HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. – Behind a double-double from Godwin Boahen and two additional Flames in double figures, the UIC men's basketball team routed Northern Kentucky, 73-43, Sunday (Feb. 16) afternoon in the Flames' final road game of the regular season.
 
The 43 points allowed by UIC's defense are the third-fewest points allowed by UIC since it began competing at the Division I level (1981-82 season). The Flames defeated NAIA member Judson, 79-38, on Dec. 30, 2014 and picked up a 64-42 win over Cleveland State on March 2, 1997 in the second round of the conference tournament (then known as the Midwestern City Conference).
 
UIC collected its second 30-point road win in conference play this season after defeating Oakland on the road, 80-50, on Jan. 23.
 
Boahen recorded his second double-double this year, and third of his career with 13 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. He was one of three Flames in double figures, with Tarkus Ferguson scoring a game-high 14 points and Michael Diggins adding 11 points and eight rebounds.
 
The Flames defense bothered Northern Kentucky all afternoon, as the Norse shot a season-low 22.0 percent (13-for-59). It also marked the worst shooting performance by any UIC opponent this season.
 
UIC returns home for the final three games of the regular season beginning next Saturday, Feb. 22. Tipoff is slated for 3:12 p.m.
 
First Half Highlights

• NKU struck first and led by an early 4-3 margin until Ferguson's layup at the 15:40 mark gave the visitors the 5-4 lead. UIC would lead for the remainder of the game.
• Leading 10-7, the Flames blew the game open with a 33-6 run to build a 30-point lead in the final minute of play. Seven different Flames scored during the run while limiting the Norse to 2-for-16 shooting from the field.
• At the break, all eight Flames who had played had scored at least a point, led by Ferguson and Diggins with nine points each. 

Second Half Highlights

• The Norse struck first in the second half with a 3-pointer before Marcus Ottey countered with a triple of his own, igniting a 14-0 run to extend the lead to 57-21 with 13:48 to play.
• The Flames built their biggest lead of the game, 40 points, with 7:43 to play, after 3-pointers by Ferguson and Boahen and a Jacob Wiley jumper gave UIC a mini 8-0 run.
• Boahen scored 10 of his 13 points in the final half of action on 4-of-6 shooting while brining in four rebounds in the half.

News and Notes

• The 43 points allowed were the third fewest points given up by UIC since it began competing at the Division I level, and second fewest allowed to a Division I opponent.
• UIC brought in a season-high 49 rebounds and was plus-19 on the glass, its highest rebounding margin of the season. UIC improved to 11-3 when outrebounding its opponent.
• The Flames move to 11-2 on the year when scoring more than 70 points.
• Boahen's double-double is the sixth this year by UIC and second by Boahen this season.
• UIC's 40-point lead in the second half was its largest lead at any point this season. The previous high was when the Flames led by as many as 30 in its 80-50 win at Oakland on Jan. 23.
• The Flames shot 55% from 3-point range (11-20), the second-best shooting percentage from long distance this year.
• Northern Kentucky shot a season-low 22.0 percent (13-for-59) from the field. It also marked the worst shooting performance by any UIC opponent this season.