Freshman guard Vytas Sulskis led the Penguins with 18 points, all in the second half. Jack Liles had 16 and Byron Davis scored 10. Leading the way for UIC was Josh Mayo who scored a game-high 21 points. Mayo was 5-of-7 from the field, 4-of-5 from behind the 3-point line and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line.

    YSU drops to 7-15 overall and 3-9 in the Horizon League following the defeat. UIC improves to 12-10 and 6-5. The Flames improved to 10-1 at home this season.

    After taking a 3-0 lead to open the game on a 3-pointer by Mikko Niemi, the Guins could never get on track. UIC scored the next eight points and never trailed the rest of the way.

    The Flames shot 51.7 percent (31-of-60) for the game and were 8-of-19 (42.1 percent) from behind the 3-point arc. YSU shot 37.3 percent (25-of-67), but was 5-of-29 (17.2 percent) from behind the 3-point arc. The Guins were 17-of-21 from the free-throw line.

    Trailing 48-33 early in the second, the Guins scored 12 of the next 15 points to get within 51-45 with 13:53 left on a Liles layup. Mayo answered the Penguins' run by drilling back-to-back 3-pointers. Robert Bush's layup made the scored 59-45 with 12:19 left and YSU was only able to get within 11 points the remainder of the contest.

    YSU returns home to play host to Detroit on Thursday night. Tipoff at the Beeghly Center is set for 7:35 p.m.