CHICAGO -- UIC makes a quick trip back to Chicago on Monday, Feb. 14, as the Flames welcome IUPUI to Credit Union 1 Arena. Tip-off between UIC and the Jaguars is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

• Damaria Franklin scored in double figures for the 12th consecutive game as the Flames dropped a hard-fought 73-66 decision to Purdue Fort Wayne Saturday evening. Filip Skobalj fell one point shy of matching his season high with 14 points while matching his season-high with four assists.

• Kevin Johnson and Jalen Warren rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in assist-to-turnover ratio among all Horizon League players. Johnson's rate is 2.28 with Warren at 2.09.

• Kevin Johnson became the first UIC player to earn a weekly award this year when he was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Jan. 17. The guard averaged 20.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game over three contests, shooting 59% from the field, 47.1% from 3-point range and 88.2% from the free throw line.

• UIC is looking to secure the season sweep of the Jaguars after picking up a narrow 67-65 win back on Jan. 10. Kevin Johnson scored a game-high 17 points while Zion Griffin added 15 and Jace Carter chipped in an additional 11.

• The Flames have dominated the series history, winning 10 of the 13 contests.

• IUPUI enters Monday's game 2-21 on the year and 0-12 in Horizon League play.

JOHNSON STUNS VIKINGS IN UPSET

• Kevin Johnson's late heroics lifted UIC to an upset road win at league-leading Cleveland State on Feb. 10. 

• Johnson hit a pull-up jumper from the free throw line with 1.8 left in the game, sealing UIC's thrilling 76-75 win over the Vikings.

• The Flames, who trailed by as many as 15 points in the first half, never led until Michael Diggins' jumper with 1:07 remaining in the contest. After Cleveland State regained the lead with three straight points, the stage was set for Johnson's game-winner.

• Johnson's game-winning bucket came on the same day that the graduate student was celebrating his 23rd birthday.

• In UIC's 81-77 win over Milwaukee, the Flames shot 66.7% from the field in the second half to erase a seven-point halftime deficit.

• Kevin Johnson, limited to two points in the first half, scored 26 points in the final 20 minutes. Johnson went 9-for-10 from the field in the second period, including a perfect 6-for-6 from the 3-point line.

• Damaria Franklin, held to four first-half points, added 14 in the second half thanks to a 7-for-10 shooting effort from the field.

• The duo combined to go 16-for-20 (80%) from the field in the second half and scored 40 of UIC's 54 second-half points.