CHICAGO – The UIC women's basketball team (3-22, 2-12 HL) will close out its longest road stretch of the season on Saturday, taking on Wright State (14-11, 9-5 HL). Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT inside the Raiders' Nutter Center.

WITH A WIN, UIC WOULD:

• Improve to 4-22 on the season
• Win its third Horizon League game of the season
• Improve to 29-36 all-time against Wright State
• Snap a 15-game losing streak against the Raiders
• Win its second game on the road this season

LAST TIME OUT

• UIC fell 78-35 to Northern Kentucky on Thursday night.
• NKU shot 40.8 percent on the night with 10 threes, while keeping the Flames to a season-low 35 points in the loss.
• Kimeira Burks led the Flames with 11 points, her seventh double-digit showing of the season.
• Tiana Jackson finished with eight points and a career-high eight rebounds.
• Jealissa Presswood contributed eight points and six rebounds.

FLAME THROWER

• Freshman Kimeira Burks leads the team in field goal attempts (246),three-point attempts (119), and three-point makes (26).
• Burks is also third on the squad in points (183), field goal makes (69) and rebounds (101).
• The Chicago native owns 27 steals this season, landing her in the League's top-20.
• Burks has banked at least one three in 16 outings so far.
• Burks picked up her seventh double-digit performance of the season on Thursday at Northern Kentucky with a team-high 11 points.
• The first-year Flame is one of just two Flames to appear in every game so far.

SCOUTING THE RAIDERS

• Wright State is in a tie for second in the conference after dropping a 62-58 decision to League-leading IUPUI on Thursday.
• The defending champs lead the Horizon League in rebounds, averaging 42.9 boards per game, four more than any other team in the conference.
• The Raiders average 3.72 blocks per game to rank third in the Conference.
• Angel Baker leads Wright State's offense with an average of 17.2 points per game, putting her at third amongst Horizon League players. Baker also sits second in the conference in assists with an average of 3.7 helpers per game.
• Tyler Frierson is second in the conference in rebounds with an average of 8.9 boards per game.
• Wright State has the advantage all-time, 36-28. The Raiders took this season's earlier meeting, 58-43.

UP NEXT

• UIC returns to Chicago for its final home games of the regular season, hosting Green Bay and Milwaukee.