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73
Southern Ind. USI 1-5,0-0 OVC
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Winner UIC UIC 4-2,0-0 MVC
Southern Ind. USI
1-5,0-0 OVC
73
Final
84
UIC UIC
4-2,0-0 MVC
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Team 1 2 F
Southern Ind. USI 27 46 73
UIC UIC 37 47 84

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Leads Wire-to-Wire In 84-73 Win Over Southern Indiana

Flames finish third at the Boardwalk Battle in Daytona Beach, Fla.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Junior guard Ahmad Henderson II scored a game-high 20 points and junior guard/forward Mekhi Lowery posted his second consecutive double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds as UIC led from the opening tip to the final buzzer in an 84-73 victory over Southern Indiana in the third-place game at the Geico Boardwalk Battle inside the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Redshirt freshman forward Jayce Nathaniel came off the bench to chip in 10 points and three other players had at least eight points for the Flames (4-2), who led by as many as 20 points during the second half and shot well from both the field (48.1 percent) and the foul line (84.8 percent), the latter figure including a career-high 14-of-15 free throws for Henderson.

The full box score and play-by-play recap from Saturday's win over Southern Indiana can be found here.
 




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BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

  • This was the 950th all-time win in the 79 seasons of UIC men's basketball.
  • UIC finished third or better at its annual MTE (multi-team event) for the third time in the past four seasons. The Flames were runner-ups at the 2022 Tom Konchalski Classic (hosted by Fordham) and the 2023 Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship (held in Nassau, Bahamas).
  • Henderson recorded his eighth career 20-point game, third in a Flames' uniform and second this season (23 points against Detroit Mercy on Nov. 3 at Credit Union 1 Arena).
  • Henderson made a career-high 14-of-15 free throws, the most made foul shots by a UIC player since Nov. 14, 2022, when Tre Anderson went 15-of-20 from the line in a win over Jacksonville State at Credit Union 1 Arena.
  • Lowery logged his fifth career double-double and second in a row, following his 15-point/10-rebound effort against High Point on Thursday. He is the first UIC player with double-doubles in consecutive games since Jan. 11-18, 2025, when Saša Ciani had three straight double-doubles against Bradley, Murray State and Valparaiso.
  • Graduate student forward Abdul Momoh earned his first start of the season and registered seven points and three blocks, the second game in a row and third time this season he has posted multiple blocked shots in a game (he had a season-high four rejections on Thursday against High Point).
  • UIC and Southern Indiana were meeting for the first time in nearly 46 years (since Jan. 16, 1980 - predating both programs' move to NCAA Division I). The Flames are now 3-2 all-time against the Screaming Eagles (1-0 at neutral sites).


UP NEXT: ROBERT MORRIS
UIC winds up its four-game road swing next Wednesday, Nov. 26, when the Flames travel to suburban Pittsburgh for a 1 p.m. CT (2 p.m. ET) matinee against another former Horizon League opponent, Robert Morris. The Colonials are the second of three non-conference foes for UIC who played in the NCAA Tournament last season. Wednesday's game will be televised live on ESPN+, with live stats available through UICFlames.com.


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