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99
Winner James Madison JMU 3-2,0-0 Sun Belt
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Winner
James Madison JMU
3-2,0-0 Sun Belt
99
Final
81
UIC UIC
3-2,0-0 MVC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
James Madison JMU 45 54 99
UIC UIC 41 40 81

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Flames Fall to Hot-Shooting James Madison, 99-81

UIC returns to action Friday at the Boardwalk Battle in Daytona Beach, Fla.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Nov. 21, 2024) — Sophomore guard Ahmad Henderson II (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice/Niagara) scored a season-high 17 points and sophomore forward Sasa Ciani (Nova Gorica, Slovenia/Koder School/Xavier) nearly posted a double-double with a career high-tying 15 points and nine rebounds, but UIC ran into a hot-shooting James Madison squad and fell, 99-81 in the opening round of the Boardwalk Battle on Thursday at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Playing their third NCAA Tournament second-round participant in the first five games of the season, the Flames (3-2) went toe-to-toe with the Dukes for nearly the first 30 minutes of action, grabbing leads of seven and six points in the first half. Then, after JMU moved ahead, UIC battled back within 60-57 and had a possession to tie with under 12 minutes to play before the Dukes finally pulled clear of the Flames for good. James Madison was led by reserve Bryce Lindsay, who scored 28 points in 22 minutes on 10-of-11 shooting, including 5-of-6 from three-point range.

The full box score and play-by-play recap from Thursday's game against James Madison can be found here.

COACH'S COMMENTS

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BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • UIC has shot 45 percent or better from the field in all five games this season, with this marking the Flames' third game over 50 percent (also St, Francis on Nov. 4 and Saint Mary's on Nov. 16).
  • UIC scored 80 points in a game for the fourth time in five tries this year. The last time the Flames opened with as many 80-point games was 2016-17, when they reached that mark in each of their first six games.
  • UIC saw its streak of four consecutive games with 10+ three-pointers snapped, as the Flames made a season-low three triples.
  • Ciani has scored in double figures in all four of his games this season, tying or surpassing his previous career high in each game he has played. Ciani had 15 points (and eight rebounds) in his last outing on Nov. 12 at Northwestern.
  • Henderson posted his fourth double-digit scoring game in his first five outings this year. His previous season high was 14 in his UIC debut, a win over St. Francis on Nov. 4 at Credit Union 1 Arena.
  • Junior guard Jordan Mason (San Antonio, Texas/Clark/Texas State) logged his second double-digit scoring game of the year, having tallied a season-high 16 points in the Nov. 8 home win over Yale.

UP NEXT
UIC will continue play in the consolation semifinals of the Boardwalk Battle at 10 a.m. (CT) Friday at the Ocean Center. The Flames will take on the loser of Thursday's game between La Salle and UC San Diego. The Flames' contest on Friday will be broadcast live on subscription-based BallerTV (ballertv.com) and free of charge on the Flames Radio Network at UICFlames.com.

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