Southern Illinoise University Athletics
Men's Basketball Plays at Bradley Wednesday Night
01/14/2002 | 12:00:00 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 14, 2002
Southern Illinois (14-3, 4-1) will play at Bradley (5-9, 2-3) Wednesday night. The game will be televised by WSIU TV-8, the PBS affiliate in Carbondale.
Satellite Coordinates Galaxy 11/K13
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The Series vs. Bradley Bradley owns a 35-21 edge in the overall series between the two schools. The Braves have won 11 of the last 14 meetings, including four in a row and seven of the last eight on their home court. SIU head coach Bruce Weber is 1-6 in his career against the Braves.
League-Leading Dawgs In addition to being in first place in the MVC standings, SIU leads the league in several statistical categories... Scoring Margin +8.8 FG % Defense 39.7 Rebound Margin +4.9 Blocked Shots 5.0
Front Court Tandem The inside tandem of Rolan Roberts (6-6, 250, Sr.) and Jermaine Dearman (6-8, 220, Jr.) has become an impressive front court duo. Roberts is second on the team in scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounding (7.6 rpg), and leads the team in blocks (2.6 bpg). He also shoots a team-high 60.0 percent from the field. Dearman leads the team in rebounds (8.1 rpg) and is third in scoring (11.9).
Dawg Bites SIU held Northern Iowa to 19 points in the first half of Saturday's game, the fewest points in a half by a Saluki opponent since holding Wichita State to 17 on Feb. 21, 2001....Jermaine Dearman has scored double figures in 10 straight games...The Salukis have held every opponent except Colorado State below 45 percent shooting...SIU is well ahead of last year's attendance average (6,361 to 4,483).
Williams 16th in Career Scoring at SIU Junior guard Kent Williams is the 34th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau. The team's leading scorer now ranks 16th in career scoring at SIU with 1,265 points.
Roberts Climbs Blocks Chart Rolan Roberts is on pace to swat the school's single-season blocks record. After 17 games, he already has 45 blocks and needs 26 more to break Tony Harvey's record set in the 1988-89 season.
