CHICAGO -- Following a week off for final exams, the UIC basketball team returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 14, making the quick trip to Wintrust Arena to take on city rival DePaul. Tipoff is set for 1 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on FS1. Lisa Byington and Stephen Bardo will have the call of Saturday's action.

SERIES STUFF
• Saturday's contest be the 13th all-time meeting between UIC and DePaul, and the 11th in UIC's DI history.
• DePaul leads the all-time series 10-2 and owns a 8-2 advantage in the DI era. The Blue Demons have won the last two meetings in the series.
• The Flames and Blue Demons have met in each of the last five season, with UIC picking up a 80-75 victory on Dec. 14, 2016. Saturday will mark the second consecutive season in which UIC will be making the 3.5 mile trip to Wintrust Arena.

LOCKDOWN D
• In UIC's victory over Purdue Fort Wayne on Saturday (Dec. 7), the Flames defense was on full display.
• The Flames defense allowed a season-low 49 points, marking the first time the Flames held an opponent under 50 points since an 84-45 victory over Trinity Christian on Dec. 23, 2017. In the first half alone, UIC's defense limited the Mastodons to just 14 points, the first time UIC's defense held an opponent under 15 points in a half since a 14-point first-half performance by Judson on Dec. 30, 2014.
• Purdue Fort Wayne's .368 shooting percentage and .172 3-point percentage both rank as the second-lowest effort by a UIC opponent this year. The Mastodons' two free throws made and attempted both rank as the fewest allowed by UIC this year.
• The Flames controlled the glass, limiting the 'Dons to just 28 rebounds, the fewest an opposing team has collected this year. Of the 21 made field goals by Purdue Fort Wayne, the visitors assisted on just eight of the made attempts, the lowest output by an opponent this year. 

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• Godwin Boahen recorded UIC's second double-double of the year on Dec. 7 with 13 points and 12 rebounds against Purdue Fort Wayne.
• It was the second double-double of Boahen's career and the 12 rebounds matched a career-high for the senior.
• Junior Michael Diggins recorded his first-career double-double and the first double-double for UIC in 2019-20 on Nov. 16 against Bradley with a team-leading 13 points and 11 rebounds.