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Winner UNI UNI 4-4,1-0 MVC
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4-4,1-0 MVC
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Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Drops MVC Opener to Northern Iowa

Flames back in action Sunday at 4 p.m. (CT) against Dartmouth at Credit Union 1 Arena.

CHICAGO (Dec. 4, 2024) — Junior guard Javon Jackson (Houston, Texas/C.E. King/Southern Nazarene/Utah State) scored a team-high 14 points and sophomore forward Sasa Ciani (Nova Gorica, Slovenia/Koder School/Xavier) posted his third career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, but Northern Iowa pulled away down the stretch for an 83-56 Missouri Valley Conference win over UIC in the conference opener for both teams on Wednesday night at Credit Union 1 Arena. Redshirt senior forward Modestas Kancleris (Kaunas, Lithuania/Varpas Gimnazija/Creighton/Cal State Bakersfield) added 11 points on 5-of-7 shooting and six rebounds for the Flames (4-4, 0-1 MVC), who led by five in the first half, then battled back within seven points five minutes into the second half, but that would be as close as UIC would get.

The full box score and play-by-play recap from Wednesday's game vs. Northern Iowa can be found here.

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BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
  • Ciani's 17 rebounds were the most for a UIC player since Jan. 24, 2008, when Scott VanderMeer grabbed 21 boards against Valparaiso.
  • Ciani had 11 rebounds in the second half alone, two shy of the arena record for rebounds in a half (13 by UIC's Sherell Ford vs. Coppin State on Jan. 3, 1995).
  • All three of Ciani's career double-doubles have come this season.
  • Kancleris registered his second double-digit scoring game of the year, following his 12 points in the season opener vs. St. Francis on Nov. 4 at Credit Union 1 Arena.
  • Senior forward Filip Skobalj (Belgrade, Serbia/Don Bosco-Schule Rostock) played in his 100th career game on Wednesday.

UP NEXT
UIC is back home at 4 p.m. (CT) Sunday to welcome Dartmouth to Credit Union 1 Arena for the nightcap of a Flames' basketball doubleheader (the UIC women will host North Central at noon CT). The UIC-Dartmouth game will air live on ESPN+ and the Flames Radio Network.

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