MACOMB, Ill. (AP) - Terrell Parks had 19 points and 11 rebounds and Ceola Clark added 14 points and eight assists to lead Western Illinois to a 70-54 victory against Illinois-Chicago on Tuesday night.
Jack Houpt scored 12 points for the Leathernecks (8-3), who took permanent control with a 12-0 run over a 4:17 stretch in the second half.
Joey Miller had 15 points and Josh Crittle 14 for the Flames (9-2), whose eight-game winning streak was snapped.
Five points by Parks and a 3-pointer by Ceola highlighted the 12 consecutive points Western Illinois used to pull away. Illinois-Chicago trailed by just two points before going scoreless in a stretch of 6:24 in which it went 0 for 5 from the floor with two turnovers.
A free throw by Parks made the score 48-34 with 9:49 remaining, and the Flames got no closer than nine the rest of the way.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois-Chicago (9-2) | 27 | 27 | 54 |
| Western Illinois (8-3) « | 25 | 45 | 70 |
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| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Humes, F | 40 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Crittle, C | 29 | 3-6 | 8-10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| D. Barnes, G | 34 | 1-8 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| G. Talton, G | 34 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| M. Brown, G | 17 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Miller | 26 | 4-8 | 6-8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| W. Simonton | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Fells | 6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Parker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-47 | 16-22 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 54 | |
| 36.2% | 72.7% | ||||||
| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Houpt, F | 39 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| T. Parks, F | 32 | 8-11 | 3-7 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 19 |
| A. Link, F | 16 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| C. Clark III, G | 35 | 3-8 | 6-8 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| R. Roberts-Burnett, G | 32 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McAvoy III | 30 | 3-6 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| J. Foster | 7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Ochereobia | 5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. Hawthorne | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-42 | 21-29 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 70 | |
| 52.4% | 72.4% | ||||||
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