EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - Josh Crittle's go-ahead basket with 53 seconds remaining helped UIC to a 50-44 upset of Northwestern on Saturday.
Crittle finished with a team-high 13 points, and Gary Talton's two free throws with 29 seconds left sealed the win for the Flames (6-1).
The Wildcats committed 16 turnovers and were just 10 of 20 from the free-throw line. Alex Olah missed two free throws with 3:16 remaining, and on the Flames' ensuing possession, Marc Brown converted an easy layup to give UIC a 44-42 lead. The Flames never trailed again.
Joey Miller's jumper tied the game at 35 with 10:23 left, erasing UIC's five-point second-half deficit. Two minutes later, Brown's three-point play gave the Flames a 38-35 lead.
Northwestern was fortunate to be leading at the half, 26-25, thanks to 29 percent first-half shooting by the Flames.
Drew Crawford scored a game-high 18 points for the Wildcats (6-2).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois-Chicago (6-1) « | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| Northwestern (6-2) | 26 | 18 | 44 |
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| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown, F | 38 | 2-10 | 3-3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| H. Humes, F | 37 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| J. Crittle, C | 35 | 5-11 | 3-3 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| G. Talton, G | 30 | 2-10 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Barnes, G | 29 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Miller | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Parker | 7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| W. Simonton | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Fells | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wiegand | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-55 | 14-15 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 50 | |
| 30.9% | 93.3% | ||||||
| Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Crawford, F | 36 | 6-14 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| J. Swopshire, F | 34 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Olah, C | 28 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| D. Sobolewski, G | 40 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| R. Hearn, G | 31 | 3-7 | 4-9 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Turner | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| K. Abrahamson | 11 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Marcotullio | 7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Demps | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15-43 | 10-20 | 39 | 11 | 16 | 44 | |
| 34.9% | 50% | ||||||
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