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 (12-7, 3-4) 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-GREEN BAY (12-5, 6-1) 11/21 at Evansville W, 70-54 Saturday, January 24, 2004 11/25 EVANSVILLE W, 77-73 11/29 at UT-San Antonio W, 73-47 UIC Pavilion (8,000) * 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-Green Bay leads the all-time series, 36-29. 12/13 ILLINOIS STATE W, 86-74 * Last Meeting: UIC defeated UW-Green Bay, 81-68, on February 1, 2003 at the Pavilion. 12/20 NORTHWESTERN W, 90-71 12/23 at UW-Milwaukee# L, 62-78 * Quick Notes: UIC has won the last four meetings with UW-Green Bay and six of the last 12/30 vs. ILLINOIS^ L, 60-75 seven encounters...The Phoenix is the Flames longest standing rival with the teams meeting 1/3 DETROIT# L, 48-56 on 65 prior occasions, playing every year since the 1970-71 campaign...Senior Aaron Carr 1/5 YOUNGSTOWN ST.# W, 66-47 averaged 19.5 ppg in two meetings with UW-Green Bay last season...Senior Joe Scott has 1/8 LOYOLA# W, 77-59 1/15 at Detroit# L, 67-70 pulled down at least five rebounds in each of his last six contests...UIC is 6-1 at home this 1/17 CLEVELAND ST.# W, 83-68 season while UW-Green Bay is 3-0 on the road in league action and 4-4 away from home 1/21 at Wright St.# L, 60-61 overall...The Phoenix leads the league in field goal percentage defense while UIC ranks third 1/24 UW-GREEN BAY# 7:00 PM in field goal percentage...The Flames are 10-0 this season when scoring 70 or more 1/26 at Loyola# 7:00 PM points...UIC is 27-0 since the 2000-01 season when shooting 50% or better from the field. 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. 7.1 ppg, 8.3 apg Chicago, Ill. 2/26 WRIGHT ST.# 7:00 PM G - #34 Cedrick Banks 6-2/165/Sr. 17.4 ppg, 3.3 rpg Chicago, Ill. 2/28 BUTLER# 6:00 PM F - #32 Aaron Carr 6-4/195/Sr. 11.6 ppg, 3.2 rpg Chicago, Ill. at Horizon League Tournament F - #30 Armond Williams 6-4/210/Sr. 12.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg Hillside, Ill. 3/2 Opening Round TBA C - #42 Joe Scott 6-9/230/Sr. 6.6 ppg, 4.5 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. 4.7 4.4 0.5 Home Games in ALL CAPS 25 Justin Bowen F 6-6 185 So. 3.9 2.4 0.6 # - Horizon League Game 4 Jovan Stefanov F 6-9 210 Fr. 2.5 0.7 0.5 ^ at United Center (Chicago, Ill.) 22 Rickey Dominguez G 6-4 190 Sr. 2.1 1.1 0.3 All Times Central 15 Marcetteaus McGee G 6-1 160 Fr. 1.8 0.5 0.6 50 Josip Petrusic C 6-10 260 Jr. 1.8 1.6 0.2 FOLLOW THE FLAMES ONLINE AT 14 Richard Lesko F 6-9 210 Sr. 1.3 1.3 0.0 www.uicflames.com 40 Jabari Harris F/C 6-9 220 Sr. 0.6 1.6 0.2 41 Kevin Mitchem F 6-6 190 Sr. 0.5 0.3 0.0 2003-04 UIC Flames Basketball * www.uicflames.com UIC HEAD COACH SETTING THE SCENE: UIC looks to stay in the hunt for a first-round bye in the Horizon League Tour- Jimmy Collins nament when they take on UW-Green Bay on Saturday at the UIC Pavilion. The Phoenix are currently in second place in the league with a 6-1 mark while the (119-108, 8th season) Flames are in a tie for fifth with a 3-4 record. UIC is 6-1 at home this season, but will play five of its next six games on enemy hardwood following Saturday’s tilt. Head Coach Jimmy Collins is in his eighth season at the helm of the UIC men’s basketball LAST TIME OUT: program. The veteran mentor has compiled a cur- Wright State 61, UIC 60 (Jan. 21, 2004 - Dayton, Ohio) rent record of 119-107 with the Flames, making Rookie Alex Kock’s put-back with four seconds remaining proved to be the him the second all-time winningest head coach difference as Wright State held off a UIC rally for a one-point victory at the Ervin at UIC. He has captured a conference regular sea- J. Nutter Center. Flames senior Aaron Carr (14 points) had a three-point attempt son (1998) and league tournament crown (2002) for the win at the buzzer, but the 22-footer rimmed out. UIC was paced by senior during his tenure and has guided the Flames to Cedrick Banks’ 16-point effort. Seth Doliboa led the Raiders with a game-high 17 back-to-back postseason appearances and back- points. to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history. SCOUTING UW-GREEN BAY: Named co-conference coach of the year af- UW-Green Bay enters Saturday’s contest as one of the hottest teams in the ter his first season with the Flames, Collins has Horizon League, having won 10 of its last 11 games. The Phoenix currently sit in also guided UIC to its only two NCAA Tourna- second place in the league with a 6-1 mark and are an impressive 3-0 away from ment appearances in school history, taking the home in league action. On the floor, UWGB is paced by Brandon Morris, who is team to the Big Dance in both 1998 and 2002. He averaging 11.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. Mike King (10.6 ppg) and also guided the Flames to their first-ever NIT bid Terry Parker (10.2 ppg) also average in double figures for the Phoenix. UWGB is last season. coached by Tod Kowalczyk, who is in his second season with the team. Collins, who served as an assistant coach at Illinois for 13 years prior to his arrival at UIC, earned LAST TIME WE MET: All-American honors as a player at New Mexico UIC 81, UW-Green Bay 68 - February 1, 2003 (UIC Pavilion) State, averaging 20.1 ppg while leading the UIC Head Coach Jimmy Collins collected career victory No. 100 as his Flames Aggies to the Final Four. posted an 81-68 victory over visiting UW-Green Bay. Junior Martell Bailey paced the Flames with his second career double-double, finishing with 14 points and COLLINS COACHING QUICK FACTS 13 assists. Junior forward Armond Williams was the recipient of many of Bailey’s passes, posting a team-high 17 points. Kevin Hughes recorded a double-double * Collins has propelled UIC to its first two NCAA with 14 points and 11 rebounds for UW-Green Bay while rookie Terry Parker Tournament bids (1998, 2002) and first NIT berth posted a season-best 18 points. (2003) in school history. UIC vs. UW-GREEN BAY - QUICK NOTES * Collins has led UIC to three 20-win seasons: * UW-Green Bay is UIC’s longest standing rival with the two teams meeting on 22 (1997-98); 20 (2001-02); 21 (2002-03). 65 prior occasions, having played every year since the 1970-71 season. * UW-Green Bay leads the all-time series 36-29, but the Flames have won the last * Collins is 14 wins behind Bob Hallberg (1987- four meetings and six of the last seven encounters. 96) for the top spot in the UIC career coaching * UIC is 16-14 versus UWGB at home. victories list. * The most notable game in the series came in 1994 when UWGB defeated UIC, 61-56 in the title game of the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament. * Collins has guided UIC to a league regular-sea- son (1998) and league tournament title (2002) UIC vs. UW-GREEN BAY - TALE OF THE TAPE: during his tenure. Stats UIC UWGB Points Per Game 70.2 66.7 * Collins is the second-longest tenured coach in Points Allowed Per Game 63.5 63.4 the Horizon League behind Perry Watson of De- Field Goal % .462 .443 troit. Opponent Field Goal % .437 .420 Three-Point % .384 .395 * Collins has posted a record of 72-28 (.720) at home during his career at UIC. Opponent Three-Point% .351 .349 Free Throw % .612 .688 * Collins was an assistant coach at the University Opponent FT % .670 .649 of Illinois for 13 years, including the 1989 season Rebounds Per Game (Avg.) 34.7 33.4 in which the Fighting Illini advanced to the Final Rebound Differential +2.1 -1.2 Four.