SPRINGFIELD, IL - The University of Illinois Springfield men's basketball team has a busy week ahead as the Prairie Stars host Cumberland on Friday at 7 p.m. before traveling to Kentucky Weslyan on Saturday for a 2 p.m. game.

Next week, UIS travels to for an exhibition against Indiana State on Wednesday, Dec. 16. That makes three games in six days for the Prairie Stars.

Follow both games this weekend using the links above. To check out the promotions that will take place on Friday's home game against Cumberland, visit the Promotions page here.

Fans that bring a toy to the game will receive free admission. For more information about the toy drive for the St. John's Children's Hospital, click here.

QUICK HITS

• The Prairie Stars are 3-5 after dropping their opening GLVC games last weekend to no. 24 Bellarmine and Southern Indiana.
• UIS is 0-2 in the GLVC but doesn't play another GLVC game until January 7. That's 27 days away.
• Senior Jamall Millison leads the team in scoring through seven games at 12.6 points per game. He dropped a season-high 20 points last Thursday against Bellarmine.
• UIS head coach Bill Walker returns for his second season with the Prairie Stars.

BATTLE ON THE BOARDS
The Prairie Stars this season have been outrebounded in seven of their eight games, including 40-23 in Saturday's 85-64 loss to Southern Indiana. UIS is averaging 32.4 boards, good for last place in the GLVC. Freshman Zach Steinberg is the team's leading rebounder (4.6 rpg).

DIALING LONG DISTANCE
The Prairie Stars shot 46 percent from three point land in their win against Ohio Dominican two Saturdays ago. Five players made at least two threes led by junior Paxton Hamron with four. Senior Jamall Millison, who led the GLVC in three pointers made last season, has made two threes in five out of seven games this season.

EXHIBITION SLATE
The Prairie Stars opened the 2015-16 season against a NCAA Division I opponent for the sixth straight season. UIS travels to Indiana State later in the season for an exhibition against the Sycamores. Friday's game with Cumberland counts as an exhibition for CU.

FRESHMAN STANDOUTS
Freshmen Bahari Amaya and Zach Steinberg have had a huge impact for the Prairie Stars in their first eight collegiate games. Amaya is scoring 7.8 points per game while Steinberg leads the team in rebounding (4.6).

SPREADING THE WEALTH
Nine Prairie Stars are averaging at least 6.8 points per game this season led by senior Jamall Millison (12.6). In the team's win against Ohio Dominican, five players scored in double figures led by Millison and junior Paxton Harmon with 18 points each.

COMING UP NEXT
The Prairie Stars hit the road on Saturday to take on Kentucky Wesleyan at 3 p.m.