VALPARAISO | Watching from the bench last season as a redshirt transfer, Valparaiso's Cory Johnson was obligated to remain in his seat until the final buzzer against IPFW.

UAB scoring leader Elija Millsap, held in check for most of the game, sparked a 10-2 scoring run in the final two minutes to lead the host Blazers to a 67-57 victory over Butler in a non-league test at Bartow Arena on Tuesday, Dec. 22. The victory was the tenth straight for the 11-1 Blazers.

Cleveland State senior Kailey Klein has been named Horizon League Women's Basketball Player of the Week for the period of Dec. 14-20. The selection marks Klein's sixth career weekly honor from the League office and her first this season.

Butler sophomore guard/forward Gordon Hayward has been named the Horizon League Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week ending Dec. 20. It is the second week in a row he has received the League's weekly honor.

Terrance Hill tallied a career-high 23 points and Walt Gibler added a personal-best 22 points off the bench to lead Loyola University Chicago (8-2) to a 79-61 victory over SIU Edwardsville (2-9) this afternoon at the Vadalabene Center. The Ramblers extend their current win streak to four games and improve to 4-2 on the road this season with the victory.

FAIRBORN - After scoring their most points Saturday, Dec. 19, since beating Chattanooga 87-82 two years ago, all the Raiders wanted to talk about was their defense.

As wrong as it felt, as cheap and contrived and misguided as it seemed, the officials in Saturday's bizarre Butler victory over Xavier at Hinkle Fieldhouse actually got it right.

Ricky Franklin scored 20 points to lead four players in double figures as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee used a pair of big runs to claim a 68-61 win over Miami (Ohio) Saturday night at the U.S. Cellular Arena. The Panthers (8-4) shot 54.5 percent in the second half and made six 3-pointers to lead by as many as 19 points. A pair of true freshmen again sparked Milwaukee. Ja'Rob McCallum scored 14 off the bench while Lonnie Boga had 13 points and six rebounds in his second-straight start. Junior Anthony Hill also added 10 points and six boards. Milwaukee put together a 15-3 run in the first half to build a nine-point halftime lead, then added a 21-8 second-half burst to take over the game.

ASHWAUBENON There is not a better sight for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay mens basketball team than to see Rahmon Fletcher back on the court.

CHICAGO- Robo Kreps matched a career high with 25 points to lead the UIC men's basketball team to a 69-49 win over Northern Illinois at the UIC Pavilion on Saturday.