Illinois State knocks off UIC 69-64

Darius Burford’s 20 points helped Illinois State defeat UIC 69-64 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Conference opener.

Brown-Jones leads UNC Greensboro over UIC 58-57

Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 15 points to lead the UNC Greensboro Spartans and Donovan Atwell secured the victory with a free throw with three seconds left as the Spartans edged the UIC Flames 58-57 on Sunday night in the championship game of the Nassau bracket at Baha Mar Hoops.

Southern Illinois wins 68-65 against UIC

Marcus Domask added 16 points while going 7 of 23 (1 for 3 from distance), and he also had five rebounds. Trent Brown finished 2 of 4 from 3-point range to finish with eight points.