CHICAGO -- UIC takes a two-game winning streak on the road Jan. 22-23 as the Flames head to Youngstown State for a two-game series against the Penguins. Tipoff on Friday and Saturday will be at 4 p.m. (CT) on ESPN3. The Flames got back to their winning ways last weekend, sweeping a two-game home series against Robert Morris. UIC defeated the Colonials, 67-53, on Friday before outlasting its opponent for a 66-62 win on Saturday. UIC held Robert Morris below 35% shooting in both games and a combined 11% from beyond the arc. The Flames have limited opponents to just 25.4 percent shooting from 3-point range this season, first in the Horizon League and third nationally. UIC limited Valpo and Robert Morris (Jan. 15) to 7.1% shooting from deep, the third -lowest opposing 3-point field goal percentage by a UIC opponent dating back to 2010.

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-17 players nationally since the start of the 2010-11 season, and one of two players 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 7.3 assists per game, second in the Horizon League and sixth nationally.
• Kirk nearly has more assists (80) than the rest of the team combined (83).
• As a team, the Flames have a 1.15 assist to turnover ration, fourth 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, 83 of Ahale's 89 points have come from long distance, with the other five points coming at the free throw line.
• Seventy-eight of Ahale's 79 shot attempts have been from beyond the arc this season.