Jan. 20, 2007
Box Score
Chicago, Ill.- The UIC men's basketball team could not overcome a late drought as the Flames fell to Detroit, 66-54, at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday afternoon.
Josh Mayo and Othyus Jeffers each chipped in 15 points for the Flames (9-11, 4-3 Horizon League), followed by 12 points from T.J. Gray. Mayo and Gray each dished out a game-best five assists.
Brandon Cotton scored 22 points while Ryvon Covile pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds to pace the Titans (6-12, 3-4 Horizon League).
Trailing 28-22 at intermission, UIC came out firing to begin the second half. The Flames shot 9-for-12 from the field (75 percent) in the first 9:13 of the final stanza, outscoring the Titans 22-16 during that span to take a 46-44 lead after Jermaine Dailey's ferocious alley-oop dunk off a feed from Gray.
But that's when the Flames went cold. UIC only mustered two points in a 10-minute-plus span that dug a 15-point hole that the Flames were unable to vanquish.
Scott VanderMeer swatted away four shots, leaving him just one block shy of tying the UIC single-season school record for blocked shots.
Both teams were plagued by turnovers as each squad registered 15 giveaways.
The Flames head on the road to take on UW-Green Bay at the Resch Center on Wednesday, January 24th at 7:00 p.m.
