Gamenotes vs. UIC
Head Coach Jerry Slocum
Junior Jorden Kaufman
Game Preview
• The Youngstown State men's basketball team its second straight Horizon League win when it visits UIC, Thursday, Jan. 28, at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Ill.
• Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. ET and is on 570 AM WKBN, ESPN3, and the WatchESPN app.
Up Next• The Penguins close out their road swing and the month of January at Valparaiso, Saturday, Jan. 30.
• Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. at the Athletics-Recreation Center in Valparaiso, Ind.
• The Penguins will then play four straight at home starting Feb. 4 against Oakland at 7:45 p.m.
Cleveland State Recap• The Penguins are coming off a 70-55 win over Cleveland State on Jan. 24 at Quicken Loans Arena.
• Sophomore
Francisco Santiago turned in an outstanding all-around performance with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and tied a career high with five steals.
• Junior
Matt Donlan led the Penguins with 16 points and four 3-pointers.
• Sophomore
Cameron Morse reached double figures for the 17th time with 14 against the Vikings.
700 Club• Head Coach
Jerry Slocum has 707 career wins and became the 38th head coach in NCAA history to reach 700 wins.
• He ranks 37th with 707 career wins.
• Slocum currently ranks eighth among active NCAA Division I coaches with 707 wins.
About UIC• UIC enters the game with a 2-17 overall record and an 0-8 mark in the Horizon League.
• The Flames, who have lost nine straight, are led by Dikembe Dixson with 16.5 points per game.
• Dixson is also averaging 19.6 points per game in Horizon League play.
• The Flames have not won a game against a Division I opponent this season.
The UIC Series
• This is the 36th meeting between Youngstown State and UIC in a series that dates back to 1993.
• The Flames own a 25-10 advantage in the all-time series, but the Penguins have won three of the last four.
• The Penguins have also won 10 of the last 19 games after dropping the first 16 of the series.
A Win Would• Give Youngstown State its 11th win over UIC.
• Mark YSU's second straight win over the Flames.
• Mark YSU's first win in Chicago since 2014.
• Mark YSU's fourth win in the last five games against UIC.
• Mark
Jerry Slocum's 708th career win and his 127th at Youngstown State.
• Mark the 1,061st victory in program history.
• Give the Penguins an 9-13 overall record and a 4-5 mark in the Horizon League.
• Mark YSU's third road win of the season.
Donlan Now 10th• With four 3-pointers against Cleveland State on Jan. 24, junior
Matt Donlan moved into a tie for 10th on the YSU single-season 3-pointers made list.
• It also marks the fifth straight year a YSU player has made at least 60 3s in a season.
Man at Work• Junior
Matt Donlan not only leads the Horizon League in 3-point field-goal percentage at .480, he is one of the nation's top 3-point threats.
• Donlan, who ranks tied for second in the Horizon League with 2.9 3-pointers made per game, ranks eighth in the nation with a .480 3-point percentage.
• He also ranks 25th in the nation with 60 made 3-pointers.
• He is 12th in the league in scoring with 13.1 points per game.
Morse's 44 Among Nation's Best• Sophomore
Cameron Morse's career-high 44 points are tied for the fourth-highest single-game scoring high this season.
• The only players in the nation that have scored more points in a game are Oklahoma's Buddy Hield and Iona's A.J. English, who both scored 46 points. English also scored 45.
• Hield scored 46 against Kansas on Jan. 4 while English posted 46 against Fairfield on Dec. 1, and 45 against Monmouth on Jan. 16.
• Santa Clara's Jared Brownridge scored 44 points against Arizona on Nov. 26.
Francisco, That's Fun to Say• Sophomore
Francisco Santiago posted one of his best all-around performances against Cleveland State on Jan. 24.
• He scored 12 points with six rebounds, five assists and tied a career high with five steals.
• Santiago recorded the first double-double of his career with 12 points and a career-high 11 assists against Green Bay on Jan. 9.
• Santiago has 87 assists for an average of 4.1 assists per game and owns an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.8.
• He ranks fourth in the Horizon League in assists per game and sixth in assist-to-turnover ratio.
• Santiago is tied for the team lead with 33 steals and ranks fifth in the league at 1.6 steals per game.
• He tied a career high with 17 points against Milwaukee on Jan. 7.
