| Northwestern (7-4) vs. UIC (3-9) |
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| Date | Monday, Dec. 22 | 1 p.m. |
| Location | Welsh-Ryan Arena | Evanston, Ill. |
| Watch | ESPN3 and WatchESPN (Zach Zaidman and Sean Harrington) |
| Listen | 720 WGN and wgnradio.com (Dave Eanet and Joey Meyer) |
| Live Stats | Gametracker |
| Buy Tickets | NUsports.com |
| Social Media | @NUMensBball  | Facebook  | @numensbball  |
| Game Notes | Northwestern | UIC |
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern plays a rare weekday matinee Monday as it hosts UIC at 1 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Take a Kid to a Game Day.
With an adult admission purchased on gameday, two children in the eighth grade and under will be admitted FREE of charge.
Monday's contest is the fourth in a nine-day span for the Wildcats who will conclude their five-game homestand Saturday when they face Northern Kentucky.
The Wildcats used a solid second-half performance to post a 67-61 home win over Western Michigan on Saturday. NU shot 50 percent from the field in the second half to out-score the Broncos 42-33 after the break. Tre Demps led all scorers with 17 points while Alex Olah tied a career best with 12 rebounds and Bryant McIntosh dished out career-high 8 assists.
Olah has become a much more effective rebounder this season as a junior. After posting averages of 4.1 rebounds per game as a freshman and 5.2 as a sophomore, Olah has boosted that average to 7.5 per contest this season. The mark ranks fifth in the Big Ten. He has five double-figure rebounding games this year after having only one in his career entering this season.
Northwestern and UIC have split their previous eight meetings. The Wildcats rolled to a 93-58 win at UIC Pavilion Nov. 20 of last season behind Dave Sobolewski's career-high 25 points. NU shot 60.8 percent from the field in the contest and led 47-22 at halftime. The Wildcats' 93 points and .608 field goal percentage in the game both were season highs for the Wildcats.
Scouting UIC
Scouting UIC
The Flames suffered a 67-46 loss at SMU on Wednesday night after falling behind 29-15 at halftime. Marc Brown led UIC with 15 points.
Jay Harris paces UIC in scoring with an average of 15.8 points per game while Jake Wiegand contributes 13.1 points and a team-leading 8.0 rebounds per contest.
Howard Moore is in his fifth season as the head coach at UIC where he has a 42-96 record.
UP NEXT...
Northwestern concludes the nonconference portion of its season Dec. 27 when it hosts Northern Kentucky at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. with Big Ten Network providing live television coverage.
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