Salukis host Loyola on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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CARBONDALE, Ill. - Winners of eight-straight home games, the SIU men's basketball team hosts Loyola on Wednesday night at Banterra Center. Tip is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be streamed nationally on ESPN+. Loyola is tied with Northern Iowa for the MVC lead, while the Salukis are tied for third after winning three-straight games. The first 200 SIU students will receive a FREE t-shirt at the game.

TUESDAY ONLY » Fans can purchase discounted tickets for only $8 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 28. Get the discounted tickets in person at the SIU ticket office (open 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.), online at SIUSalukis.com/tickets by using the promo code 8STRAIGHT, or by calling 877-SALUKIS.

SIU (11-10, 5-3 MVC) vs. Loyola (14-6, 6-2 MVC)

Date and Time » 7 p.m. CT on Wednesday, January 29 // Carbondale, Ill.
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Game Notes » SIU (PDF) | Loyola

OPENING TIP

The SIU men's basketball team hosts Loyola for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday, January 29, in Banterra Center. The game will be streamed nationally on ESPN+.
SIU will wear special black jerseys as part of the Black Out Cancer initiative. Fans bid for the rights to put a name on the back of a jersey, many times placing the name of a loved one affected by cancer. Winning bidders get to keep the game-worn jerseys. All proceeds go to Southern Illinois Healthcare's Coach Kill Fund.
SIU comes into the game with a three-game winning streak and has won eight-straight home games, dating back to mid-November.
SIU head coach Bryan Mullins was on staff at Loyola for the past six seasons before coming to SIU as head coach. Mullins was the associate head coach on Loyola's 2018 Final Four team.
SIU ranks 13th nationally (of 353) in scoring defense, allowing just 60.2 points per game. SIU also ranks top-50 nationally in fewest fouls per game (14th) and 3-point field goal percentage defense (45th). KenPom ranks SIU No. 2 in the MVC in adjusted defensive efficiency, behind Loyola.
Marcus Domask is one of only four freshmen in the nation averaging 14 points, 5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.
Domask leads all MVC freshmen in scoring and rebounding. Domask ranks second among MVC freshmen in assists, behind teammate Lance Jones.
In the last five games, Eric McGill is SIU's leading scorer, averaging 12.6 points per game.
Fifty-two percent of SIU's scoring this season has come from freshman and sophomores.
SIU's last two wins are by a total of five points. Prior to the last two games, SIU had only played two games all season decided by 5 points or fewer.

SALUKIS BLACK OUT CANCER

SIU will wear special black jerseys as part of the Black Out Cancer initiative. Fans bid for the rights to put a name on the back of a jersey, many times placing the name of a loved one affected by cancer. Winning bidders get to keep the game-worn jerseys. All proceeds go to Southern Illinois Healthcare's Coach Kill Fund.
The Coach Kill Fund was established as a result of former SIU football coach and AD Jerry Kill's personal experience with cancer.
The fund assists cancer/childhood disease patients within the southern 16 counties of Illinois.
The Black Out Cancer initiative was started in 2011 by then-SIU football defensive back Mike McElroy, who petitioned the NCAA personally for approval. SIU now holds a Black Out Cancer game for football, men's basketball and women's basketball.
This year's men's basketball jerseys raised $7,242 for the Coach Kill Fund.

For a complete set of game notes in PDF format, click here.