CHICAGO (AP) - Gary Talton's layup with 2 seconds to play gave Illinois-Chicago a 61-59 victory over Loyola of Chicago Wednesday night.
Talton, who led the Flames (11-7, 2-3 Horizon) with 14 points, also hit a 3-pointer with 2:16 to play to tie the game at 57. Loyola's Ben Averkamp scored to restore the Ramblers' lead, but Josh Crittle's basket tied it again for UIC. After Talton's go-ahead basket, Averkamp's 3-point try bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
Crittle had 12 points and seven rebounds for Illinois-Chicago, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
Christian Thomas scored 16 points and Averkamp finished with 14 for the Ramblers (10-7, 1-4), who have lost four in a row - three by either one or two points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Loyola-Chicago (10-7) | 30 | 29 | 59 |
| Illinois-Chicago (11-7) « | 35 | 26 | 61 |
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| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Averkamp, F | 34 | 5-11 | 4-5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Thomas, F | 19 | 4-4 | 8-8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| C. Payne, G | 31 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Crisman, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Hicks, G | 30 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. O'Leary | 21 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Turk | 15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| J. White | 13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Osborne | 6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Dokubo | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-47 | 14-15 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 59 | |
| 40.4% | 93.3% | ||||||
| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Humes, F | 37 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Kelley, F | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| J. Crittle, C | 28 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| G. Talton, G | 35 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
| D. Barnes, G | 30 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| W. Simonton | 15 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Parker | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Miller | 4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| G. Snider | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-57 | 6-7 | 30 | 11 | 12 | 61 | |
| 42.1% | 85.7% | ||||||
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