GAME NOTES: Despite being the team in the Horizon League with the fewest overall wins during the regular season, the Flames of Illinois-Chicago are still set to host a first round matchup against the Wright State Raiders in the league tournament on Tuesday night.

The sixth-seeded Flames won a total of just eight games in 2014-15, but four of those came against conference foes, which gave them one more victory than seventh-seeded Wright State. UIC, which is 6-9 at home this season, was able to move ahead of the Raiders in the standings thanks to a 61-46 victory in the final game of the regular season on Saturday.

The win, the first in the regular-season finale for the program since the 2008-09 campaign, snapped a four-game slide for the Flames and gave them a sweep of the regular-season series, after having defeated WSU on the road in Ohio back on Feb. 12 by a score of 79-75.

As for the Raiders, they are actually better on the road (6-9) than they are at home (5-8) this season, which could give them reason to be hopeful as they clash with UIC for the second time in a span of just a few days. Wright State really hit the skids during the last month or so, losing nine straight and 12 of the last 13 contests to close out the regular season.

As far as the all-time series is concerned, the victory a few days ago by UIC served to knot up the relationship at 25 wins apiece.

The survivor of this matchup will be back in action on Friday versus third- seeded Oakland in the second round, for the right to face off against second- seeded Green Bay in the semifinals on Saturday night.

As one of the more balanced teams in the conference, Wright State was responsible for producing 64.4 ppg during the campaign and did so with just one player scoring in double figures, that being JT Yoho with his 15.6 ppg. However, Yoho only played about half the games during which he also cleared a team-best 6.4 rpg, although that still left the Raiders trailing the opposition by 5.2 rpg.

One of the more telling stats for Wright State shows that no one was able to remain in the starting lineup for the duration of the regular season. Michael Karena came close with 29 starts in 30 opportunities, leading to 8.9 ppg as he shot better from the floor (.537) than he did at the free-throw line (.529). In addition to having issues at the charity stripe, the other problem for Karena was his propensity for being in foul trouble, averaging close to four fouls per contest and being disqualified seven times.

When you take into consideration that two of the eight wins by UIC came against teams outside of the Division I ranks, it truly puts into perspective how tough the campaign was for the Flames. The team finished the 31-game schedule averaging 64.9 ppg, getting a significant boost from the 87 points dropped on Saint Xavier and another 79 tallied versus Judson.

Jay Harris was the offensive leader for the Flames as he generated 14.6 ppg, thanks in large part to his 89.6 percent accuracy at the free-throw line and not so much his 36.5 percent from the floor and 29.9 percent effort beyond the arc. He also handed out a team-best 94 assists in an effort to get teammates like Paris Burns (10.4 ppg) to help take some of the scoring burden off his shoulders, but it rarely happened.

Certainly the Flames should have confidence in their abilities going into this meeting based on what they were able to accomplish just as few days ago. However, it should also be noted that Wright State is now intimately familiar with what UIC brings to the table and that might make all the difference this time around.