EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Yacine Toumi recorded a career-high 20 points in Wednesday's home finale inside the Ford Center that saw the University of Evansville men's basketball team fall to UIC by a final of 82-76. Box Score Toumi was 9-for-18 from the field and tied for the game-high with eight rebounds. Kenny Strawbridge Jr. added 18 points with Gage Bobe and Marvin Coleman II finished with 12 and 11, respectively. Jace Carter led the Flames with 22 points and 8 rebounds. Tre Anderson completed the contest with 18 tallies.
Both teams shot well to open the game with UIC hitting their first four attempts to take a 9-4 lead while Evansville was 4-for-6 with a Gage Bobe triple tying the game at 9-9 less than four minutes in.