2024-25 (Graduate Student):
- Played all 31 games for the Flames, collecting 21 starts
- Third on the team in scoring (10.6 PPG) and rebounding (4.2 RPG)
- Scored in double figures across 17 different games, including eight games with 15+ points.
- Collected a season-high 21 points in a 39-minute performance in UIC’s 97-93 home victory over Murray State on Jan. 15.
- Contributed 15 points on five made triples in UIC’s 74-70 victory over Drake on Jan. 1.
Tyem Freeman is a 6-foot-5, 205-pound guard who joins the UIC roster for the 2024-25 season. He spent last season at Kent State University, where he appeared in 30 games (four starts) and averaged 5.6 points and 2.0 rebounds per game while helping KSU reach the Mid-American Conference Tournament championship game. He was also the Golden Flashes’ top three-point threat, connecting at a .464 clip (26-of-56) from beyond the arc. Freeman scored in double figures six times at KSU, including a season-high 16 points and a 4-of-5 three-pointers at Oregon (Dec. 21) and 16 points and a career-best nine rebounds against Ohio University (Jan. 26).
Prior to arriving at Kent State, Freeman attended UCF for two years, playing in 54 games (two starts) for the Knights and averaging 4.2 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. His best season in Orlando came in 2021-22 when he averaged 5.0 ppg. and ranked second on the UCF roster with a .570 field-goal percentage and .848 free-throw percentage. Freeman also scored a career-high 22 points on Jan. 14, 2023, at Tulane, one of the highlights of his second season with the Knights that culminated with a win over Florida and a trip to the second round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT).
Freeman began his career in 2020-21 at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa, where he registered 18.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game with a .522 field-goal percentage, scoring in double figures 21 times with 10 20-point games. He earned National Junior College Association of America (NJCAA) first-team All-America honors (the only freshman in the nation to receive that accolade during the 2020-21 season) and was named the 2021 NJCAA Region XI Player of the Year after leading Indian Hills to a 21-3 record, a Region XI Championship and a No. 6 national ranking.
