EVANSVILLE, IND. – The UIC men's basketball team (11-18, 3-15 MVC) will play its final regular season road game Wednesday, as it travels to southern Indiana to take on Evansville (5-24, 1-17 MVC). Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. CT from the Ford Center.
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MATCHUP BREAKDOWN
- The Flames and Aces will meet for the eighth time in series history Wednesday, with UIC winning all but one of the previous matchups, including the last five.
- Evansville has played four games since traveling to Chicago in early February, one of which was the Aces first MVC win against UNI Feb. 8.
- Steven Clay, Jace Carter, and Tre Anderson all scored in double figures in UIC's victory over Evansville Feb. 4.
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DOUBLE-DIGIT ACHIEVEMENT
- Jace Carter scored in double digits for the 23rd time this season in UIC's Feb. 19 victory over Valparaiso, which was his 30th time scoring in double figures for his career.
- In that same game, Toby Okani (20) and Filip Skobalj (15) reached career milestones in double digit scoring games.
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BLOCK PARTY
- UIC ranks first in the Missouri Valley Conference with 138 blocked shots this season, for an average of 4.76 per game.
- Toby Okani leads the Flames in blocked shots, averaging over 1.2 blocks per game.
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Wednesday night's game at Evansville can be seen live on ESPN+, and is also available as an audio-only stream on the Flames Network, with Jonathan Hood and Kenny Williams on the call.
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