...tallied a game-high WSU 23 points in a losing effort versus Northern Illinois on Dec. 5th...strong all- Butler sround game at Texas-San Antonio on Nov. 29th, finishing with 20 points, seven Totals 81-186 31-75 23-30 44 26 17 3 21 216 19.6 rebounds, five assists and three steals...totaled 25 points in UIC’s home win over Evansville on Nov. 25th...tabbed 24 of his season-high 26 points in the second half at Evansville on Nov. 21st...also pilfered a career-best six steals versus the Purple Aces...named to the 2003 All-Dell BCA Classic Team after Season Highs Career Highs averaging 17.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in three games while guiding UIC to a Points: 26 at Evansville (11/21) Points: 35 vs. UWM (1/9/03) third-place finish at the event...recorded a double-double with 20 points and FG: 10 at Evansville (11/21) FG: 13 at Wright St. (1/29/03) 10 rebounds versus Mercer on Nov. 17th...with his first basket versus Mercer FGA: 23 vs. Mercer (11/17) FGA: 25 at Cleveland St. (2/20/03) he became the 17th player in UIC history to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau for 3PT: 4 on four occasions 3PT: 5 on four occasions his career...scored a team-high 25 points to lead UIC to a 77-65 win over UC- 3PTA: 11 vs. Evansville (11/25) 3PTA: 11 at YSU (1/25?03) Irvine in the season opener on Nov. 15th. FT: 5 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FT: 12 vs. SMS (12/21/01) FTA: 8 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FTA: 13 vs. SMS (12/21/01) REB: 10 vs. Mercer (11/17) REB: 11 on two occasions A: 5 on two occasions A: 5 on five occasions ST: 6 at Evansville (11/21) ST: 6 at Evansville (11/21/03) BLK: 1 on three occasions BLK: 2 vs. Loyola (1/22/03)

Banks’ Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2001-02 34-29 1030 178-397 .448 35-97 .361 82-115 .713 156-4.6 67 69 5 28 473-13.9 2002-03 26-20 859 193-434 .445 55-146 .377 53-84 .631 130-5.0 50 47 6 31 494-19.0 2003-04 11-11 390 81-186 .435 31-75 .413 23-30 .767 44-4.0 26 17 3 21 216-19.6 Totals 71-60 2279 452-1017 .444 121-318 .381 158-229 .690 330-4.6 143 133 14 80 1183-16.7

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Justin Bowen Bowen’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats So. * 6-6 * 190 * F Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. vs. UC-Irvine 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Chicago, Ill. * Marshall * vs. Oakland 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 #25 vs. Mercer DNP Maryland-Eastern Shore @Evansville 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Evansville 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 UTSA 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 1 1 6 1.2 EIU 1-3 0-0 1-4 3 0 0 1 0 3 1.5 2003-04 Notes: Tabbed two points, two rebounds and a career-best two vs. NIU 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1.6 assists in UIC’s win over Northwestern on Dec. 20th...tied his career high with vs. E. Wash. 2-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 1 0 6 2.1 six points, while snagging a personal best four rebounds in UIC’s win over Ill. St. 2-4 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 0 0 4 2.3 Eastern Washington on Dec. 6th...set his career best of six points and three N’Western 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 2 2.3 rebounds at Texas-San Antonio on Nov. 29th...also tallied his first assist, steal @UWM Illinois and block of the season versus the Roadrunners...backed that up with three Detroit points, three rebounds and a block at Eastern Illinois on Dec. 2nd...tabbed YSU four points and three rebounds versus Illinois State on Dec. 13th...collected Loyola two rebounds in three minutes off the bench versus Evansville on Nov. @Detroit 21st...duplicated those numbers at home versus the Purple Aces on Nov. Clev. St. 25th...saw three minutes of action versus Oakland on Nov. 16th, missing his @WSU only field goal attempt...played four minutes off the bench in UIC’s season- UWGB opening win over UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th. @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 10-19 0-0 3-8 22 5 3 3 2 23 2.3

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 6 on two occasions Points: 6 on two occasions FG: 3 at UTSA (11/29) FG: 3 at UTSA (11/29/03) FGA: 5 at UTSA (11/29) FGA: 5 at UTSA (11/29/03) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 2 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6) FT: 2 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6/03) FTA: 2 on two occasions FTA: 2 on two occasions REB: 4 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6) REB: 4 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6/03) A: 2 vs. Northwestern (12/20) A: 2 vs. Northwestern (12/20/03) ST: 1 on two occasions ST: 1 on two occasions BLK: 1 on three occasions BLK: 1 on three occasions

Bowen’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2003-04 10-0 112 10-19 .526 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 22-2.2 5 3 3 2 23-2.3 Totals 10-0 112 10-19 .526 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 22-2.2 5 3 3 2 23-2.3

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Aaron Carr Carr’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-4 * 195 * F vs. UC-Irvine 5-11 2-5 5-6 5 1 2 0 1 17 17.0 #32 Chicago, Ill. * Lincoln Park vs. Oakland 3-6 1-1 3-4 5 2 5 0 0 10 13.5 vs. Mercer 4-8 2-5 2-2 3 1 0 2 2 12 13.0 @Evansville 5-12 2-6 4-5 2 2 2 1 1 16 13.8 Evansville 4-11 3-7 3-5 7 1 0 1 0 14 13.8 UTSA 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 2 1 0 1 2 11.8 2003-04 Notes: UIC’s third-leading scorer averaging 13.3 ppg... has reached EIU 7-12 4-6 2-2 2 0 0 0 1 20 13.0 double figures in scoring in eight of his 11 outings this season while reaching vs. NIU 1-7 0-3 2-2 4 3 2 0 0 4 11.9 the 20-point plateau on three occasions...named Horizon League Player of vs. E. Wash. 2-9 1-4 2-4 3 1 1 0 0 7 11.3 the Week on Dec. 21st...tallied 20 of his season-high 23 points in the second Ill. St. 8-14 3-7 4-5 4 1 1 1 0 23 12.5 hald to help lead UIC past Illinois State on Dec. 13th...tied his career-high with N’Western 8-13 5-8 0-0 4 4 1 0 1 21 13.3 eight field goals made versus the Redbirds...recorded back-to-back 20-point @UWM outings for the first time in his career after tabbing 21 points versus North- Illinois Detroit western on Dec. 20th...set a new career high with five three-pointers made YSU and posted a season best with four assists versus the Wildcats...scored 20 Loyola points, tying his career best with four three-pointers, in the Flames’ win at @Detroit Eastern Illinois on Dec. 2nd...totaled 16 points in UIC’s win at Evansville on Clev. St. Nov. 21st...backed that up with a 14-point, season-high seven-rebound ef- @WSU fort in the Flames’ home victory over the Purple Aces on Nov. 25th...averaged UWGB 13.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game at the 2003 Dell BCA Classic...scored @Loyola 17 points and grabbed five rebounds in UIC’s season-opening win over UC- @Butler Irvine on Nov. 15th...recorded 12 points, three rebounds and a career best UWM @YSU two blocks versus Mercer on Nov. 17th...totaled 10 points and snagged five @Clev. St. rebounds versus Oakland on Nov. 16th. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 46-106 23-53 29-37 39 18 15 6 7 146 13.3

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 23 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) Points: 24 at UWGB (12/21/02) FG: 8 on two occasions FG: 8 on three occasions FGA: 14 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FGA: 18 at Evansville (11/22/02) 3PT: 5 vs. Northwestern (12/20) 3PT: 5 vs. Northwestern (12/20/03) 3PTA: 8 vs. Northwestern (12/20) 3PTA: 9 at Evansville (11/22/02) FT: 5 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FT: 8 vs. UWM (1/9/03) FTA: 6 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FTA: 8 on two occasions REB: 7 vs. Evansville (11/25) REB: 10 on two occasions A: 4 vs. Northwestern (12/20) A: 5 on two occasions ST: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17) ST: 2 on six occasions BLK: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17) BLK: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17/03)

Carr’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 1999-00 28-6 479 51-139 .367 14-39 .359 41-67 .612 75-2.7 29 22 4 13 157-5.6 2001-02 31-0 254 31-93 .333 14-34 .412 18-25 .720 32-1.0 12 21 0 6 94-3.0 2002-03 30-29 810 120-277 .433 47-119 .395 53-74 .716 125-4.2 66 40 4 17 340-11.3 2003-04 10-10 292 38-93 .419 18-45 .400 29-37 .784 35-3.5 14 14 5 6 125-12.5 Totals 99-47 1861 249-615 .405 98-245 .400 141-203 .695 271-2.7 125 98 13 43 737-7.4

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Rickey Dominguez Dominguez’ 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-4 * 190 * G vs. UC-Irvine DNP #22 Aurora, Ill. * East Aurora * vs. Oakland DNP vs. Mercer 3-7 2-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 8 8.0 Feather River (CA) JC @Evansville 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 Evansville 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.7 UTSA 3-4 1-2 2-4 4 1 0 0 2 9 5.0 EIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4.0 2003-04 Notes: Came off the bench to tally a career best nine points while vs. NIU 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 adding four rebounds and two steals in the Flames’ win at Texas-San Antonio vs. E. Wash. 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2.9 on Nov. 29th...scored a then career-high eight points and grabbed three Ill. St. DNP rebounds in 11 minutes off the bench in UIC’s win over Mercer on Nov. 17th, N’Western 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 his first action of the season...knocked down his lone three-point attempt in @UWM the Flames’ win over Evansville on Nov. 25th. Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 7-14 4-10 2-5 9 2 2 0 4 20 2.5

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 9 at UTSA (11/29) Points: 9 at UTSA (11/29/03) FG: 3 on two occasions FG: 3 on two occasions FGA: 7 vs. Mercer (11/17) FGA: 7 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) 3PT: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17) 3PT: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) 3PTA: 5 vs. Mercer (11/17) 3PTA: 5 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) FT: 0 FT: 2 vs. Youngstown St. (3/7/03) FTA: 0 FTA: 2 on two occasions REB: 4 at UTSA (11/29) REB: 5 at Illinois St. (11/30/02) A: 1 on two occasions A: 3 at Evansville (11/22/02) ST: 2 at UTSA (11/29) ST: 2 at UTSA (11/29/03) BLK: 1 at Eastern Illinois (12/2) BLK: 1 on three occasions

Dominguez’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2002-03 13-0 85 6-25 .240 2-9 .222 3-5 .600 16-1.2 6 6 2 2 17-1.3 2003-04 8-0 54 7-14 .500 4-10 .400 2-5 .400 9-1.1 2 3 1 3 20-2.5 Totals 21-0 139 13-38 .342 6-19 .316 3-6 .500 25-1.2 8 9 3 5 37-1.8

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Jabari Harris Harris’ 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-9 * 215 * F/C vs. UC-Irvine 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2100.0 #40 Broadview, Ill. * Fenwick vs. Oakland 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 0 1 0000.0 vs. Mercer 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0000.0 @Evansville 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 0100.0 Evansville 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1040.8 UTSA 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0000.7 2003-04 Notes: Recorded two points and four rebounds in the Flames’ vic- EIU 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 2 0.9 tory at Eastern Illinois on Dec. 2nd...scored four points and snared two re- vs. NIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 bounds in UIC’s home win over Evansville on Nov. 25th...grabbed a season- vs. E. Wash. 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0000.7 high five rebounds off the bench in UIC’s win over Evansville on Nov. Ill. St. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1000.6 21st...snagged three rebounds versus Oakland on Nov. 16th...grabbed one N’Western 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0000.5 rebound and blocked a career-high tying two shots in 15 minutes off the @UWM bench in UIC’s win over UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th. Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 3-9 0-0 0-2 21 1 4 4260.5

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 4 vs. Evansville (11/25) Points: 13 vs. WSU (1/28/02) FG: 2 vs. Evansville (11/25) FG: 4 on two occasions FGA: 4 vs. Evansville (11/25) FGA: 7 at Indiana (12/7/02) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 0 FT: 7 vs. WSU (1/28/02) FTA: 2 vs. Oakland (11/16) FTA: 8 vs. WSU (1/28/02) REB: 5 at Evansville (11/21) REB: 6 on two occasions A: 1 at Eastern Illinois (12/2) A: 3 vs. N. Central (12/8/01) ST: 1 on two occasions ST: 2 vs. Fla. Int. (12/16/99) BLK: 2 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) BLK: 2 on six occasions

Harris’ Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 1999-00 4-1 13 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.00 4-1.0 0 2 2 0 2-0.5 2000-01 24-7 277 14-32 .438 0-0 .000 15-29 .517 52-2.2 3 15 5 6 43-1.8 2001-02 31-2 264 23-38 .605 0-0 .000 22-36 .611 53-1.7 8 11 8 6 68-2.2 2002-03 25-1 206 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 9-13 .692 35-1.4 2 11 11 3 39-1.6 2003-04 11-0 81 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 21-2.1 1 4 4 2 6-0.5 Totals 95-11 833 55-116 .474 0-0 .000 48-82 .585 165-1.7 14 43 30 17 158-1.7

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Richard Lesko Lesko’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-9 * 210 * F vs. UC-Irvine DNP #14 Kosice, Slovakia * Danville JC vs. Oakland DNP vs. Mercer DNP @Evansville DNP Evansville DNP UTSA 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 2003-04 Notes: Made his 2003-04 debut at Texas-San Antonio on Nov. EIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 29th, recording two points and a rebound in three minutes of action. vs. NIU DNP vs. E. Wash. DNP Ill. St. DNP N’Western DNP @UWM Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1.0

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 2 at UTSA (11/29) Points: 10 at Indiana (12/7/02) FG: 1 at UTSA (11/29) FG: 5 at Indiana (12/7/02) FGA: 3 at UTSA (11/29) FGA: 8 at Indiana (12/7/02) 3PT: n/a 3PT: 0 3PTA: 1 at UTSA (11/29) 3PTA: 1 on two occasions FT: n/a FT: 4 on two occasions FTA: n/a FTA: 9 at Youngstown St. (3/1/03) REB: 1 at UTSA (11/29) REB: 4 at Indiana (12/7/02) A: n/a A: 1 on three occasions ST: n/a ST: 3 at Illinois St. (11/30/02) BLK: n/a BLK: 0

Lesko’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2002-03 15-0 124 14-34 .412 0-2 .000 12-22 .545 26-1.7 3 10 0 7 40-2.7 2003-04 2-0 4 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 1-1.0 0 0 0 0 2-1.0 Totals 17-0 128 15-37 .405 0-3 .000 12-22 .545 27-1.6 3 10 0 7 42-2.5

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Marcetteaus McGee McGee’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Fr. * 6-1 * 160 * G vs. UC-Irvine 3-6 1-2 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 7 7.0 #15 Chicago, Ill. * Farragut vs. Oakland 1-2 1-2 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 3 5.0 vs. Mercer 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 3.7 @Evansville 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 3.3 Evansville 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 UTSA DNP 2003-04 Notes: Missed UIC’s game versus Northwestern due to EIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 3 0 0 0 2.2 illness...scored four points in UIC’s win over Illinois State on Dec. 13th...missed vs. NIU DNP vs. E. Wash. DNP both games at the Gazette Hawkeye Challenge with a shoulder injury...came Ill. St. 1-3 0-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 2.4 off the bench to tally seven points and four rebounds in UIC’s win over UC- N’Western DNP Irvine on Nov. 15th...totaled three points, one rebound and one assist in the @UWM Flames’ loss to Oakland on Nov. 16th....dished out a personal-best two as- Illinois sists versus Mercer on Nov. 17th...recorded two points, one rebound and one Detroit assist in five mintues off the bench versus Evansville on Nov. 21st. YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 6-16 2-7 3-3 7 7 7 0 0 17 2.4

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 7 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) Points: 7 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) FG: 3 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FG: 3 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) FGA: 6 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) FGA: 6 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) 3PT: 1 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) 3PT: 1 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) 3PTA: 2 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) 3PTA: 2 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) FT: 2 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FT: 2 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FTA: 2 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FTA: 2 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) REB: 4 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15) REB: 4 vs. UC-Irvine (11/15/03) A: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17) A: 2 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) ST: 0 ST: 0 BLK: 0 BLK: 0

McGee’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2003-04 7-0 67 6-16 .375 2-7 .286 3-3 1.00 7-1.0 7 7 0 0 17-2.4 Totals 7-0 67 6-16 .375 2-7 .286 3-3 1.00 7-1.0 7 7 0 0 17-2.4

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Kevin Mitchem Mitchem’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-6 * 190 * F vs. UC-Irvine DNP #41 Grandview, Mo. * Kansas City CC vs. Oakland DNP vs. Mercer DNP @Evansville DNP Evansville DNP UTSA 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.0 2003-04 Notes: Made his regular-season debut at Texas-San Antonio on EIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Nov. 29th, grabbing one rebound and blocking a shot in four mintues off the vs. NIU DNP bench... appeared in both of UIC’s exhibition contests...scored two points and vs. E. Wash. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 grabbed a rebound in five minutes of action versus the Illinois All-Stars on Ill. St. DNP Nov. 5th. N’Western @UWM Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0.0

Season Highs Career Highs Points: n/a Points: 2 on two occasions FG: n/a FG: 1 on two occasions FGA: n/a FGA: 2 vs. Youngtown St. (3/7/03) 3PT: n/a 3PT: 0 3PTA: n/a 3PTA: 1 vs. Indiana St. (12/23/02) FT: n/a FT: 0 FTA: n/a FTA: 0 REB: 1 at UTSA (11/29) REB: 2 vs. Indiana St. (12/23/02) A: n/a A: 0 ST: n/a ST: 0 BLK: 1 at UTSA (11/29) BLK: 2 vs. Youngstown St. (3/7/03)

Mitchem’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2002-03 5-0 18 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 7-1.4 0 2 2 0 4-0.8 2003-04 3-0 6 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-0.3 0 2 1 0 0-0.0 Totals 8-0 24 2-5 .400 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 8-1.0 0 4 3 0 4-0.5

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Josip Petrusic Petrusic’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Jr. * 6-10 * 240 * C vs. UC-Irvine 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2.0 Metkovic, Croatia vs. Oakland 1-4 0-0 3-4 2 0 1 0 0 5 3.5 #50 vs. Mercer 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2.3 Treasure Valley (OR) CC @Evansville 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 Evansville 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 UTSA 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 EIU 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2003-04 Notes: Scored two points off the bench in UIC’s win over North- vs. NIU DNP western on Dec. 20th...tied his season-high with two rebounds at Texas-San vs. E. Wash. DNP Antonio on Nov. 29th...notched a season-high five points and two rebounds Ill. St. DNP versus Oakland on Nov. 16th...grabbed two rebounds and dished out an N’Western 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.1 assist versus Mercer on Nov. 17th...scored two points and grabbed one re- @UWM Illinois bound in six minutes off the bench versus UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th...tied his Detroit season-best with two rebounds at home versus Evansville on Nov. 25th. YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 3-8 0-0 3-4 11 1 3 0 0 9 1.1

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 5 vs. Oakland (11/16) Points: 5 vs. Oakland (11/16/03) FG: 1 on three occasions FG: 1 on three occasions FGA: 2 vs. Oakland (11/16) FGA: 2 vs. Oakland (11/16/03) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 3 vs. Oakland (11/16) FT: 3 vs. Oakland (11/16/03) FTA: 4 vs. Oakland (11/16) FTA: 4 vs. Oakland (11/16/03) REB: 2 on four occasions REB: 2 on four occasions A: 1 vs. Mercer (11/17) A: 1 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) ST: 0 ST: 0 BLK: 0 BLK: 0

Petrusic’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2003-04 8-0 47 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 11-1.4 1 3 0 0 9-1.1 Totals 8-0 47 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 11-1.4 1 3 0 0 9-1.1

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Elliott Poole Poole’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. So. * 6-7 * 255 * F vs. UC-Irvine 1-2 0-0 2-3 3 1 1 1 0 4 4.0 #44 Chicago, Ill. * Farragut vs. Oakland 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3.0 vs. Mercer 2-2 0-0 0-0 5 3 1 1 0 4 3.3 @Evansville 4-6 0-0 2-5 10 0 1 0 0 10 5.0 Evansville 2-3 0-0 2-3 7 1 1 0 1 6 5.2 UTSA 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 5.0 2003-04 Notes: UIC’s second-leading rebounder (5.1 rpg)...has snagged EIU 2-2 0-0 1-3 5 1 1 0 0 5 5.0 five or more rebounds in eight games this year...scored a career-high 11 vs. NIU 2-4 0-0 0-2 6 0 1 0 1 4 4.9 points and pulled down six rebounds in UIC’s win over Northwestern on Dec. vs. E. Wash. 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 0 1 0 0 7 5.1 20th...scored eight points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds versus Ill. St. 2-2 0-0 4-8 7 1 0 0 0 8 5.4 Illinois State on Dec. 13th...totaled seven points and six rebounds versus N’Western 4-5 0-0 3-4 6 0 4 0 0 11 5.9 @UWM Eastern Washington on Dec. 6th...grabbed six rebounds versus Northern Il- Illinois linois on Dec. 5th...made his first career start in UIC’s home win over Evans- Detroit ville on Nov. 25th, tabbing six points and seven rebounds in the YSU game...recorded his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 Loyola rebounds versus Evansville on Nov. 21st...recorded five points and five re- @Detroit bounds in UIC’s win at Eastern Illinois on Dec. 2nd...totaled four points, five Clev. St. rebounds and three assists in UIC’s win over Mercer on Nov. 17th...tabbed @WSU two points and one rebound in 12 minutes versus Oakland on Nov. UWGB 16th...played10 minutes off the bench, tallying four points and three rebounds @Loyola @Butler versus UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th. UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 24-38 0-0 17-32 56 8 11 2 2 65 5.9

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 11 vs. Northwestern (12/20) Points: 11 vs. Northwestern (12/20/03) FG: 4 on two occasions FG: 4 on two occasions FGA: 7 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6) FGA: 7 vs. E. Washington (12/6/03) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 4 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FT: 4 vs. Illinois St. (12/13/03) FTA: 8 vs. Illinois St. (12/13) FTA: 8 vs. Illinois St. (12/13/03) REB: 10 at Evansville (11/21) REB: 10 at Evansville (11/21/03) A: 3 vs. Mercer (11/17) A: 3 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) ST: 1 vs. Evansville (11/25) ST: 1 vs. Evansville (11/25/03) BLK: 1 on two occasions BLK: 1 on two occasions

Poole’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2003-04 11-1 191 24-38 .632 0-0 .000 17-32 .531 56-5.1 8 11 2 2 65-5.9 Totals 11-1 191 24-38 .632 0-0 .000 17-32 .531 56-5.1 8 11 2 2 65-5.9

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Joe Scott Scott’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-9 * 215 * F/C vs. UC-Irvine 4-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 2 1 9 9.0 #42 Palos Hills, Ill. * Stagg vs. Oakland 2-4 0-0 1-3 3 0 2 0 1 5 7.0 vs. Mercer 6-12 0-0 3-4 8 0 0 1 1 15 9.7 @Evansville 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 1 2 4 8.3 Evansville 3-5 0-0 4-8 4 0 2 2 0 10 8.6 UTSA 3-9 0-0 0-0 6 0 1 1 1 6 8.2 2003-04 Notes: Recorded 10 points and four rebounds in the Flames’ home EIU 2-4 0-0 0-4 2 1 1 1 0 4 7.6 win over Evansville on Nov. 25th...tabbed six points and six rebounds at Texas- vs. NIU 1-6 0-0 3-6 1 0 1 2 0 5 7.3 San Antonio on Nov. 29th...collected five rebounds, to go along with four vs. E. Wash. 2-4 0-0 0-1 5 0 0 1 0 4 6.9 points, two assists and two steals at Evansville on Nov. 21st...enjoyed his best Ill. St. 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 0 0 2 3 6.5 game of the season on Nov. 17th versus Mercer with 15 points and eight N’Western 1-2 0-0 1-3 4 1 2 0 0 3 6.2 rebounds...recorded nine points (4-for-4 FG), three rebounds and two blocks @UWM in UIC’s season-opening win over UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th...totaled five points Illinois and three rebounds versus Oakland on Nov. 16th. Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals 27-57 0-0 14-33 43 6 12 11 8 68 6.2

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 15 vs. Mercer (11/17) Points: 29 vs. Oregon (12/12/00) FG: 6 vs. Mercer (11/17) FG: 10 vs. ODU (12/21/00) FGA: 12 vs. Mercer (11/17) FGA: 18 vs. ODU (12/21/00) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 4 vs. Evansville (11/25) FT: 11 vs. Oregon (12/12/00) FTA: 8 vs. Evansville (11/25) FTA: 15 vs. Oregon (12/12/00) REB: 8 vs. Mercer (11/17) REB: 12 vs. ODU (12/21/00) A: 2 at Evansville (11/21) A: 3 vs. Clev. St. (3/4/00) ST: 2 on two occasions ST: 3 vs. Clev. St. (3/4/00) BLK: 2 on three occasions BLK: 5 on two occasions

Scott’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 1999-00 31-15 678 96-195 .492 0-0 .000 77-129 .597 124-4.0 11 37 41 11 269-8.7 2000-01 27-27 674 99-210 .471 0-0 .000 82-149 .550 137-5.1 4 47 30 14 280-10.4 2001-02 1-1 2 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0 2002-03 30-22 454 56-110 .509 0-0 .000 31-65 .477 91-3.0 5 31 33 12 143-4.8 2003-04 11-11 212 27-57 .474 0-0 .000 14-33 .424 43-3.9 6 12 11 8 68-6.2 Totals 100-75 2020 278-574 .484 0-0 .000 204-376 .542 395-4.0 26 127 115 45 760-7.6

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Jovan Stefanov Stefanov’s 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Fr. * 6-9 * 215 * F vs. UC-Irvine DNP #4 Belgrade, Yugoslavia vs. Oakland DNP vs. Mercer DNP Tavares HS (FL) @Evansville DNP Evansville DNP UTSA DNP EIU DNP 2003-04 Notes: Has not seen any action this season due to an illness. vs. NIU DNP vs. E. Wash. DNP Ill. St. DNP N’Western DNP @UWM Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals

Season Highs Career Highs Points: n/a Points: 1 vs. Indiana (12/7/02) FG: n/a FG: 0 FGA: n/a FGA: 2 vs. Indiana (12/7/02) 3PT: n/a 3PT: 0 3PTA: n/a 3PTA: 0 FT: n/a FT: 1 vs. Indiana (12/7/02) FTA: n/a FTA: 2 vs. Indiana (12/7/02) REB: n/a REB: 0 A: n/a A: 0 ST: n/a ST: 0 BLK: n/a BLK: 0

Stefanov’s Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2002-03 4-0 7 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 1-0.3 2003-04 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 4-0 7 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 1-0.3

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Armond Williams Williams’ 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS AVG. Sr. * 6-4 * 210 * F vs. UC-Irvine 1-6 0-0 3-6 6 3 2 0355.0 #30 Hillside, Ill. * Austin vs. Oakland 11-15 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 2 4 23 14.0 vs. Mercer 5-14 0-0 0-1 4 0 4 1 5 10 12.7 @Evansville 3-6 0-0 1-3 3 1 0 11711.3 Evansville 3-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 0 00910.8 CAREER ACCOLADES: UTSA 7-10 0-0 4-4 8 0 3 0 0 18 12.0 2003-04 Preseason All-Horizon League Second Team EIU 6-11 0-0 3-3 13 0 2 1 0 15 12.4 vs. NIU 7-12 0-0 0-2 11 0 3 0 0 14 12.6 2002-03 All-Horizon League Second Team vs. E. Wash. 6-11 0-0 7-9 5 0 2 1 4 19 13.3 Horizon League Player of the Week (1/6/03) Ill. St. 4-8 0-0 1-4 4 5 1 03912.9 Horizon League Player of the Week (1/27/03) N’Western 8-11 0-0 4-6 6 3 2 0 4 20 13.5 @UWM 2003-04 Notes: Team leader in rebounding (5.9 rpg) and steals (2.2 spg) Illinois while he ranks second in scoring (13.5 ppg)...has scored in double figures on Detroit YSU seven occasions and reached the 20-point plateau two times...owns two Loyola double-doubles this season...recorded his first double-double of the season @Detroit at Eastern Illinois with 15 points and a season-best 13 rebounds...backed that Clev. St. up with a 14-point, 11-rebound effort versus Northern Illinois on Dec. @WSU 5th...tabbed 20 points and six rebounds versus Northwestern on Dec. 20th UWGB dished out a career-high five assists versus Illinois State on Dec. 13th...totaled @Loyola 19 points and five rebounds in UIC’s win over Eastern Washington on Dec. @Butler 6th...scored 18 points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds at Texas-San UWM Antonio on Nov. 29th...posted a season-high 23 points while adding three @YSU @Clev. St. rebounds two blocks and four steals versus Oakland on Nov. 16th...totaled 10 @UWGB points, three rebounds and a career-best five steals versus Mercer on Nov. ESPN 17th...scored nine points and grabbed two rebounds in home win over Evans- WSU ville on Nov. 25th...led UIC with six rebounds while adding five points, three Butler assists and three steals in the Flames’ win over UC-Irvine on Nov. 15th. Totals 61-108 0-0 27-44 65 13 22 6 24 149 13.5

Season Highs Career Highs Points: 23 vs. Oakland (11/16) Points: 30 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) FG: 11 vs. Oakland (11/16) FG: 12 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) FGA: 15 vs. Oakland (11/16) FGA: 16 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) 3PT: 0 3PT: 0 3PTA: 0 3PTA: 0 FT: 7 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6) FT: 9 at N. Illinois (12/28/02) FTA: 9 vs. Eastern Washington (12/6) FTA: 13 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) REB: 13 at Eastern Illinois (12/2) REB: 15 vs. Loyola (1/22/03) A: 5 vs. Illinois State (12/13) A: 5 vs. Illinois State (12/13/03) ST: 5 vs. Mercer (11/17) ST: 5 vs. Mercer (11/17/03) BLK: 2 vs. Oakland (11/16) BLK: 3 vs. Cleveland St. (1/16/03)

Williams’ Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2001-02 34-1 541 85-167 .509 0-0 .000 40-82 .488 136-4.0 15 24 12 29 210-6.2 2002-03 30-28 856 168-263 .639 0-1 .000 71-132 .538 229-7.6 31 55 23 40 407-13.6 2003-04 11-10 342 61-108 .565 0-0 .000 27-44 .614 65-5.9 13 22 6 24 149-13.5 Totals 75-38 1739 314-538 .584 0-1 .000 138-258 .535 430-5.7 59 101 41 93 766-10.2

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Josh Williams J. Williams’ 2003-04 Regular-Season Game-By-Game Stats Opp. FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BLK ST PTS vs. So. * 6-9 * 220 * F UC-Irvine DNP #43 Chicago, Ill. * Whitney Young vs. Oakland DNP vs. Mercer DNP @Evansville DNP Evansville DNP UTSA DNP 2003-04 Notes: Academically ineligible for the first semster. EIU DNP vs. NIU DNP vs. E. Wash. DNP Ill. St. DNP N’Western DNP @UWM Illinois Detroit YSU Loyola @Detroit Clev. St. @WSU UWGB @Loyola @Butler UWM @YSU @Clev. St. @UWGB ESPN WSU Butler Totals

Season Highs Career Highs Points: n/a Points: 10 at Indiana (12/7/02) FG: n/a FG: 4 at Indiana (12/7/02) FGA: n/a FGA: 4 at Indiana (12/7/02) 3PT: n/a 3PT: 0 3PTA: n/a 3PTA: 0 FT: n/a FT: 2 on two occasions FTA: n/a FTA: 3 on two occasions REB: n/a REB: 4 on two occasions A: n/a A: 2 vs. Samford (12/16/02) ST: n/a ST: 1 on two occasions BLK: n/a BLK: 2 on three occasions

Williams’ Career Stats Years GP-GS Min FG-FGA PCT. 3FG-3FGA PCT. FT-FTA PCT. REB-AVG. A TO BLK ST Points-AVG. 2002-03 23-0 144 10-21 .476 0-0 .000 7-13 .538 27-1.2 4 10 8 2 27-1.2 2003-04 0-0 0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0.0 0 0 0 0 0-0.0 Totals 23-0 144 10-21 .476 0-0 .000 7-13 .538 27-1.2 4 10 8 2 27-1.2

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Notes: Will redshirt the 2003-04 season, retaining four years of eligi- Kevin Bond bility. Fr. * 6-5 * 175 * F #23 Chicago, Ill. * Morgan Park

Notes: Will redshirt the 2003-04 season, retaining two years of eligi- Rocky Collum bility. Jr. * 5-10 * 165 * G #10 Racine, Wis. * Case * Kankakee CC

Notes: Saw four minutes of action in the Flames’ exhibition finale versus Etienne Nelson St. Francis (IL), grabbing one rebound and recording one assist. So. * 6-1 * 165 * G #33 Maywood, Ill. * Walther Lutheran

Notes: Will most likely redshirt the 2003-04 season, retaining three Mike Smith years of eligibility. So. * 6-2 * 170 * G #1 Calumet Park, Ill. * Shepard

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #1 Game #2 UIC 77, UC Irvine 65 (Dell BCA Classic) Oakland 79, UIC 66 (Dell BCA Classic) Nov. 15, 2003 * Cincinnati, Ohio Nov. 16, 2003 * Cincinnati, Ohio

UCI FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS Oakland FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 12 Zuzak (f) 10-15 6-7 3-5 8 0 4 0 0 29 03 Williams (f) 2-9 1-5 0-0 7 4 2 1 1 5 42 Ethington (f) 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 0 4 0 0 4 52 Scott (f) 5-8 0-0 2-6 11 1 3 0 2 12 14 Schraeder (g) 2-5 2-5 0-0 2 2 1 0 1 6 44 Sabourin (c) 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 2 1 0 22 Baskauskas (g) 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 01 Marshall (g) 9-14 1-3 6-8 1 0 4 1 4 25 23 Efevberha (g) 3-10 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 0 1 6 23 Helms (g) 10-23 3-8 4-4 6 4 4 1 1 27 10 Gloger 4-8 0-0 3-4 5 6 3 0 4 11 04 Gilmore 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Campbell 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 0 10 Ishneal 1-5 0-1 0-0 2 2 1 0 2 2 40 Okoro 1-2 0-0 1-2 5 1 3 0 0 3 11 Dukes 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 55 Parada 2-5 0-0 2-4 6 2 4 1 1 6 20 Williams 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 1 40 Ritzema 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23-52 8-16 11-17 37 12 24 2 7 65 50 Hopes 2-3 0-0 4-5 4 1 2 0 1 8 Field Goal %: 44.2 3PT%: 50.0 FT%: 64.7 Team 2 Totals 29-65 5-17 16-23 36 12 16 5 12 79 UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS Field Goal %: 44.6 3PT%: 29.4 FT%: 69.6 30 A. Williams (f) 1-6 0-0 3-6 6 3 2 0 3 5 32 Carr (f) 5-11 2-5 5-6 5 1 2 0 1 17 UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 42 Scott (c) 4-4 0-0 1-2 3 1 2 2 1 9 30 A. Williams (f) 11-15 0-0 1-2 3 0 3 2 4 23 3 Bailey (g) 3-11 2-5 0-0 1 6 2 0 0 8 32 Carr (f) 3-6 1-1 3-4 5 2 5 0 0 10 34 Banks (g) 9-17 2-4 5-8 3 2 1 0 3 25 42 Scott (c) 2-4 0-0 1-3 3 0 2 0 1 5 15 McGee 3-6 1-2 0-0 4 1 1 0 0 7 3 Bailey (g) 4-6 1-1 3-4 3 9 6 0 3 12 25 Bowen 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 Banks (g) 3-16 0-5 0-0 5 5 1 0 3 6 40 Harris 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 1 0 15 McGee 1-2 1-2 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 3 44 Poole 1-2 0-0 2-3 3 1 1 1 0 4 25 Bowen 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 Petrusic 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 40 Harris 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 Team 4 44 Poole 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 27-59 7-16 16-25 31 15 12 5 9 77 50 Petrusic 1-4 0-0 3-4 2 0 1 0 0 5 Field Goal%: 45.8 3PT%: 43.8 FT%: 64.0 Team 6 Totals 26-57 3-9 11-19 32 17 22 2 11 66 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Field Goal%: 45.6 3PT%: 33.3 FT%: 57.9 UC-Irvine 36 29 65 UIC Flames 35 42 77 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Oakland 39 40 79 Cincinnati, Ohio - UIC shot a blistering 58% from the field in the second half UIC Flames 38 28 66 while forcing UC-Irvine into 15 turnovers in the period en route to a 77-65 victory over the Anteaters in the opening round of the 2003 Dell BCA Classic in Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio - The UIC men’s basketball suffered its first loss of the 2003- Ohio. 04 season on Sunday night as Oakland downed the Flames, 79-66, in a match-up The Flames (1-0) will now advance to meet Oakland (1-0), the Mid-Continent of preseason league favorites at the Dell BCA Classic. Conference preseason favorite which beat San Diego earlier in the day 93-68, in the The Golden Grizzlies (2-0), the frontrunners in the Mid-Continent Conference, semifinal round of the tournament tomorrow evening at 5:00 p.m. CST, at the Cintas closed the game on a 14-3 run over the final three mintues, which tore open an Center. otherwise back-and-forth affair. Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year Cedrick Banks led UIC with 25 The Flames were led by senior forward Armond Williams, who netted a season- points while senior forward Aaron Carr chipped in with 17, 11 of which came in the high 23 points to go along with four steals, three rebounds and two blocks. Martell second half. Bailey chipped in with 12 points and nine assists and Aaron Carr added 10 in the loss. Horizon League Preseason Player of the Year Cedrick Banks, who sat out most of the first half after picking up two quick fouls, was limited to just six points on the night. Oakland had a pair of 20-plus point scorers in Rawle Marshall (25 points) and Preseason Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year Mike Helms (27 points). Courtney Scott tabbed a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Golden Grizzlies.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #3 Game #4 UIC 75, Mercer 64 (Dell BCA Classic) UIC 70, Evansville 54 Nov. 17, 2003 * Cincinnati, Ohio Nov. 21, 2003 * Evansville, Ind.

UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 30 A. Williams (f) 5-14 0-0 0-1 4 0 4 1 5 10 30 A. Williams (f) 3-6 0-0 1-3 3 1 0 1 1 7 32 Carr (f) 4-8 2-5 2-2 3 1 0 2 2 12 32 Carr (f) 5-12 2-6 4-5 2 2 2 1 1 16 42 Scott (c) 6-12 0-0 3-4 8 0 0 1 1 15 42 Scott (c) 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 1 1 2 4 3 Bailey (g) 2-3 0-1 1-2 3 6 2 0 0 5 3 Bailey (g) 1-4 0-2 3-6 3 7 3 0 2 5 34 Banks (g) 7-23 3-9 3-4 10 2 1 0 0 20 34 Banks (g) 10-20 4-9 2-2 2 2 2 0 6 26 15 McGee 0-1 0-0 1-1 1 2 0 0 0 1 15 McGee 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 2 22 Dominguez 3-7 2-5 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 8 22 Dominguez 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 Bowen 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 Poole 2-2 0-0 0-0 5 3 1 1 0 4 40 Harris 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 0 2 0 1 0 50 Petrusic 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 44 Poole 4-6 0-0 2-5 10 0 1 0 0 10 Team 1 50 Petrusic 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29-70 7-20 10-14 41 16 8 5 8 75 Team 5 Field Goal %: 41.4 3PT%: 35.0 FT%: 71.4 Totals 26-56 6-18 12-21 39 15 12 3 13 70 Field Goal %: 46.4 3PT%: 33.3 FT%: 57.1 Mercer FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 04 Emerson (f) 9-15 3-5 1-4 7 3 5 2 0 22 Evansville FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 40 Duke (f) 2-5 0-0 6-6 10 3 3 3 0 10 22 Cuffle (f) 3-12 0-5 2-2 3 1 1 1 0 8 01 January (g) 5-14 5-10 2-2 1 2 2 0 1 17 01 Lee (c) 4-12 0-0 6-7 5 4 4 2 1 14 05 Odoms (g) 1-6 1-3 0-0 3 1 1 0 1 3 02 Burton (g) 3-8 0-1 0-0 4 0 5 0 1 6 10 McCurry (g) 0-2 0-2 3-3 1 4 3 0 1 3 04 Anslinger (g) 0-1 0-1 1-2 2 2 0 0 0 1 03 Brown 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 Wagner (g) 3-5 1-1 2-2 7 4 3 0 1 9 14 Skogen 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 Gore 1-2 0-1 0-0 2 0 3 0 0 2 25 Hansen 3-6 0-0 0-1 6 2 1 0 0 6 32 Nelson 1-3 0-1 2-2 1 1 1 0 1 4 33 Matthews 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Webster 1-1 0-0 2-4 2 0 1 0 0 4 34 Emerson 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 44 Petty 1-5 1-2 1-2 2 0 1 0 0 4 Team 2 55 Strickland 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 1 0 2 Totals 21-51 10-21 12-16 31 17 16 5 3 64 Team 5 Field Goal%: 41.2 3PT%: 47.6 FT%: 75.0 Totals 18-50 2-12 16-23 34 12 20 4 4 54 Field Goal%: 36.0 3PT%: 16.7 FT%: 69.6 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total UIC Flames 37 38 75 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Mercer 27 37 64 UIC Flames 25 45 70 Evansville 28 26 54 Cincinnati, Ohio - The UIC men’s basketball team secured a third-place finish at the 2003 Dell BCA Classic on Monday night with a 75-64 victory over Mercer at Evansville, Ind. - UIC senior Cedrick Banks scored 24 of his game-high 26 Xavier University’s Cintas Center. points in the second half to lead the Flames to a 70-54 victory at Evansville on Friday The Flames (2-1) controlled the paint versus the Bears (1-2), who are the pre- night. season favorites in the Atlantic Sun Conference. UIC outrebounded Mercer 41-31 Banks led UIC’s second-half charge, shooting 9-for-11 from the fieldand 4-for- while outscoring the Bears 38-18 in the paint. 4 from three-point range in the stanza, which saw the Flames outscore the Purple Senior Cedrick Banks paced the Flames with his first double-double of the Aces 45-26. Banks also finished with six steals in the contest. season, finishing with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Senior Joe Scott had his best Senior forward Aaron Carr added 16 points for UIC while rookie Elliott Poole outing of the year, tallying 15 points and eight rebounds. collected his first collegiate double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds off the Aaron Carr (12 points) and Armond Williams (10 points, 4 rebounds, 5 steals) bench. also reached double figures for UIC. The Flames trailed 38-36 with 14:20 left in the game when Banks went on a The Flames owned a 37-27 lead at intermission, closing the first half on a 10- personal 12-0 run over the next two minutes to give UIC a 10-point advantage they 0 run as senior Rickey Dominguez netted eight points during the surge. would never relinquish. Mercer would claw back in the second half and eventually build a four point Deywane Lee paced Evansville with 14 points and four assists. advantage, 51-47 with just under 12 minutes remaining. UIC still trailed by three, 54-51 at the 10:23 mark, but five straight points by Carr gave the Flames 55-54 lead they would never relinquish The Bears were led by Scott Emerson’s 22 points and seven rebounds.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #5 Game #6 UIC 77, Evansville 73 UIC 73, Texas-San Antonio 47 Nov. 25, 2003 * UIC Pavilion Nov. 29, 2003 * San Antonio, Texas

Evansville FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 22 Cuffle (f) 9-18 5-8 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 25 30 Williams (f) 7-10 0-0 4-4 8 0 3 0 0 18 01 Lee (c) 4-7 0-0 2-4 11 1 1 0 0 10 32 Carr (f) 0-3 0-1 2-2 0 2 1 0 1 2 02 Burton (g) 4-7 0-0 0-0 2 3 4 0 0 8 42 Scott (c) 3-9 0-0 0-0 6 0 1 1 1 6 04 Anslinger (g) 2-5 1-4 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 5 3 Bailey (g) 2-6 0-1 2-2 1 5 5 0 4 6 20 Wagner (g) 3-12 2-6 2-2 5 9 2 0 1 10 34 Banks (g) 8-12 2-5 2-2 7 5 3 0 3 20 12 Welch 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Lesko 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 24 Gore 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22 Dominguez 3-4 1-2 2-4 4 1 0 0 2 9 32 Nelson 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 25 Bowen 3-5 0-0 0-0 3 1 1 1 1 6 33 Webster 2-4 0-1 4-4 2 0 2 0 0 8 33 Nelson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Petty 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 40 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 55 Strickland 2-2 0-0 0-1 1 2 1 0 0 4 41 Mitchem 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 2 1 0 0 Team 12 44 Poole 1-3 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 Totals 27-58 9-21 10-13 39 18 13 0 2 73 50 Petrusic 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Field Goal%: 46.6 3PT%: 42.9 FT%: 76.9 Team 4 Totals 28-55 3-10 14-16 39 17 15 3 12 73 UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS Field Goal%: 50.9 3PT%: 30.0 FT%: 87.5 32 Carr (f) 4-11 3-7 3-5 7 1 0 1 0 14 44 Poole (f) 2-3 0-0 2-3 7 1 1 0 1 6 UTSA FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 42 Scott (c) 3-5 0-0 4-8 4 0 2 2 0 10 00 Hurd (f) 6-11 1-4 0-2 4 0 8 0 1 13 3 Bailey (g) 2-9 0-3 2-3 6 15 1 0 2 6 24 Posey (f) 6-12 2-4 2-2 3 0 3 0 3 16 34 Banks (g) 9-22 4-11 3-5 2 1 1 0 2 25 42 Fuqua (c) 2-3 0-0 0-2 3 0 0 2 1 4 15 McGee 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Attaway (g) 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 2 3 0 1 5 22 Dominguez 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 13 President (g) 1-4 0-1 1-2 2 1 1 0 3 3 25 Bowen 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 05 Harbert 1-7 0-3 0-1 0 1 4 0 0 2 30 A. Williams 3-4 0-0 3-4 2 1 0 0 0 9 12 Cole 0-1 0-1 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 2 40 Harris 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 4 50 Hall 0-0 0-0 2-2 2 0 0 0 0 2 50 Petrusic 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Team 3 Team 4 Totals 18-43 4-16 7-14 18 6 21 2 20 47 Totals 26-63 8-23 17-28 38 19 6 4 5 77 Field Goal %: 41.9 3PT%: 25.0 FT%: 50.0 Field Goal %: 41.3 3PT%: 34.8 FT%: 60.7 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total UIC Flames 38 35 73 Evansville 46 27 73 Texas-San Antonio 27 20 47 UIC Flames 43 34 77 San Antonio, Texas - UIC notched its fourth straight win and improved to 5- Chicago, Ill. - Cedrick Banks scored 25 points and Martell Bailey dished out a 1 overall on the year with a 73-47 win at Texas-San Antonio on Saturday afternoon. career-high 15 assists to lead the University of Illinois at Chicago to a 77-73 victory Senior Cedrick Banks led the way for the Flames with a strong all-around game. over Evansville in its home opener at the UIC Pavilion on Tuesday night. The Preseason Horizon League Player of the Year finished with 20 points, seven The game was tight throughout, but Aaron Carr sealed the win for UIC with two rebounds, five assists and three steals while shooting an efficient 8-for-12 from the free throws with :08 left to give the Flames (4-1) their second straight victory over field. the Purple Aces (0-2) after playing them just five days ago in Evansville. Banks received strong support from senior Armond Williams, who tallied 18 Carr was one of three UIC players to finish in double figures, tabbing 14 points points and a team-high eight rebounds, as well as senior Rickey Dominguez, who and seven rebounds. Senior center Joe Scott pitched in 10 points for the Flames, tabbed a career-high nine points to go along with four rebounds. who are off to their first 4-1 start since the 1997-98 season. UIC shot a season-high 51% from the field versus the Roadrunners (1-3) while Bailey’s 15 dishes tied Eddie Stacks for third on the school’s all-time single game outrebounding UTSA, 39-18. assists list. The senior point guard also had six points and six rebounds. The Roadrunners were paced by Raphael Posey’s 16 points.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #7 Game #8 UIC 77, Eastern Illinois 60 Northern Illinois 54, UIC 53 Dec. 2, 2003 * Charleston, Ill. Dec. 5, 2003 * Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye Challenge)

UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS NIU FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 30 Williams (f) 6-11 0-0 3-3 13 0 2 1 0 15 02 Smallwood (f) 6-9 0-0 1-2 10 2 6 1 2 13 32 Carr (f) 7-12 4-6 2-2 2 0 0 0 1 20 32 Peterson (f) 3-13 3-13 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 9 42 Scott (c) 2-4 0-0 0-4 2 1 1 1 0 4 41 Hughes (c) 4-4 0-0 1-2 6 2 0 2 0 9 3 Bailey (g) 4-11 2-4 2-4 3 8 6 1 1 12 03 Maestranzi (g) 4-9 3-5 0-0 3 5 1 0 0 11 34 Banks (g) 5-14 2-6 4-4 5 1 0 0 1 16 21 Smith (g) 1-6 1-1 0-0 1 1 4 0 0 3 14 Lesko 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Thompson 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 Dominguez 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 05 Sanders 3-3 0-0 0-1 3 1 2 0 0 6 25 Bowen 1-3 0-0 1-4 3 0 0 1 0 3 10 Paradise 1-4 1-2 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 3 40 Harris 1-1 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 2 23 McKinney 0-1 0-0 0-1 6 3 3 0 0 0 41 Mitchem 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Byrd 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 44 Poole 2-2 0-0 1-3 5 1 1 0 0 5 Team 2 50 Petrusic 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 22-49 8-21 2-6 37 17 21 3 2 54 Team 5 Field Goal %: 44.9 3PT%: 38.1 FT%: 33.3 Totals 28-58 8-16 13-24 43 13 14 5 3 77 Field Goal%: 48.3 3PT%: 50.0 FT%: 54.2 UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 30 Williams (f) 7-12 0-0 0-2 11 0 3 0 0 14 EIU FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 32 Carr (f) 1-7 0-3 2-2 4 3 2 0 0 4 30 Roos (f) 1-5 0-1 1-2 3 1 2 0 0 3 42 Scott (c) 1-6 0-0 3-6 1 0 1 2 0 5 55 Mackinson (c) 1-5 0-0 3-4 2 2 1 1 1 5 3 Bailey (g) 0-6 0-2 1-2 3 7 1 0 2 1 05 Gomes (g) 8-10 2-2 1-2 4 2 1 1 0 19 34 Banks (g) 9-18 3-6 2-2 1 1 2 1 1 23 10 Sinclair (g) 0-1 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 0 0 0 22 Dominguez 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 Hollyfield (g) 1-4 0-3 3-5 0 2 3 1 2 5 25 Bowen 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 2 03 Dildy 2-6 1-4 0-0 2 2 1 0 2 5 40 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 04 Patterson 3-8 0-1 1-4 4 2 1 0 0 7 44 Poole 2-4 0-0 0-2 6 0 1 0 1 4 21 Wright 3-6 1-3 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 8 Team 3 33 Forte 0-4 0-0 3-4 1 1 1 0 0 3 Totals 21-27 3-12 8-16 33 11 11 3 4 53 34 Gobczynski 2-2 1-1 0-0 3 0 3 0 0 3 Field Goal%: 36.8 3PT%: 25.0 FT%: 50.0 Team 3 Totals 21-51 5-15 13-23 27 14 14 3 6 60 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Field Goal %: 41.2 3PT%: 33.3 FT%: 56.5 Northern Illinois 21 33 54 UIC Flames 27 26 53 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total UIC Flames 38 39 77 Iowa City, Iowa. - UIC senior Cedrick Banks’ three-point attempt with three Eastern Illinois 33 27 60 seconds left rimmed out and Northern Illinois held on for a 54-53 victory over the Flames in the opening game of the 2003 Gazette Hawkeye Challenge on Friday Charleston, Ill. - The UIC men’s basketball team continued its dominance evening. against in-state rivals on Tuesday night with a 77-60 victory at Eastern Illinois. The loss snaps UIC’s (6-2) five-game winning streak and also breaks the Flames’ The Flames (6-1) have now won their last 10 games versus state schools and are string of 10 consecutive wins against in-state opponents. The Flames will now play 17-3 against in-state opponents since the 2001-02 season. in the consolation game of the tournament on Saturday versus the loser of the Senior Aaron Carr paced four UIC players in double-figures on Tuesday night Iowa/Eastern Washington game at 5:45 p.m. The Huskies (3-1) advance to the title with a season-high 20 points. Senior forward Armond Williams collected his first game at 8:15 p.m. versus the winner of that contest. double-double of the year with 15 points and 13 rebounds while seniors Martell Banks led UIC with a game-high 23 points while senior forward Armond Wil- Bailey (12 points, 8 assists) and Cedrick Banks (16 points, 5 rebounds) also had liams tallied his second straight double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds. strong outings for the Flames. Marcus Smallwood paced NIU with double-double of his own with 13 points and Josh Gomes led the Panthers (0-3) with 19 points. 10 rebounds. Anthony Maestranzi added 11, including a key three-pointer in the The Panthers were still withing five points with, 54-49, with just over eight final two minutes. minutes remaining, but a 12-0 Flames run over the next four minutes would put the The Flames led by as many as 12 points in the opening stanza, but the Huskies game out of reach. UIC would shoot 58% in the second half, outscoring EIU 39-27 cut the lead in half to trail by only six, 27-21, at intermission. in the period. NIU came out of the locker room with a sense of urgency, outscoring UIC 17- The Flames dominated the glass, outrebounding the Panthers, 43-27. 6 in the first 10 minutes to take a seven-point lead, 40-33. The Flames wouldn’t go away, though, and eventually took the lead back, 53-52, with 1:12 left on a pair of free throws by Aaron Carr. With UIC pressing the Huskies, Maestranzi would find James Hughes wide open for a dunk with 56 seconds remaining for what would prove to be the game- winning basket.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #9 Game #10 UIC 67, Eastern Washington 52 UIC 86, Illinois State 74 Dec. 6, 2003 * Iowa City, Iowa (Hawkeye Challenge) Dec. 13, 2003 * UIC Pavilion

EWU FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS ISU FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 24 Axton (f) 4-10 1-5 1-1 10 5 2 0 1 10 21 Arnold (f) 5-8 0-0 1-2 2 1 2 0 0 11 52 Snow (f) 9-19 1-3 2-2 3 5 3 0 1 21 25 Plank (f) 1-7 0-1 0-0 6 2 1 0 1 2 34 Butorac (c) 3-5 1-1 0-1 1 0 2 0 0 7 50 Dilligard (c) 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 02 Merritt (g) 2-5 0-1 0-0 4 4 2 0 1 4 11 Greene (g) 5-10 1-2 0-0 1 4 3 0 1 11 23 Barnard (g) 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 1 4 0 1 5 02 Alexander (g) 2-4 2-3 0-0 5 5 1 1 1 6 03 Henkel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Burras 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 2 12 Pariseau 1-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0 2 10 Troc 4-5 0-0 1-2 2 4 3 0 0 9 15 McCulloch 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Guidry 7-14 5-9 1-1 6 5 3 0 0 20 22 Nelson 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 3 0 0 2 03 Ford 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 42 Smith 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Echols 6-6 0-0 1-4 3 1 4 0 0 13 44 Nicholas 0-1 0-0 1-2 4 0 0 0 1 1 Team 2 Team 6 Totals 31-57 8-15 4-9 28 23 18 2 5 74 Totals 22-51 4-15 4-6 30 17 17 0 5 52 Field Goal %: 54.4 3PT%: 53.3 FT%: 44.4 Field Goal %: 43.1 3PT%: 26.7 FT%: 66.7 UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 30 Williams (f) 4-8 0-0 1-4 4 5 1 0 3 9 30 Williams (f) 6-11 0-0 7-9 5 0 2 1 4 19 32 Carr (f) 8-14 3-7 4-5 4 1 1 1 0 23 32 Carr (f) 2-9 1-4 2-4 3 1 1 0 0 7 42 Scott (c) 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 0 0 2 3 42 Scott (c) 2-4 0-0 0-1 5 0 0 1 0 4 3 Bailey (g) 3-5 2-2 5-6 5 12 4 0 2 13 3 Bailey (g) 5-10 0-2 1-3 2 9 3 0 2 11 34 Banks (g) 9-16 4-6 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 22 34 Banks (g) 5-12 3-6 0-1 4 2 3 1 0 13 15 McGee 1-3 0-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 4 22 Dominguez 0-0 0-0 0-1 2 0 1 0 1 1 25 Bowen 2-4 0-0 0-2 3 1 1 0 0 4 25 Bowen 2-2 0-0 2-2 4 1 0 1 0 6 40 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 40 Harris 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 44 Poole 2-2 0-0 4-8 7 1 0 0 0 8 41 Mitchem 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Team 2 44 Poole 3-7 0-0 1-2 6 0 1 0 0 7 Totals 30-55 9-17 17-29 29 23 8 2 7 86 Team 4 Field Goal%: 54.5 3PT%: 52.9 FT%: 58.6 Totals 25-56 4-12 13-23 37 13 11 4 7 67 Field Goal%: 44.6 3PT%: 33.3 FT%: 56.5 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Illinois State 38 36 74 Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total UIC Flames 50 36 86 Eastern Washington 24 28 52 UIC Flames 29 38 67 Chicago, Ill. - UIC seniors Cedrick Banks and Aaron Carr each spent a half with a hot hand, leading the Flames to an 86-74 victory over visiting Illinois State on Iowa City, Iowa. - The UIC men’s basketball team bounced back from a tough Saturday. loss last night in the opening round of the Gazette Hawkeye Challenge, posting a Banks tallied 20 of his 22 points in the first half, then Carr netted 20 of his game- 67-52 victory over Eastern Washington on Saturday in the consolation game at high 23 in the second stanza, pacing UIC to its highest scoring output of the season. Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Senior point guard Martell Bailey also had a strong game for the Flames, collect- Senior forward Armond Williams led three Flames (7-2) in double figures with ing his third career double-double with 13 points and 12 assists. 19 points, while also adding five rebounds. Cedrick Banks chipped in with 13 points The Flames scored a season-best 50 points in the opening period, behind 65% while senior Martell Bailey fell just shy of his first double-double of the season, shooting from the field, taking a 12-point advantage into intermission. UIC would finishing with 11 points and nine assists. build its lead to as many as 22 points inthe second half, only to watch the Redbirds Sophomore Justin Bowen also had a strong game for UIC, tallying career bests close to within seven in the final minutes. of six points and four rebounds in 14 minutes off the bench. The Flames would convert down the stretch, though, to hold off ISU’s rally. Alvin Snow paced the Eagles (2-5) with a game-high 21 points. The win was UIC’s 13th straight at home over non-conference opponents and The Flames trailed 36-34 with just over 14 minutes remaining in the contest, moves them to 18-4 in its last 22 games versus in-state foes. but a 17-4 UIC run over the next four minutes gave them an 11-point lead they would never relinquish. Bailey keyed the surge with eight points and three assists.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com Game #11 UIC 90, Northwestern 71 Dec. 20, 2003 * UIC Pavilion

Northwestern FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 11 Vukusic (f) 8-12 3-4 4-5 4 5 6 0 0 23 31 Duvancic (f) 1-3 1-3 0-0 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 Parker (g) 1-4 1-4 0-0 2 6 2 0 0 3 14 Hachad (g) 1-4 0-2 3-4 3 2 2 0 0 5 25 Young (g) 9-16 2-5 7-9 5 1 2 0 1 27 10 Tolic 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 Seacat 2-8 1-6 0-0 2 2 1 0 3 5 5 Jenkins 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 Scott 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 0 1 1 5 Team 0 Totals 24-49 8-24 15-20 22 19 15 2 5 71 Field Goal %: 49.0 3PT%: 33.3 FT%: 75.0

UIC Flames FG-FGA 3PT-3PTA FT-FTA REB A TO BK ST PTS 30 Williams (f) 8-11 0-0 4-6 6 3 2 0 4 20 32 Carr (f) 8-13 5-8 0-0 4 4 1 0 1 21 42 Scott (c) 1-2 0-0 1-3 4 1 2 0 0 3 3 Bailey (g) 5-8 1-2 0-0 2 12 1 0 0 11 34 Banks (g) 7-16 4-8 2-2 3 4 2 1 2 20 22 Dominguez 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 Bowen 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 2 40 Harris 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Poole 4-5 0-0 3-4 6 0 4 0 0 11 50 Petrusic 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Team 4 Totals 35-57 10-18 10-15 31 26 13 1 8 90 Field Goal%: 61.4 3PT%: 55.6 FT%: 66.7

Score By Periods: 1st 2nd Total Northwestern 41 30 71 UIC Flames 43 47 90

Chicago, Ill. - UIC shot a blistering 68% from the field in second half to break open a tight game as they rolled past visiting Northwestern, 90-71, at the UIC Pavilion. Aaron Carr tallied 16 of his team-high 21 points in the second half, leading five Flames in double figures. Seniors Cedrick Banks and Armond Williams each tallied 20 points for UIC. Senior Martell Bailey collected his second straight double-double with 11 points and 12 assists while rookie Elliott Poole came off the bench to tally 11 points and six rebounds. Jitim Young paced Northwestern with a game-high 27 points. UIC led by only two at intermission, 43-31, but used a 16-4 run in the opening minutes of the second half to gain a 14-point lead they would never relinquish.

2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com 2003-04 UIC FLAMES BASKETBALL UIC Flames Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 21, 2003) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (9-2) (3-0) (3-0) (3-2) CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (9-2) (3-0) (3-0) (3-2)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------34 Banks, Cedrick..... 11-11 390 35.5 81-186 .435 31-75 .413 23-30 .767 18 26 44 4.0 21 0 26 17 3 21 216 19.6 30 Williams, Armond... 11-10 342 31.1 61-108 .565 0-0 .000 27-44 .614 22 43 65 5.9 25 1 13 22 6 24 149 13.5 32 Carr, Aaron...... 11-11 318 28.9 47-106 .443 23-53 .434 29-37 .784 14 25 39 3.5 16 0 18 15 5 7 146 13.3 3 Bailey, Martell.... 11-11 374 34.0 31-79 .392 8-25 .320 20-32 .625 3 29 32 2.9 23 1 96 34 1 18 90 8.2 42 Scott, Joe...... 11-11 212 19.3 27-57 .474 0-0 .000 14-33 .424 23 20 43 3.9 42 3 6 12 11 8 68 6.2 44 Poole, Elliott..... 11-1 191 17.4 24-38 .632 0-0 .000 17-32 .531 22 34 56 5.1 17 0 8 11 2 2 65 5.9 22 Dominguez, Rickey.. 8-0 54 6.8 7-14 .500 4-10 .400 2-5 .400 3 6 9 1.1 1 0 2 3 1 3 20 2.5 15 McGee, Marcetteaus. 7-0 67 9.6 6-16 .375 2-7 .286 3-3 1.000 1 6 7 1.0 4 0 7 7 0 0 17 2.4 25 Bowen, Justin...... 10-0 112 11.2 10-19 .526 0-0 .000 3-8 .375 8 14 22 2.2 6 0 5 3 3 2 23 2.3 50 Petrusic, Josip.... 8-0 47 5.9 3-8 .375 0-0 .000 3-4 .750 4 7 11 1.4 14 0 1 3 0 0 9 1.1 14 Lesko, Richard..... 2-0 4 2.0 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0 40 Harris, Jabari..... 11-0 81 7.4 3-9 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 7 14 21 1.9 19 0 1 4 4 2 6 0.5 33 Nelson, Etienne.... 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 41 Mitchem, Kevin..... 3-0 6 2.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 18 24 42 3.8 0 1 ------Total...... 11 2200 301-643 .468 68-171 .398 141-230 .613 143 250 393 35.7 190 5 183 134 37 87 811 73.7 Opponents...... 11 2200 256-576 .444 71-193 .368 110-170 .647 105 234 339 30.8 229 - 167 195 28 61 693 63.0

TEAM STATISTICS UIC OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 811 693 11/15/03 vs UC-Irvine W 77-65 - Points per game...... 73.7 63.0 ^11/16/03 vs Oakland L 66-79 - Scoring margin...... +10.7 - ^11/17/03 vs Mercer W 75-64 - FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 301-643 256-576 11/21/03 at Evansville W 70-54 8416 Field goal pct...... 468 .444 11/25/03 EVANSVILLE W 77-73 4861 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 68-171 71-193 11/29/03 at Texas-San Antonio W 73-47 569 3-point FG pct...... 398 .368 12/2/03 at Eastern Illinois W 77-60 1286 3-pt FG made per game.. 6.2 6.5 12/05/03 vs Northern Illinois L 53-54 - FREE THROWS-ATT...... 141-230 110-170 12/06/03 vs Eastern Washington W 67-52 - Free throw pct...... 613 .647 12/13/03 ILLINOIS STATE W 86-74 5978 REBOUNDS...... 393 339 12/20/03 NORTHWESTERN W 90-71 5092 Rebounds per game...... 35.7 30.8 Rebounding margin...... +4.9 - ASSISTS...... 183 167 Assists per game...... 16.6 15.2 TURNOVERS...... 134 195 Turnovers per game..... 12.2 17.7 Turnover margin...... +5.5 - Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.4 0.9 STEALS...... 87 61 Steals per game...... 7.9 5.5 BLOCKS...... 37 28 Blocks per game...... 3.4 2.5 WINNING STREAK...... 3 - Home win streak...... 3 - ATTENDANCE...... 15931 10271 Home games-Avg/Game.... 3-5310 3-3424 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 5-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total ------UIC Flames...... 403 408 - 811 Opponents...... 360 333 - 693

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