Saturday, December 18
Carbondale, Ill.
3 PM
Southern Illinois University
vs
Maryville
Men's Basketball hosts Maryville at 3 p.m. on Saturday
12/17/2021 | 8:16:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Saturday's men's basketball game will have a Christmas flavor when Southern Illinois hosts Division II Maryville at 3 p.m. at the Banterra Center. Santa Claus will visit the Charles Helleny Pavilion before the game, and recording artist David Allen Stone will perform an acoustic set of original music and holiday favorites. Doors open early at 1:45 p.m.
Saluki Basketball Quick Facts
Saluki Basketball Quick Facts
- In Wednesday's win over SEMO, Marcus Domask recorded a career-high 8 assists and Kyler Filewich had a season-high 12 points. Steven Verplancken made 5-of-6 from 3-point vs. SEMO and is shooting 52.3% from behind the 3-point line this year, up from 37.5% last year.
- Domask leads the conference and ranks 18th in minutes played (36.28). He is second in the league in assists (4.3) and has 15 assists in the last two games.
- In the last three games, the Salukis are averaging 17.3 assists and 11.0 turnovers.
- SIU is 18-5 in the Bryan Mullins era with 15+ assists and 20-7 when it has more assists than its opponent.
- Lance Jones is shooting 77.1% on 2-point field goals this year (37-for-48).
- Mullins is 2-0 vs. Division II opponents with wins over Illinois Wesleyan and Quincy.
- SIU has won 12-straight home non-conference games, dating back to the 2019-20 season. SIU is 12-1 overall in home non-conference games under Mullins and 14-4 in its last 18 regular season non-conference games.
- SIU is allowing 58.8 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 23rd nationally.
- SIU leads the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (32.3)
- SIU is 17-1 in its last 18 games when it out-rebounds its opponent and has won or tied the rebounding battle in eight of 10 games this season.
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