Men's Basketball hosts Henderson State for exhibition on Tuesday

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CARBONDALE, Ill. - The SIU men's basketball team will play in front of home fans for the first time in 608 days when it hosts Henderson State on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Banterra Center for an exhibition game. The Salukis are celebrating Community Night, and tickets start at just $5. SIU students get in free with ID all season long. Per state and local health guidelines, masks are required for entry to Banterra Center.

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SIU returns 97 percent of its scoring from last year's team. Seven players are returning who started 10 or more games last season.
The Salukis return their top eight scorers from last year.
SIU was picked fifth in the Missouri Valley Conference preseason poll of head coaches, media members, and sports information directors.
Marcus Domask (Second Team) and Lance Jones (Third Team) were named to the preseason All-MVC teams.
Henderson State is a Division II program from Arkansas. The Reddies have had a .500 record or better in each of the last five seasons. Henderson State went a combined 42-19 over two seasons from 2018-19 to 2019-20. In 2019-20, the Reddies went 23-8 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament, which was canceled due to COVID.
Bryan Mullins heads into his third season as head coach of his alma mater in 2021-22. Mullins, who led SIU to the Sweet Sixteen in 2007 as a point guard, was named to ESPN's 40 under 40, honoring the top-40 coaches nationally under 40 years old. Mullins was a finalist for the Joe B. Hall Award in 2020, given to the nation's top first-year head coach, and the runner-up for 2020 MVC Coach of the Year.
Marcus Domask, the 2020 MVC Newcomer of the Year and Freshman of the Year, returns after suffering a season-ending injury that forced him to miss the final 16 games of 2020-21. Domask was a two-time MVC Player of the Week last season prior to his injury.
Prior to Domask's injury, SIU started the 2020-21 season 7-0, the program's best start to a season since 1947-48. The Salukis beat Butler 76-73 at Hinkle Fieldhouse, ending Butler's 59-game nonconference home court winning streak that stretched back to 2012. Domask scored 26 points in that win.
Returning Award Winners: Lance Jones (2021 Third Team All-MVC), Kyler Filewich (2021 MVC All-Freshman Team, MVC Newcomer of the Week (1/26/21)), Marcus Domask (2020 Second Team All-MVC, 2020 MVC Newcomer of the Year, 2020 MVC Freshman of the Year, 2020 Freshman All-American (College Insider), three-time MVC Newcomer of the Week (2019-20), two-time MVC Player of the Week (2020-21)), Ben Harvey (MVC Newcomer of the Week (12/7/20))
SIU shot 37.5% from the 3-point line in 2020-21, which ranked 25th in the nation (of 340). Lance Jones (42.6%) led the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage last season. Four other returning players also shot 37% or better from the 3-point line last season: Trent Brown (38.9%), Ben Harvey (38.4%), Dalton Banks (38.1%) and Steven Verplancken Jr. (37.3%).

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