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Scouting: UIC @ Cleveland St.

UIC (5-10, 1-4) at Cleveland St. (6-10, 2-2)When: 4:30 p.m. at Wolstein CenterTV: CSNRadio: WMVP 1000-AMThe skinny: If the Flames could get their Big Three going at the same time, then Jimmy Collins' crew might be able to get into the Horizon League race. Senior forward Jeremy Buttell poured in a career-high 31 points Thursday at Youngstown State, but Robo Kreps (15.5 ppg) and Zavion Neely (12.7 ppg) combined for 17 points on 6-for-21 shooting. UIC also needs to hit the boards better. It loses the rebounding battle by an average of 6.2 per game. Cleveland State clearly has been benefiting from a late-December schedule that featured West Virginia, Ohio State and Kansas State. The Vikings have handled Youngstown and Loyola in the last week.