CHICAGO -- UIC closes out the first half of its longest roadtrip of the season on Monday, Jan. 10, when the Flames take on IUPUI in Indianapolis. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. (CT) inside the Indiana Farmers Coliseum and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

OPENING TIP
• Following Monday's game, the Flames will remain on the road next weekend with games at Milwaukee and Green Bay.
• It was a scheduled five-game roadswing for UIC before the team's game at Northern Kentucky on Jan. 8 was canceled due to COVID-19 implications within the Norse program.

MATCHUP BREAKDOWN
• UIC and IUPUI will be meeting for the 13th time in program history on Monday. The Flames dominated the start of the series, winning nine of the first 10 contests before the Jaguars swept the season series a year ago.
• IUPUI, led by first-year head coach Matt Crenshaw, sit at 1-11 on the year. The team is led by B.J. Maxwell who averages a team-leading 11.8 points per game to go along with a team-best 5.0 rebounds per game. Bakari Lastrap handles the offense to the tune of a team-high 28 assists on the year despite starting only one game.
• Both teams will be in search of their first conference win, with both teams having dropped games to Detroit Mercy, Oakland and Wright State.

PICKED THE POCKET
• Kevin Johnson has racked up the steals during his now five-year career. Over the course of his career, Johnson has recorded 260 steals, the fifth-most among all active Division I players. Johnson's 2.02 steals per game ranks 12th among active players while his 2.19 assist-to-turnover ratio is 15th best among active players.
• In UIC's 91-50 victory over Trinity Christian on Nov. 16, Jamie Ahale registered a career-high four steals.
• Damaria Franklin matched the effort with four steals against San Diego on Nov. 26.
• The four swipes are tied for the most by a Flames player under head coach Luke Yaklich.

DISH IT OUT
• UIC newcomer Kevin Johnson has led UIC's offense as the point guard this season, handing out a team-leading 69 assists while only turning the ball over 34 total times. 
• Johnson's 5.8 assists per game and 69 total assists both rank second in the Horizon League. He ranks 21st nationally in assists per game and 45th in the country in total assists.
• Jalen Warren and Johnson rank third and fourth, respectively, in assist-to-turnover ratio among all Horizon League players. Warren's rate is 2.3 with Johnson's at 2.0.
• As a team, the Flames have 190 assists on the year, third-most in the Horizon League.
• UIC has compiled at least nine assists in all 12 games this season, and at least 15 helpers on seven occasions.
• UIC dished out a season-high 28 assists in its 91-50 win over Trinity Christian on Nov. 16. The 28 helpers are the most under Luke Yaklich and were just three shy of matching the program record for most assists in a game (31, twice, last vs. Northeastern Illinois on Dec. 9, 1987).