• Wednesday will mark the sixth all-time meeting between UIC and Robert Morris, with the Flames having won each of the five prior matchups (all of which came between 2019-22).
• The last four meetings all took place when both the Flames and Colonials were members of the Horizon League (during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons) before UIC departed to join the Missouri Valley Conference.
• Four of the five series games between UIC and RMU have been decided by 10 points or fewer, including two that went to overtime. That's the most OT games in the fewest number of series contests in program history (the Flames have also played two overtime games against both Drake and Northern Kentucky, but both series have been played 14 times to date).
• Two of UIC's three prior visits to the Pittsburgh metro area have gone to overtime. In addition to the Flames' lone visit to RMU (a 96-88 OT win in their last meeting on Feb. 19, 2022), UIC dropped an 89-88 overtime decision at Duquesne on Nov. 12, 2018.

• Robert Morris is the defending Horizon League champion, winning the regular season and tournament titles to book a spot in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Once there, the Colonials pushed Alabama deep into the second half before eventually falling, 90-81 in Cleveland.
• This season, the Colonials are off to a 3-3 start, highlighted by an 81-79 overtime victory at UIC's fellow MVC member, Drake back on Nov. 6. RMU comes into Wednesday's game with the Flames having lost its last two games, most recently a 71-70 overtime setback at Monmouth on Sunday afternoon.
• Junior forward Nikolaos Chitikoudis leads the Colonials in scoring (14.5 ppg.) and is second in rebounding (7.7 rpg.) with a .667 field-goal percentage. Three other RMU players are scoring in double figures, including sophomore forward DeSean Goode (11.0 ppg., team-high 8.5 rpg.).
• Head coach Andy Toole is in his 16th season at Robert Morris with a 255-244 record. He is 0-5 against UIC all-time.

NOTING THE FLAMES

• Robert Morris is the second of two Horizon League opponents on the UIC schedule this year. The Flames dispatched Detroit Mercy, 91-71 in their season opener on Nov. 3 at Credit Union 1 Arena.
• Since leaving for the MVC prior to the 2022-23 season, UIC has faced schools from its former conference home, the Horizon League, on three prior occasions. Along with this year's win over Detroit Mercy, the Flames split a home-and-home series with Green Bay, winning on the road in 2022-23 (78-64) and falling the next season at home (70-68).
• On Monday, junior guard Mekhi Lowery was named to the MVC Newcomer of the Week after averaging 14.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists with a .706 field-goal percentage and two double-doubles in UIC's two games at the Boardwalk Battle last week. Lowery, who also earned a spot on the all-tournament team, is the first UIC player to earn a weekly conference award this season.
• UIC has looked sharp against its fellow Chicagoland schools across all sports during the 2025-26 academic year. Thus far, Flames teams are 10-0-2 against Windy City opponents this year (3-0 volleyball; 3-0-1 men's soccer; 2-0 men's basketball; 1-0-1 women's soccer; 1-0 women's basketball), the best intracity record by any of Chicago's Division I schools.
• On Nov. 11 against St. Francis, the Flames shot a sizzling 65.1 percent from the floor (its best since Jan. 29, 2005 - .667 at Butler) and 66.7 percent from three-point range (best since Nov. 23, 2011 - .692 vs. Evansville), assisting on 29 of their 41 field goals and fueled by a second-half barrage that saw the Flames shoot .697 from the field and make all four of their three-point tries. UIC was equally prolific at the defensive end, coming up with 17 steals, the most for a Flames' squad in nearly 11 years (also 17 steals on Dec. 30, 2014, vs. Judson).
• UIC's 76-73 loss at Oregon State on Nov. 7 was the Flames' closest call against a power conference opponent since an 80-75 win at BIG EAST member DePaul on Dec. 14, 2016.
• UIC's last three matchups with power-conference schools have all been road losses decided by 11 points or fewer — 69-58 at Cincinnati in 2023, 83-74 at Northwestern in 2024, and 76-73 at Oregon State earlier this year.
• UIC's 13 steals at OSU were the most it had recorded against a Division I opponent since Nov. 16, 2016, when it also had 13 thefts in an 86-78 win over UTSA at Credit Union 1 Arena.
• Henderson's career-high seven steals at OSU were the most by a UIC player since Jan. 9, 2013, when Daniel Barnes had eight steals in a 75-70 loss to Valparaiso.
• With its Nov. 3 victory over Detroit Mercy, UIC picked up its second consecutive season-opening win, the first time the Flames have started with a victory in back-to-back seasons since 2019-20 and 2020-21. UIC is 39-40 (.494) all-time in season openers, including a 24-21 (.533) mark since moving to NCAA Division I in 1981-82.
• Rob Ehsan is the first UIC head coach in 40 years to win his first two season openers as the Flames' skipper (the last to do so was Willie Little in 1983-84 and 1984-85).
• On Nov. 13, UIC announced the signing of Dikembe Shaw, a 6-7 forward from Crown Point, Ind., to a National Letter of Intent to join the Flames starting in 2026-27. Shaw was an all-state selection and Indiana Junior All-Star pick last year while attending Crown Point High School, averaging 16.2 ppg., 6.7 rpg., 3.4 apg. and 1.3 spg., while helping the Bulldogs to a 24-2 record and a berth in the Indiana Class 4A semistate final. He also averaged 12.9 ppg. and 5.9 rpg. during the summer 2025 club season while competing for Indiana Elite 3SSB (3Stripes Select Basketball).

UP NEXT: ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF
UIC returns home to Credit Union 1 Arena next Wednesday, Dec. 3, to take on Arkansas Pine Bluff. It will be the Flames' annual Education Day Game, tipping off at 11 a.m. (CT) and several thousand Chicagoland schoolchildren are expected to be in attendance.