CHICAGO (AP) - Gary Talton drilled a go-ahead 3-pointer with 17 seconds remaining and made three free throws to protect the lead as Illinois-Chicago defeated Youngstown State 65-60 on Wednesday night.
Talton had 19 points and Hayden Humes 15 for the Flames (10-4, 1-0 Horizon League), who snapped a three-game losing streak.
Kendrick Perry scored 19 points and Blake Allen had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Penguins (8-6, 0-1). Allen's 3-pointer gave Youngstown State a 60-59 lead with 1:31 remaining.
Josh Crittle scored 14 points and Daniel Barnes 10 for Illinois-Chicago.
Talton was 7 of 15 from the field with six rebounds.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Youngstown State (8-6) | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Illinois-Chicago (10-4) « | 29 | 36 | 65 |
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| Youngstown State Penguins | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Belin, F | 34 | 3-10 | 4-4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| D. Eargle, F | 24 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| K. Perry, G | 40 | 7-12 | 4-5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 19 |
| B. Allen, G | 39 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| S. Amiker, G | 17 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Cole | 24 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| B. Hain | 16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Chojnacki | 6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 13-16 | 33 | 12 | 18 | 60 | |
| 37% | 81.3% | ||||||
| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Humes, F | 38 | 5-12 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| M. Brown, F | 36 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Crittle, C | 32 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| G. Talton, G | 37 | 7-15 | 3-4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 19 |
| D. Barnes, G | 23 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Miller | 22 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| W. Simonton | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Wiegand | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Snider | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 14-18 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 65 | |
| 40.4% | 77.8% | ||||||
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