CHICAGO—The University of the Incarnate Word men's basketball team plays its final non-conference game on Wednesday night, taking on the DePaul Blue Demons at 7:30 p.m. (CT) at Wintrust Arena.
 
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Wednesday's game will be televised on FS2 with Brandon Gaudin (play-by-play) and Stephen Howard (analyst) calling the action. The game can also be seen online at foxsportsgo.com or the FOX Sports Go app.
 
THE CARDINALS
The Cardinals (5-7) are coming off of a 63-57 loss to the University of Illinois at Chicago on Monday night in the Windy City. UIW stormed out to a 9-3 lead, allowed UIC to take a 15- point halftime lead, and then rallied in the last few minutes to cut the Flames' final margin to six points.
 
Senior Charles Brown III led UIW with 14 points. Freshman Dwight Murray Jr., making his fourth consecutive start, scored 13. Another Cardinal freshman, Chicagoan Morgan Taylor, scored 11.
 
UIW was without the services of its leading scorer, sophomore Christian Peevy, who sustained an injury in the LSU game on Nov. 9.  Peevy had scored in double digits in each of his last four games and was hitting nearly six of ten shots from the field (56.6 percent) for the season. Peevy is also one of college basketball's deadliest free throw shooters, ranking 20^th among all Division I competitors from behind the charity stripe with a 90.8 percent success rate.
 
In addition, the Cardinals suffered from the loss of starting guard Cody Graham, a sophomore, who was injured in practice prior to the LSU game. All told, six of UIW's 15 roster players were unable to participate on Monday due to injury.
 
THE BLUE DEMONS
DePaul, which plays in the Big East Conference, enters the game with an 7-2 record, having defeated UIC, 90-70, on Friday night.
 
AFTERWARD
The Cardinals will enjoy a holiday break from competition. UIW commences its Southland Conference schedule on Jan. 2 with a home game against McNeese.
 
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