CHICAGO – The UIC women's basketball team (3-9, 1-7 HL) will welcome defending Horizon League Champion IUPUI (9-4, 7-3 HL) to Chicago this weekend for a pair of games. The Flames and Jaguars are set to play a pair of games on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6 inside Credit Union 1 Arena. Both contests are set to tipoff at 2 p.m. CT and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

WITH A WIN, UIC WOULD:

• Improve to 4-9 on the season
• Win their second Horizon League game of the season
• Win their first-ever game against IUPUI
• Win their third home game of the season

LAST TIME OUT

• UIC smothered the visiting Rockford on Saturday (Jan. 30) afternoon at Credit Union 1 Arena, forcing the Regents to commit 29 turnovers, en route to a convincing 78-30 victory in non-conference play.
• The Flames (3-9) shot nearly 50 percent in the first period and took advantage of seven Rockford turnovers in the opening 10 minutes.
• The second quarter featured more of the same as UIC took a 30-point lead into the locker room at the half. Rockford scored just three points in the third quarter as the home team pushed its lead out to 44 at 66-22.
• Senior Jada Nneji paced the Flames offensively Saturday with a season-high 19 points. She added five rebounds and a game-high four steals.
• Newcomer Lindsey Rogers hauled in a game-best and career-high 10 rebounds to go along with 13 points to register her first double-double at UIC.

FRESHMEN PHENOMS

• The Flames own one of the youngest rosters in the nation, made up of five freshman, six sophomores and two seniors.
• UIC's average roster age is 19.23, giving them one of the top-10 youngest rosters in the nation.
• The Flames have been utilizing their freshmen early on, with four freshmen appearing in the starting five so far - Keona Schenck, Jaida McCloud, Kristian Young and Lindsey Rogers.
• UIC has had a freshman as its top scorer in all but two games, and three freshmen are averaging double digits in scoring (McCloud, 13.9 ppg, Young, 11.8 ppg, and Schenck, 10.3 ppg). Those same freshmen make up UIC's top three scorers.
• The Flames' freshmen currently make up 57 percent of their scoring.
• UIC had two freshmen pick up Horizon League Freshman of the Week honors in a three-week span, with Jaida McCloud taking home the honor on Dec. 7 and Kristian Young picking up the title on Dec. 21.

SCOUTING THE JAGUARS

• Defending Horizon League Champion IUPUI currently ranks fourth in the conference with a 7-3 record in Horizon League play.
• The Jaguars lead the League in scoring, averaging 72.2 points per game as a squad. The Jags are also the top shooting team in the conference, shooting .455 overall.
• Defending Horizon League Player of the Year Macee Williams leads the Jags and ranks second in the League in scoring, averaging 17.8 points per game. She also paces the Jags in rebounding, averaging 9.9 rebounds per game to lead the conference.
• The Flames have yet to record a win against IUPUI, as it owns a 7-0 advantage all-time. The two teams last met in the 2019-20 regular season finale, which ended with an 87-51 win for the Jags.