CHICAGO (AP) - Christian Thomas had 23 points and 11 rebounds on Saturday and Loyola of Chicago ended a four-game losing streak by beating Illinois-Chicago 69-60.
Jordan Hicks added 18 points and Devon Turk scored 10 for the Ramblers (14-12, 4-9 Horizon), who never trailed in the contest.
Marc Brown scored 13 points to lead the Flames (15-11, 6-7). Gary Talton and Hayden Humes had 10 points apiece for Illinois-Chicago. UIC won the previous meeting, 61-59 at home on Jan. 16.
Loyola led 36-23 at halftime, and the Ramblers' lead never got below four points in the second half.
The Flames' last game was a triple-overtime 88-83 win at Youngstown State on Sunday.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Illinois-Chicago (15-11) | 23 | 37 | 60 |
| Loyola-Chicago (14-12) « | 36 | 33 | 69 |
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| Illinois-Chicago Flames | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| H. Humes, F | 34 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Crittle, F | 23 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| G. Talton, G | 36 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| D. Barnes, G | 31 | 3-12 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| A. Kelley, G | 15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Brown | 27 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| J. Wiegand | 16 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| J. Miller | 12 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| J. Parker | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| W. Simonton | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-57 | 5-8 | 30 | 10 | 18 | 60 | |
| 43.9% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Loyola-Chicago Ramblers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Thomas, F | 37 | 9-16 | 5-7 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 23 |
| N. Osborne, F | 23 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| J. White, G | 30 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Hicks, G | 27 | 6-7 | 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| D. Turk, G | 25 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Crisman | 29 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| M. O'Leary | 18 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| L. Dokubo | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-54 | 15-19 | 35 | 9 | 11 | 69 | |
| 46.3% | 78.9% | ||||||
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