GAME #26 | UIC at EASTERN ILLINOIS 2012 SEARS BracketBusters Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 » 6:00 p.m. CST Charleston, Ill. » Lantz Arena Audio: UICFlames.com (Justin Weiner/Kenny Williams) Live Stats: EIUPanthers.com/UICFlames.com In-Game Live Twitter Feeds: @UICFlamesSID/@UICFlamesLive 2011-12 GAME NOTES Game-Day Information SERIES AT-A-GLANCE 2011-12 SCHEDULE UIC leads, 16-15 Current streak: Won two (2) DATE OPPONENT TIME Howard Moore vs. EIU: 0-0 11/2 University of Chicago (Exh.) W, 61-45 Last Meeting: Dec. 2, 2003 11/8 Lake Forest College (Exh.) W, 57-33 Charleston, Ill. 11/11 at Eastern Michigan L, 57-68 UIC Flames UIC 77, Eastern Illinois 60 Eastern Illinois Panthers 11/16 Roosevelt W, 59-42 2011-12 Record: 7-18 2011-12 Record: 12-14 Horizon League Record: 3-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL SID Ohio Valley Conference Record: 5-9 11/19 Quincy L, 61-65 Head Coach: Howard Moore Brett McWethy Head Coach: Mike Miller 11/23 Evansville W, 79-75 Career Record: 14-42 (2nd season) Dir. of Athletic Communications Career Record: 162-206 (11th season) 11/26 at Toledo L, 67-82 Record at UIC: 14-42 (2nd season) Office: 312-996-5880 Record at EIU: 75-127 (7th season) 12/1 at Green Bay* L, 68-71 Cell: 815-751-1015 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS E-mail: [email protected] 12/3 at Milwaukee* L, 71-73 (OT) Points: Gary Talton (11.6) Points: Jeremy Granger (15.5) 12/10 Northern Illinois W, 62-55 Rebounds: Darrin Williams (6.5) Twitter: @UICFlamesSID Rebounds: Alfonzo McKinnie (7.2) 12/13 at Oregon State L, 53-95 Assists: Gary Talton (3.3) Assists: Jeremy Granger (3.2) Blocks: Darrin Williams (1.5) Blocks: Alfonzo McKinnie (0.8) 12/16 at Central Michigan L, 67-70 12/19 Western Illinois W, 57-56 2011-12 UIC MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER 12/23 at Dayton L, 57-64 No. Name Ht. Wt. Pos. Year Hometown/High School/Last College 12/29 Detroit* W, 63-59 0 Sammy Sutter 6-2 164 G Fr. Bartlett, Ill./South Elgin 1 Daniel Barnes 6-2 169 G Jr.-RS Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park-River Forest/Kaskaskia College 12/31 Wright State* L, 70-74 (OT) 3 Rob Robinson 6-5 188 G/F Fr. Chicago, Ill./St. John’s Military Academy (Wis.)/Simeon 1/5 at Cleveland State* L, 56-73 4 Gary Talton 6-1 158 G Jr.-TR Dallas, Texas/Mountain View (Tex.) C.C./DeSoto 1/7 at Youngstown State* L, 50-71 5 Greg Travis 6-0 186 G Fr. Chicago, Ill./Curie 10 Marc Brown 6-4 203 G Fr. Dallas, Texas/Woodrow Wilson 1/14 Loyola* W, 58-51 11 Matt Bush 6-4 197 G Sr.-RS Quincy, Ill./Quincy/Black Hawk College 1/19 Butler* L, 49-57 13 Hayden Humes 6-8 215 F So.-TR Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso/Toledo 1/21 Valparaiso* L, 55-60 20 Anthony Kelley 6-6 188 G Jr. Aurora, Ill./Aurora Central Catholic 21 Jerome Brown 6-4 186 G Fr. Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park 1/25 at Wright State* L, 63-69 32 Darrin Williams 6-9 269 C Sr. Louisville, Ky./Eastern/Wallace State C.C. 1/27 at Detroit* L, 66-70 33 Ahman Fells 6-5 183 F Fr. Chicago, Ill./Simeon 2/2 Youngstown State* W, 72-68 34 Paris Carter 6-7 221 F Sr. Lansing, Ill./T.F. South/Lake Land College 2/5 Cleveland State* L, 42-70 44 Will Simonton 6-10 217 C Fr. Vienna, Va./Fisburne Military Academy/George Marshall 45 Dorian Tyler 6-9 196 C Sr. Chicago, Ill./Marshall/Morton College 2/11 at Loyola*# L, 69-78 2/14 at Valparaiso* L, 65-74 Quick Dribbles 2/18 at Eastern Illinois% 6:00 p.m. 2/21 at Butler* 6:00 p.m. ► UIC will take a brief break from Horizon League play Saturday, when the Flames travel to Charleston, 2/23 Milwaukee* 7:00 p.m. Ill., to take on Eastern Illinois in a 2012 SEARS BracketBusters match-up at Lantz Arena beginning at 6:00 p.m. CST. The Flames are coming off a 74-65 loss at Valparaiso Tuesday night, while EIU defeated 2/25 Green Bay* 1:00 p.m. visiting SIU-Edwardsville, 73-66 on Wednesday. 2/28 Horizon League Tourn. 1st Rd. TBA 3/2 Horizon League Tourn. QF! TBA ► The Flames and Panthers will be going head-to-head for the first time since the 2003-04 campaign. 3/3 Horizon League Tourn. Semifinals! TBA Both schools were members of the Mid-Continent Conference from 1983-94. 3/6 Horizon League Championship! TBA ► UIC dished out a season-best 17 team assists at Valparaiso Tuesday night. The Flames also built a season-high 10-point halftime lead, and decisively out-rebounded the first-place Crusaders, 29-20. All times listed Central Standard * Horizon League game ► UIC boasts a 7-1 all-time record in the BracketBusters series, including a 6-2 mark in BracketBusters # Horizon League Game of the Week return games. The Flames did not compete in the annual event last season, instead traveling to Butler % 2012 SEARS BracketBusters game on BracketBuster Saturday. UIC recorded an 82-80 win at Evansville in its last BracketBusters game ! Hosted by Regular Season Horizon League Champion (2/20/10). Home Games listed in Bold ► NEXT UP: UIC will play its final road game of the Horizon League regular season next Tuesday (Feb. 21), when the Flames travel to Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis to take on two-time national runner-up Butler beginning at 6:00 p.m. CST. 2011-12 UIC Basketball THIS IS UIC TALE OF THE TAPE Founded .........................................................1896 UIC Flames Eastern Illinois Panthers Location ............................................... Chicago, Ill. W/L Record .......................................... 7-18 W/L Record ........................................ 12-14 Affiliation ........................................ NCAA Division I Horizon League W/L Record ................. 3-12 Ohio Valley Conference W/L Record ....... 5-9 Conference .....................................Horizon League Points Scored .........................................61.4 Points Scored ........................................ 66.2 Arena (Capacity) ......................UIC Pavilion (8,000) Points Allowed .......................................67.6 Points Allowed .......................................67.5 Scoring Margin ...................................... -6.2 Scoring Margin ...................................... -1.4 Nickname .....................................................Flames Field Goal Percentage........................... 39.7 Field Goal Percentage........................... 43.6 Colors ...................... Navy Blue and Fire Engine Red Defensive FG Percentage ...................... 45.4 Defensive FG Percentage ...................... 44.5 Enrollment .................................................. 24,541 3-Point FG Percentage ...........................33.1 3-Point FG Percentage .......................... 34.7 Chancellor ..................................Paul Allen-Meares Defensive 3-Point FG Percentage ......... 35.3 Defensive 3-Point FG Percentage ......... 36.7 Average FG Attempts Per Game ............ 53.6 Average FG Attempts Per Game ............ 54.8 Director of Athletics ....................James W. Schmidt 3-Point FG's Made Per Game ...................6.5 3-Point FG's Made Per Game ...................5.3 Athletic Department Phone .............312.996.2772 Avg. 3-Point FG Attempts Per Game ...... 19.6 Avg. 3-Point FG Attempts Per Game .......14.7 Percentage of shots from 3 ................... 36.5 Percentage of shots from 3 ................... 26.8 2011-12 COACHING STAFF Free Throw Percentage ......................... 66.2 Free Throw Percentage ......................... 75.7 Average FT Attempts Per Game ............. 18.7 Average FT Attempts Per Game ..............18.1 Head Coach ..................................... Howard Moore Rebound Average .................................. 35.4 Rebound Average .................................. 32.8 Alma Mater .....................................Wisconsin ‘95 Opponent Rebound Average .................. 33.5 Opponent Rebound Average .................. 33.8 Record/Years .......14-42 (5-28 Horizon)/2nd year Rebounding Margin .............................. +1.9 Rebounding Margin ............................... -1.0 Assistant Coaches Offensive Rebounds Per Game .............. 12.8 Offensive Rebounds Per Game ...............10.9 Turnover Average ................................... 15.0 Turnover Average ................................... 12.9 Al Biancalana (2nd year) ......Elmhurst College ‘82 Opponent Turnover Average ...................11.6 Opponent Turnover Average .................. 13.6 Donnie Kirksey (2nd year) ...... Roosevelt Univ. ‘85 Turnover Margin ..................................... -3.3 Turnover Margin .................................... +0.7 Stew Robinson (1st year) ....................Indiana ‘87 Steals Average .........................................4.9 Steals Average .........................................5.8 Director of Operations ....................Drew Slempkes Blocks Average ........................................3.0 Blocks Average ........................................2.3 Personal Fouls ...................................... 19.4 Personal Fouls .......................................18.1 Dir. of Basketball/Video Ops ............Jeremy Buttell Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Medicine THE COACHES ..................................................... Mike Gilmartin UIC: Howard Moore (Wisconsin, ‘95) is in his second season as the head coach at UIC. He spent the Academic Advisor.............................Antwan Joseph previous five seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, helping the Badgers to five-straight NCAA Basketball Office Phone ..................312.996.2409 tournament berths. The Chicago native also served assistant coaching stints at Loyola (2004-05), Ball State (2003-04) and Bradley (1999-2003). Moore picked up his 14th head coaching win on Feb. 2 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS