Saturday, January 22
Peoria, Ill.
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Bradley
Men's Basketball travels to Bradley for Saturday night matchup
01/21/2022 | 9:36:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — With one-third of the conference schedule in the books, Southern Illinois travels to Bradley on Saturday for a 7 p.m. game that will be televised on ESPN+.
The Salukis (3-3) are coming off an eight-point home win over Indiana State and are 2-1 in Missouri Valley Conference road games this season with victories at Evansville and Valparaiso.
The Braves (9-10, 3-4) have won two of their last three games, including a 12-point win at preseason favorite Drake on Wednesday.
Opening Tip
The Salukis (3-3) are coming off an eight-point home win over Indiana State and are 2-1 in Missouri Valley Conference road games this season with victories at Evansville and Valparaiso.
The Braves (9-10, 3-4) have won two of their last three games, including a 12-point win at preseason favorite Drake on Wednesday.
Opening Tip
- In SIU's last game at Carver Arena (2-7-21), Lance Jones hit a free throw with 2.3 seconds left to give the Salukis a 69-68 win. Southern won the rematch at Arch Madness (3-4-21), when Ben Harvey scored 24 points in a 73-63 victory.
- 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).
- Dalton Banks is 23-of-35 (.657) from the field in his last eight games, reversing a 5-for-31 start to the season. He's averaging 7.5 points and 3.0 assists during the stretch. He is also fifth in the MVC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.56).
- Southern has out-scored each of its last three opponents in the second half by a total of 20 points.
- SIU is 47-for-110 (.427) from 3-point range in its last four games.
- SIU's bench has scored 51 points in the last two games.
- Steven Verplancken Jr. is 3rd in the MVC in 3-point shooting (.461)
- Scored 20+ points in four-straight games (Dec. 28-Jan. 15).
- Is third in the league in assists (4.06). No forward in SIU history has averaged 4.00+ apg in a season.
- Leads the conference and ranks 25th in the nation in minutes played (36.07).
- Enters the game with 883 career points, 298 rebounds, 184 assists.
- Made 32-straight free throws during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in school history.
- Allow 60.9 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 23rdnationally.
- Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.5).
- Are 20-1 in their last 21 games when out-rebounding an opponent. They are 7-1 this season.
- Are 21-5 in the Bryan Mullins era with 15+ assists and 23-7 when they have more assists than their opponent.
- Are 23-4 under Mullins when they win the points in the paint (8-1 this year).
- Did not allow any fast-break points in two games this season (at Evansville, Southern Miss)
- Leads the league in steals (1.88).
- Is the team's second-leading scorer and has scored double figures in all but three games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 852 career points, 232 rebounds and 178 assists.
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