Jan. 10, 2009

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Chris Moore
• Scored 10 of his career-high 18 points in the first half. It was his third double-figure scoring effort of the year. (Old high 17 at Chicago State last year and vs. Toledo this year).
• He was a perfect 8-for-8 from the field.
• Also had a season-high matching tree blocks

J'Nathan Bullock
• Scored in double figures for the 15th time this season, finishing with 16 points.
• Became the sixth player in school history to score 1,500 points in a career. He now has 1,512 points.
• Set the school record by starting his 87th consecutive game, topping the old mark of 86 (Ken McFadden).

Josh McCoy
• Having scored only 12 points in his first 13 games this year, the freshman came off the bench to score a career-high nine points, all coming in the first half on a perfect 3-for-3 effort from three-point

Cedric Jackson
• Flirted with recording the first triple-double in school history, finishing with 10 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists before fouling out with 1:58 to play.
• It was his sixth career double-double, his second this year and fifth at CSU.
• The Horizon League leader in both assists and steals, he improved his averages in both categories. The game was his 42nd career multiple steal effort (in 52 games) at CSU.
• Set a season high for assists (old high 9 vs. Toledo).

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
• UIC entered the game with a 32-29 lead in the all-time series with CSU, including a 10-7 record in the Wolstein Center.
• CSU improves to 13-5 overall and 4-2 in league play, winning its thir straight game and its 8th in 9 games
• UIC slips to 8-7 overall and 1-4 in league play.
• There were four lead changes early in the contest, the last coming when with CSU trailing 10-9 (14:33), the VIkings went on a 14-0 run over the next four minutes to lead 23-10 (10:12).
• CSU would keep the lead in double digits through the remainder of the half, leading by as many as 18 (37-19, 2:11).
• The Vikings continued their current hot streak at the foul line, going 25-for-31 (.806).
• With Jackson handing out a season-high 10 assists, the Vikings had 20 assists on 24 baskets.
• By shooting .381 from the field (24-63), UIC became the 12th CSU opponent (in 18 games), and 11th in the last 13, to shoot under 40-percent for the game.
• CSU turned the ball over just 10 times, its sixth game of 10 or fewer turnovers this year.