CHICAGO -- UIC returns home for the first time in almost a month as the Flames play host to Horizon League newcomer Robert Morris Jan. 15-16. Tipoff inside Credit Union 1 Arena is set for 7 p.m. on Friday and 5 p.m. on Saturday.

MESSED AROUND AND GOT A TRIPLE-DOUBLE
• Teyvion Kirk collected the third triple-double in UIC history in the Flames' win over Oakland on Dec. 20.
• The junior scored a career-high 22 points and brought in a career-best 11 rebounds to go along with 11 assists. He became the third player in program history to record a triple-double, joining Godwin Boahen (Dec. 22, 2016) and Tarkus Ferguson (Dec. 5, 2018).
• Kirk is one of four players in Division I basketball to record a triple-double this season and the only Horizon League player to do so. 

DISH IT OUT
• Teyvion Kirk had a stellar performance against Valparaiso on Dec. 1, finishing the game with 14 points and 14 assists.
• The 14 helpers are the most for UIC this season and most by a UIC player since Martell Bailey had 15 on Nov. 23, 2003.
• Kirk is just 1-of-16 players nationally since the start of the 2010-11 season, and only player this year, to finish a game with at least 14 points and 14 assists while committing 1 or fewer turnovers.
• On the year, Kirk averages a team-leading 8.1 assists per game, tops in the Horizon League and third nationally.
• Kirk has more assists (73) than the rest of the team combined (68).
• As a team, the Flames have a 1.21 assist to turnover ration, tops in the conference.

AHALE FROM DOWNTOWN
• Jamie Ahale had a career day for the Flames in a 74-72 win over Oakland on Dec. 19.
• The senior scored a career-high 25 points on a career-best eight 3-pointers.
• The eight made triples is one shy of the program record of nine, set by Brian Hill against Western Michigan on Dec. 1, 1990.
• Ahale's eight triples are tied for the eighth-most in a single game in Division I action this season.
• On the year, 69 of Ahale's 74 points have come from long distance, with the other five points coming at the free throw line.
• Sixty-four of Ahale's 65 shot attempts have been from beyond the arc this season.