CHICAGO -- UIC closes out the regular season on Saturday (Feb. 26) against Milwaukee. Tip-off inside Credit Union 1 Arena is slated for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN+. Saturday's contest will be Senior Night for five players and a pair of managers.

OPENING TIP
• Zion Griffin, fresh off a career-high 27 points last time out, scored over 20 points for the third time this year and second time in as many games with a game-high 21 in UIC's 81-77 victory over Green Bay. Griffin was part of a UIC bench squad that combined for 40 points, 14 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and four blocks.
• Jace Carter was tabbed as the Horizon League Freshman of the Week on Feb. 21 following a standout week for the Flames. Carter scored 10 or more points in all three contests, including a season-high 17 at Youngstown State to become the first Flame since Tarkus Ferguson (Feb. 27, 2017) to earn the weekly honor.
• Kevin Johnson and Jalen Warren rank fourth and sixth, respectively, in assist-to-turnover ratio among all Horizon League players. Johnson's rate is 2.16 with Warren at 1.89.

MATCHUP BREAKDOWN
• UIC is looking to secure the series sweep of Milwaukee, having defeated the Panthers by a 81-77 final on Jan. 13 on the road.
• DeAndre Gholston leads the Panther attach, averaging a team-leading 14.3 points per game.
• Milwaukee enters Saturday's contest 10-20 overall and 8-13 in Horizon League play. The Panters dfeated IUPUI, 66-54, last time out.

SENIOR SENDOFF
• This weekend will be the final regular season home games for five players and a pair of managers.
• Prior to Saturday's contest against Milwaukee, Jamie Ahale, Brandon Battle, Michael Diggins, Kevin Johnson and Jalen Warren will all be recognized.
• Additionally, managers Jovon Dukes and Jonathan Okon will be honored for all that they have done for the program.

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.

MIX IT UP
• The Flames haven't been afraid to mix up their starting lineup this year, using a total of 11 different lineups through 27 games.
• UIC went through a seven-game stretch where the team deployed seven different starting lineups.