Game Notes: Men's Basketball vs. Murray State

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SIU hosts Murray State at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 11, at Banterra Center for the Charles Helleny Tip-Off Classic. The game will be streamed nationally on ESPN3.

SIU (2-0) vs. Murray State (3-1)

Date & Time » 6:30 p.m. on Friday, December 11 // Carbondale, Ill. (Banterra Center)
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OPENING TIP

SIU hosts Murray State on Friday night at Banterra Center for the Charles Helleny Tip-Off Classic.
SIU is trying to snap a three-game losing streak to Murray State. The Racers are the preseason co-favorites in the OVC with Austin Peay, and Murray State is coming off a 30-point win over Austin Peay on Tuesday. The Racers led that game by 23 at halftime.
Friday's game is named for Charles Helleny, who was known as "Mr. Southern Illinois." A 1957 SIU alum, Charles generously donated the fourth-largest gift in Saluki Athletics history. He passed away in August 2019, and SIU's first home game against a Division I opponent each season is named in his honor.
SIU has started 2-0 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2008-09 and 2009-10.
Marcus Domask (21 ppg, 7 rpg, 3 apg, 2 bpg, 57% FG) and Ben Harvey (19 ppg, 6 rpg, 2.5 apg, 57% FG, 50% 3FG) were named the Missouri Valley Conference Player and Newcomer of the Week, respectively, the league announced Monday.
Notes from a 102-61 win over Quincy on Sunday...
- SIU's 102 points were tied for the most by the program since 1998 (SIU also scored 102 in 2017).
- SIU's 41-point margin of victory was the program's largest since a 55-point win in 1994.
- All 12 available Salukis played and scored. Five Salukis were in double-figures.
- SIU held the Hawks to 37.7% shooting, marking the 13th time in 34 games under head coach Bryan Mullins that SIU held its opponent below 40% shooting.

YOUNG DAWGS

87% of SIU's scoring this season is from freshmen and sophomores. 70% is from the sophomore class: Marcus Domask, Lance Jones, Ben Harvey, Trent Brown, Steven Verplancken Jr., and Sekou Dembele.
Ten of the 14 players on SIU's roster are underclassmen (freshmen or sophomores).
After J.D. Muila and Will Keller suffered season-ending injuries, SIU has only two available upperclassmen (Anthony D'Avanzo and Jakolby Long).
Entering the season...
- Jakolby Long was the only player on the roster who had played in more than one season of Division I basketball.
- Only five players on SIU's roster had played more than 100 career minutes in Division I basketball.
- SIU ranked 9th of 10 in the MVC for career Division I minutes and games played on its roster.

Dawg Bites: Murray State leads the all-time series, 19-18 ... SIU is trying to start a season 3-0 for the first time since 2015-16 ... SIU is 19-4 in its last 23 home games and 13-3 at Banterra Center under head coach Bryan Mullins ... SIU has won five-straight non-conference home games.

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Sekou Dembele

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Lance Jones

Will Keller

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Steven Verplancken Jr.

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