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Evansville 49, at Illinois-Chicago 76

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · Final · Missouri Valley

Missouri Valley 1 2 PTS

Evansville Purple Aces

7-25 · L2 · #273 (1093 ELO -12)

20 29 49

Illinois-Chicago Flames

19-16 · L2 · #112 (1423 ELO +12)

34 42 76

UIC Pavilion · Chicago, IL

Attendance: 663

Officials: James Duke, Jeff Campbell, Edward Crenshaw

Flames Dominate Purple Aces for Convincing Home Victory

CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Illinois-Chicago Flames used a dominant defensive performance and a balanced scoring attack to overwhelm the Evansville Purple Aces 76-49 in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game Tuesday night at UIC Pavilion. A crowd of 663 watched the Flames improve to 10-10 overall and even their conference record, while Evansville dropped to 5-15, continuing a season of struggle. The most important part of the game was a decisive 15-0 run by Illinois-Chicago spanning the end of the first half and the start of the second, which transformed a competitive contest into a lopsided affair. Leading 30-22… Read more...

Top Statlines

Elijah Crawford UIC 22m 16p 7a
Joshua Hughes EVAN 32m 16p 6r 2a
Rashund Washington UIC 18m 10p 10r 1b

Forecasting

ELO Probability UIC 81.6%

Money Line UIC -510/EVAN +380

Over/Under 136.5 (Under)