The UIC Flames (9-14, 1-11 MVC) are on the road Wednesday when visiting Normal, Illinois and the Redbird Arena to play the Illinois State Redbirds (9-14, 4-8 MVC) in a Missouri Valley Conference contest. UIC lost to the Bradley Braves 83-76 on Sunday and the Flames have lost each of the last nine games and have just one win in 12 MVC games. Illinois State snapped a four-game losing streak with a 72-66 victory over the first place Southern Illinois Salukis on Sunday. UIC does not have any players on its injury report while Darius Burford is out for Illinois State.
UIC is scoring an average of only 67.0 (304th) points per game, while shooting 41.5% (321st) overall and 32.8% (255th) from three point land. UIC defense is holding opponents to an average of 70.7 (222nd) points per game, while opponents are shooting 44.1% (229th) overall and 32.0% (109th) from three point land.
Jace Carter is the leading scorer for UIC with an average of 16.1 points per game. Carter is shooting 45.7% overall and 30.4% from behind the three-point line. Toby Okani is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.2 points per game, while shooting 48.4% and 34.1% from long distance. UIC's top three scorers are oftentimes careless with the ball, turning it over a combined 9.4 times per game. Trevante Anderson is the leader in assists with an average of 3.5 assists per game but UIC turns the ball over m ore at 13.0 times per game, than their average in assists at 12.6 per game. Okani is the leader in rebounds with an average of 7.1 boards per game and is also the rim protector with an average of 1.1 blocked shots per contest. Carter is the leader in steals with an average of 1.7 per contest.
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