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CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois continues its three-game homestand when it hosts Drake at the Banterra Center at 7 p.m. on Monday. The first 500 fans can pick up free rollabanas at the marketing table near the main entrance.

The Salukis (9-7, 2-2) are coming off their first home loss of the season, a 69-68 setback versus Northern Iowa on Saturday night, despite having a pair of 20-point scorers in Marcus Domask (23) and Lance Jones (20).

The Bulldogs (12-5, 3-1) are the Missouri Valley Conference preseason favorite to win the title and return essentially the same squad that won 26 games last season and beat Wichita State in the NCAA Tournament. Since then, they've added four-star freshman Tucker DeVries, son of head coach Darian DeVries, and he is their leading scorer.

Drake enters the game on five day's rest, having been idle since beating Illinois State last Wednesday. The Bulldogs are 6-1 in the past month, with their only loss coming at Missouri State on Jan. 2.

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Opening Tip

SIU has held all but one opponent under 70 points, including its first 14 opponents — the longest streak since 2006-07 (17) and longest streak to start a season since 1946-47 (20).
Drake swept both games last season in Des Moines by an average margin of 24.5 points.
Since 2009, Drake is 7-4 at SIU.

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SIU is 32-for-73 (.438) from 3-point range in its last three games.
Steven Verplancken Jr. made 4-of-5 from 3-point at Missouri State last week and is second in the MVC in 3-point shooting percentage (47.1).
Dalton Banks is 16-of-24 (.667) from the field in the last six games, reversing a 5-for-31 start to the season. He tied a career high at Valpo with 14 points.
SIU is 6-1 at home this season and had its seven-game home winning streak snapped vs. UNI.

Marcus Domask

Leads the league in assists (4.18) and has 39 in the last eight games (4.88 avg). No forward in SIU history has averaged 4.00+ apg in a season.
Leads the conference and ranks 22nd in the nation in minutes played (36.14).
Enters the game with 860 career points, 291 rebounds, 178 assists.
Made 32-straight free throws during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in school history.
Missed the final 16 games last season with a foot injury.

The Salukis...

Allow 61.3 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 28th nationally.
Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.3).
Are 12-7 in their last 19 games decided by one possession or in OT.
Are 19-1 in their last 20 games when out-rebounding an opponent. They have won or tied the rebounding battle in 10 of 16 games this season.
Are 20-5 in the Bryan Mullins era with 15+ assists and 22-7 when they have more assists than their opponent.
Are 22-4 under Mullins when they win the points in the paint (7-1 this year).
Did not allow any fast-break points in two games this season (at Evansville, Southern Miss)

Lance Jones

Leads the league in steals (1.93).
Is shooting 63.6% on 2-point field goals this year (49-for-77).
Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
Stands at 835 career points, 220 rebounds and 174 assists.

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