CHICAGO -- The UIC men's basketball team kicks off its final roadtrip of the regular season Friday (Feb. 14) with a nationally televised contest at Wright State. Tipoff in Dayton is set for 8:00 p.m. (CT) and will be broadcast to a national audience on ESPN2.

3 POINT PLAY
• UIC rebounded from a home defeat on Thursday to top Green Bay, 71-58, Saturday afternoon inside Credit Union 1 Arena. The Flames held the Phoenix to 23 points below their season average, as Green Bay entered the game ranked sixth nationally averaging 81.9 points per game.
• The Flames lead the conference in blocked shots per game with 4.3 and total blocks with 112. UIC's 112 blocks this year rank 33rd nationally. The Flames rank 41st in the country with 372 assists on the year.
• Tarkus Ferguson is one of two active players in Division I basketball with at least 1,400 career points, 600 career rebounds and 500 career assists. He is joined by Merrimack's Juvaris Hayes.

SERIES STUFF
• UIC is looking to sweep the season series for the second consecutive year against the Raiders after picking up a 76-72 home win over the league-leaders back on Jan. 12. 
• Michael Diggins scored a game-high 20 points while Tarkus Ferguson added a double-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and three blocks. Jordan Blount scored a season-high 16 points and Braelen Bridges added 12 points.
• The Raiders remain atop the Horizon League standings at 11-2 in conference play and 21-5 overall. 
• Wright State is the second straight high-powered offense the Flames will face, as the Raiders rank fourth nationally in scoring offense (81.8) and third in total rebounds (1,056).

HOME SWEET HOME
• After playing five consecutive games on the road, UIC will play five of its final seven games of the season, including games against Milwaukee and Green Bay last weekend.
• The Flames' lone roadtrip during the closing stretch is Feb. 14-16, when UIC travels to take on the top two teams in the league, Wright State and Northern Kentucky.

70 IS THE MAGIC NUMBER
• When UIC has scored 70 or more points in a game, it has usually resulted in a positive outcome.
• The Flames are 10-2 on the year when scoring 70 or more points, including a 7-2 mark when scoring between 70-79 points.
• UIC has won its last five games, and seven of its last eight, when reaching the 70-point mark, including a 71-58 win over Green Bay last time out.
• The Flames scored a season-high 90 points in its 90-83 overtime victory at Youngstown State on Jan. 30.

LEADERS OF THE PACK
• Looking at the Horizon League schools in conference play only, UIC leads in a number of statistical categories.
• In conference-only games, the Flames lead the league in field goal percentage (.464), field goal percentage defense (.407), rebounds allowed (33.5), defensive rebounds collected (27.2) and blocked shots (5.0), while ranking second in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.278) and 3-point field goal percentage (.365).