CHICAGO -- Following a six-day break from competition, the UIC Flames will spring back into action on Saturday, Nov. 24, when they host the Parkside Rangers at 3:12 p.m. inside Credit Union 1 Arena. This is the second-straight season that the Rangers are visiting Chicago in nonconference action.

The unique start time is a tribute to UIC's intimate ties to the City of Chicago and the area code for telephone numbers on campus.

OPENING TIP

• UIC concludes its three-game homestand at Credit Union 1 Arena with a visit from the Wisconsin-Parkside Rangers.
• It will be the second consecutive season that the Rangers will make the short trip to Chicago. UIC won last season's contest on December 6, 76-48.
• UIC blocked nine shots last time out against Bradley, matching the cumulative total for the previous four games combined.
• Junior Tarkus Ferguson has secured two double-doubles in UIC's last three games, both with points and assists.

A WIN VS. PARKSIDE WOULD GIVE UIC...

• A three-game winning streak and three straight wins for the first time since the first three games of the 2018 CIT (Saint Francis, Austin Peay and Liberty).
• A 2-0 record on Saturdays this season.
• Back-to-back wins against the Rangers, which would even the all-time series at 2-2.

GOING THE DISTANCE

• Against Duquesne and William & Mary, UIC played consecutive overtime games for the first time since 2006 (Feb. 22 [at Cleveland State] and Feb. 25 [vs. Wright State]).
• The win over William & Mary was the first overtime triumph since Feb. 4, 2017 at Milwaukee. It was the first at home since Jan. 30, 2016 against Cleveland State.
• Steve McClain is 4-5 in overtime at UIC.

RISE AND FIRE

• The Flames rank 17^th in the NCAA with 11.0 3-point field goals per game this season and 29^th with 55 3-pointers made.
• Eight different players have converted at least one 3-pointer through five games, and six have connected on at least four.
• Tarkus Ferguson ranks 15^th nationally with 20 3-pointers made this season.
• Ferguson matched career highs from downtown at Radford and vs. W&M (5).
• 46.8 percent of the squad's total field-goal attempts this season have come from downtown. That ranks 38^th in the country according to KenPom.com.
• UIC made 40 3-pointers in three games against Radford, Duquesne and William & Mary, including a season-high 14 at Duquesne. That was one shy of the best total in the Steve McClain era, and three off the program record.

MINUTE MEN

• Through Nov. 21, two UIC players rank in the NCAA's top 33 in minutes per game this season. Tarkus Ferguson is ninth (37:40) and Godwin Boahen is 33^rd (36:24).
• Ferguson played a career-high 43 minutes in an overtime game at Duquesne on Nov. 12. It was the second time in his career he played 40+ minutes (41 at Milwaukee, Feb. 2, 2017).
• Boahen (42), Marcus Ottey (41) and Michael Diggins (31) each played career-high minutes in an overtime game against William & Mary on Nov. 15.
• Rob Howard played a career-high 31 minutes at Duquesne.

CLOSING TIME

• UIC is 1-1 with a lead after 20 minutes this season. The Flames fell in overtime at Duquesne after leading by nine points at the break, and topped Bradley after establishing a four-point cushion at the break.
• In their first win of the 2018-19 season on Nov. 15 against William & Mary, the Flames trailed by as many as nine points and seven at the break.
• UIC was 16-1 last season with a halftime lead.
• The lone loss in that span came on Feb. 25 against Horizon League champion Wright State (+8 pts).

DOUBLING DOWN

• Tarkus Ferguson notched his second double-double of the season, and 13^th of his career, against Bradley with 22 points and a game-high 10 assists, one shy of a season high.
• Ferguson has nine career double-doubles with points and rebounds, three with points and assists and one with assists and rebounds.
• His 11 assists against Duquesne are the sixth-most in a game this season across the NCAA.

After taking on Parkside Saturday, UIC will hit the road to Philadelphia, where it will play Saint Joseph's on Nov. 28. The Flames return to Credit Union 1 Arena to open the month of December against 2018 Final Four participant Loyola Chicago (Dec. 1) and another in-state rival, Illinois State (Dec. 5).