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 (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 Horizon League 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 Cedrick Banks 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 United Center (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.