Illinois-Chicago 69, at Northern Iowa 61

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (Interstat) — In a stark reversal of fortune from their meeting just four weeks prior, the Illinois-Chicago Flames weathered a frigid Northern Iowa shooting performance and a raucous McLeod Center crowd to secure a 69-61 upset victory over the Panthers in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game on Tuesday night. The Flames, who fell 60-54 to Northern Iowa in Chicago on Dec. 17, flipped the script by dictating the game’s tempo and capitalizing on a disastrous perimeter night for the hosts. Northern Iowa connected on just 3 of 24 attempts from 3-point range, a debilitating 12.5%… Read more...