UIC faces Northwestern after Carter's 22-point game

UIC Flames (8-4, 0-2 MVC) at Northwestern Wildcats (8-2, 1-0 Big Ten)

Evanston, Illinois; Tuesday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: UIC plays the Northwestern Wildcats after Jace Carter scored 22 points in UIC's 81-73 victory over the Northeastern Huskies.

The Wildcats are 5-1 on their home court. Northwestern is ninth in the Big Ten with 13.7 assists per game led by Boo Buie averaging 4.3.

The Flames are 2-2 in road games. UIC is fifth in the MVC shooting 33.7% from downtown. Jaden Brownell leads the Flames shooting 47.4% from 3-point range.

TOP PERFORMERS: Chase Audige is scoring 14.1 points per game and averaging 3.6 rebounds for the Wildcats. Buie is averaging 13.9 points and 4.1 rebounds while shooting 34.6% for Northwestern.

Trevante Anderson is averaging 13.4 points and 4.3 assists for the Flames. Carter is averaging 16.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals over the past 10 games for UIC.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.