The University of Illinois Springfield men's basketball team dominated the Knox Prairie Fire on Wednesday night at TRAC. UIS improves to 8-4 overall, while Knox falls to 5-4. 

Game Summary

• The Prairie Stars had their way in the first half both offensively and defensively, leading 54-19 at the intermission

• UIS shot 22-for-34 (64.7%) in the first half and held Knox to 9-for-33 (27.2%) shooting 

• The second half was more of the same as UIS continued to increase their lead

• The Prairie Stars finished the game scoring 104 points to Knox' 51, the most amount of points scored by the Stars this season

From the Box Score

• Three Prairie Stars finished with double-digit points on the night

• Jayden Johnson had 19 points, Kyle Ingram finished with 18, and Jack Weber recorded 16

• UIS shot 42-for-68 (61.8%) from the field, including 17-for-34 (50.0%) from three

• Knox shot 23-for-60 (38.3%) from the field, and only 2-for-13 from three

• The largest lead of the game for UIS was 58 with 4:23 left in the second half

Up Next

UIS continues their home games on Sunday against Purdue Northwest and next Tuesday against Grand Valley State