2018-19 UIC Men’s Basketball Notes Game 23 vs. Wright State Chicago, Ill. Credit Union 1 Arena Follow the Flames on Social Media UIC Athletic Communications 839 W. Roosevelt Rd. @UICFLAMESMBB Chicago, IL 60608 @UICFLAMESMBB Associate AD/MBB Contact: Dan Yopchick Office: 312-413-9340 Cell: 847-254-0404 UIC Men's Basketball E-mail: [email protected] Web: UICFlames.com #ItsUIC | #FireUpFlames | #HLMBB # Twitter: @UICFlamesMBB | @dyopchick GAME INFORMATION - UIC vs. WRIGHT STATE UIC FLAMES (10-12, 4-5 HL) Date: Friday, February 1, 2019 Head Coach: Steve McClain (Chadron State, 1984) Time: 8:00 p.m. CT Record at UIC: 52-72 (4th season); Career Record: 209-187 (13th season) Site: Credit Union 1 Arena | Chicago, Ill. Watch: ESPNU VS. Announcers: Jodan Bernfield (PxP) & Brooke Weisbrod (Analyst) WRIGHT STATE RAIDERS (12-10, 6-3 HL) Live Stats/Twitter: UICFlames.com / @UICFlamesMBB Head Coach: Scott Nagy (Delta State, 1988) UIC vs. Wright State All-Time: 28-31 Record at WSU: 57-32 (3rd season); Career Record: 467-272 (24th season) Current Series Streak: UIC- 1 First Meeting: January 4, 1992 (UIC won 92-69) 3-POINT PLAY FLAMES WIN WILD HL OPENER Last Meeting: December 28, 2018 (UIC won, 75-72 [OT]) • The Flames and Raiders are kicking off the • The Flames played their third overtime second half of the Horizon League slate game of the season and came out on 2018-19 SCHEDULE/RESULTS (10-12, 4-5 HL) with a rematch of one of the conference's top for the second time in a row on Dec. DATE OPPONENT WATCH TIME/RESULT most memorable games this season, a 75- 28 at Wright State. It was the team's Nov. 1 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN (Exh.) --- W, 81-60 72 overtime victory for UIC on Dec. 28. first road win in OT since Feb. 4, 2017 at Nov. 6 at Notre Dame! ACCN EXTRA L, 84-67 • UIC is seeking a regular-season sweep Milwaukee (105-100). Nov. 9 at Radford! ESPN+ L, 88-78 against Wright State for the first time since • UIC won on a buzzer beater at WSU for Nov. 12 at Duquesne! ESPN+ L, 89-88 (OT) the 2014-15 season. The Flames beat the the first time since Feb. 10, 2011 against Nov. 15 WILLIAM & MARY! NBCSCH W, 100-95 (OT) Raiders three times that year, including Green Bay. Robo Kreps hit the game-win- Nov. 17 BRADLEY ESPN3 W, 71-70 once in the Horizon League Tournament. ning shot in overtime to triumph 63-61. Nov. 24 PARKSIDE ESPN+ W, 94-74 • This is the third game of a four-game • Rendered shorthanded for much of the Nov. 28 at Saint Joseph's NBCSCH L, 89-75 homestand for UIC, its longest of the second half and overtime because of Dec. 1 LOYOLA CHICAGO NBCSCH L, 73-64 season. The Flames are 1-1 so far, and 9-3 disqualifications, five Flames at least Dec. 5 ILLINOIS STATE NBCSCH W, 94-75 overall at Credit Union 1 Arena this season. matched a career high in minutes at Dec. 8 at Colorado Pac-12 Net L, 84-72 WSU. Tarkus Ferguson played 44 of 45 Dec. 14 at DePaul FS1 L, 90-70 WASHINGTON WINS IT FOR UIC minutes, while Marcus Ottey was on the Dec. 17 INCARNATE WORD ESPN+ W, 63-57 • Freshman forward Travell Washington court for 41. Jordan Blount (39), Jamie Dec. 21 SAINT FRANCIS (IL) ESPN+ W, 76-55 beat the buzzer and made a game-winning Ahale (24) and Travell Washington (22) Dec. 28 at Wright State* ESPN2 W, 75-72 (OT) 3-pointer from the right corner in overtime also set high marks. Dec. 30 at Northern Kentucky* ESPN+ L, 73-58 to lift UIC to victory on Dec. 28 at Wright Jan. 4 IUPUI* ESPNU L, 66-64 State in a nationally-televised game on JUNIORS JUST GET BUCKETS Jan. 10 YOUNGSTOWN STATE* ESPN3 W, 78-63 ESPN2. • UIC's top four scorers by average are all Jan. 12 CLEVELAND STATE* ESPN+ W, 73-56 • The final possesion began with 7.5 seconds juniors, and they all are in double figures. Jan. 17 at Milwaukee* FSWS L, 81-69 to go, and after facing a double-team, • The team's top four scorers - Marcus Jan. 19 at Green Bay* ESPN+ L, 90-85 Tarkus Ferguson found Washington to Ottey (16.1), Tarkus Ferguson (14.9), Jan. 24 DETROIT MERCY* ESPN+ W, 79-67 assist on the game-winning shot. Godwin Boahen (14.7), and Jordan Jan. 26 OAKLAND* ESPN3 L, 80-67 • Washington scored a career-high 13 points Blount (10.2) - have accounted for 1,210 Feb. 1 WRIGHT STATE* ESPNU 8:00 p.m. against the Raiders with four 3-pointers, a points and 72.9 percent of the team's Feb. 3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY* ESPN+ 3:12 p.m. personal best. total scoring output this season. Feb. 9 at IUPUI* ESPN3 12:00 p.m. • Washington also played a career-high 22 • Ottey (8th) and Ferguson (11th) rank in the Feb. 14 at Cleveland State* ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. Feb. 16 at Youngstown State* ESPN+ 5:00 p.m. minutes for the Flames as he came off the top 11 in the Horizon League in scoring. Feb. 22 GREEN BAY* ESPNU 8:00 p.m. bench for the first time in his young career • Only one other team, Oakland, has at Feb. 24 MILWAUKEE* ESPN+ 3:12 p.m. against the Raiders. least two players in that group (Xavier Feb. 28 at Oakland* ESPN+ 6:00 p.m. • It was UIC's first buzzer-beater since 2011. Hill-Mais and Jaevin Cumberland). March 2 at Detroit Mercy* ESPN+ 3:00 p.m. March 5/6 Horizon League Quarterfinal^ ESPN+ TBA UIC’S STARTING LINEUP VS. OAKLAND (Jan. 26) March 11 Horizon League Semifinal@ ESPNU TBA Pos. No. Player (Hometown) Yr. Ht. Wt. PPG RPG Of Note... March 12 Horizon League Championship@ ESPN 6:00 p.m. G 1 Marcus Ottey (Scarborough, Ontario) Jr. 6-2 185 16.1 3.3 Season-high 24 pts vs. Oakland HOME GAMES (played at Credit Union 1 Arena) IN BOLD CAPS G 4 Tarkus Ferguson (Belleville, Ill.) Jr. 6-4 190 14.9 6.8 Leads HL w/5.3 ast per game ! - Gotham Classic | * - Horizon League game G 25 Godwin Boahen (Toronto, Ontario) Jr. 5-11 180 14.7 3.2 Career-high 25 pts at Green Bay ^ - Horizon League Championship (Campus Sites) @ - Horizon League Championship (Detroit, Mich.) F 13 Jordan Blount (Cork, Ireland) Jr. 6-8 235 10.2 5.8 Led w/19 pts and 10 reb vs. Det. Mercy All times CT and subject to change F 22 Rob Howard (Gary, Ind.) Jr. 6-8 230 6.5 3.8 9 pts/8 reb in 25 min vs. Oakland PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Jamie Ahale .................................................. (uh-HALE) OFF THE BENCH Ralph Bissainthe......................................... (bih-SAINT) G 0 Dominique Matthews (Chicago, Ill.) Jr. 6-2 200 0.8 1.3 Appeared in four games, last vs. CSU Jordan Blount ...........................................(bl-OWW-nt) F 2 Michael Diggins (Las Vegas, Nev.) So. 6-8 190 6.5 3.0 Career-high 16 pts at Green Bay Godwin Boahen .............................................(BOW-in) F 3 Jacob Wiley (Houston, Texas) So. 6-7 205 2.3 3.1 Notched at least 1 blk in 6 of 8 gms Abraham Makumator ................(muh-KOO-muh-tore) G/F 5 Ralph Bissainthe (North Miami, Fla.) R-Fr. 6-6 205 0.8 0.3 Career-high 4 pts vs. Incarnate Word Marcus Ottey ...................................................(AH-tee) G/F 20 Jamie Ahale (Montrose, Australia) So. 6-5 200 2.7 1.4 Career-high 12 pts vs. Cleveland State Travell Washington .................................... (TRUH-vell) F 35 Travell Washington (San Bernardino, Calif.) Fr. 6-9 235 2.6 1.4 Hit game-winning 3-ptr in OT at WSU 2018-19 UIC Men’s Basketball Notes Game 23 vs. Wright State Chicago, Ill. Credit Union 1 Arena UIC UNLEASHES NEW LOOK SWEET SEVENTEEN UIC ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS Points .........................................1,167 (Marcus Ottey) • On Dec. 31, UIC released new Chicago Tribute • UIC matched a program record on Jan. 12 by 3-point Field Goals ...................172 (Godwin Boahen) uniforms in collaboration with adidas. making 17 3-pointers in a 73-56 victory over Free Throws ..................................235 (Marcus Ottey) • The Flames donned the look for the first time Cleveland State. Rebounds................................. 488 (Tarkus Ferguson) on Jan. 4 against IUPUI. UIC will also wear • Sophomore Jamie Ahale made the record-ty- Offensive Rebounds ....................... 90 (Jordan Blount) them Friday against Wright State and Feb. 24 ing triple with 4:58 to go in the game and it Defensive Rebounds ................ 444 (Tarkus Ferguson) against Milwaukee. gave the Flames a 25-point lead. UIC attempt- Assists ...................................... 429 (Tarkus Ferguson) • The primary color, a shade of Columbia blue, ed only one more 3-pointer and that came Steals ....................................... 108 (Tarkus Ferguson) Blocks .........................................64 (Tarkus Ferguson) is featured in the Flag of Chicago. The script with less than 40 seconds to play. Flames on the top are a tribute to UIC's past. • Tarkus Ferguson made a game-high six CAREER GAMES/STARTS (AT UIC) • The four iconic six-pointed stars which repre- 3-pointers that day, while Ahale added a ca- No. Player GP GS sent Fort Dearborn, the Great Chicago Fire, reer-high four for the Flames. 1 Marcus Ottey 88 57 the World's Columbian Exposition and the • It was the third time UIC knocked down 17 25 Godwin Boahen 87 54 Century of Progress Exposition are featured 3-pointers, and the first since Feb.