Tuesday, January 25
Chicago, Ill.
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Loyola
Men's Basketball travels to Loyola on Tuesday
01/24/2022 | 11:33:00 | Men's Basketball
CHICAGO — Southern Illinois plays at first-place Loyola on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a game televised regionally on the MVC TV Network (Bally Sports MW/IN/KC, NBC Sports Chicago, and ESPN+ outside the network footprint).
The Ramblers (14-3, 5-1) have won the last five meetings versus the the Salukis (10-9, 3-4) at Gentile Arena. In the last meeting on Feb. 27, 2021, Loyola won in overtime, 65-58. Lance Jones had a career-high 30 points, and SIU rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to send it to OT.
The teams will play again two days later on Thursday night in Carbondale in a game that was originally scheduled for Jan. 2.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"I think everyone has been used to a back-to-back schedule from last year. We've had four games in seven days leading up to this and now we play Tuesday-Thursday. So, it's a lot of games but our guys are excited and it's a great opportunity to play a top-25 team in the country, play them at (their) home then have them come back to Carbondale – it's a great opportunity."
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The Ramblers (14-3, 5-1) have won the last five meetings versus the the Salukis (10-9, 3-4) at Gentile Arena. In the last meeting on Feb. 27, 2021, Loyola won in overtime, 65-58. Lance Jones had a career-high 30 points, and SIU rallied from a 15-point second-half deficit to send it to OT.
The teams will play again two days later on Thursday night in Carbondale in a game that was originally scheduled for Jan. 2.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"I think everyone has been used to a back-to-back schedule from last year. We've had four games in seven days leading up to this and now we play Tuesday-Thursday. So, it's a lot of games but our guys are excited and it's a great opportunity to play a top-25 team in the country, play them at (their) home then have them come back to Carbondale – it's a great opportunity."
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- Dalton Banks is 25-of-39 (.641) from the field in his last nine games, reversing a 5-for-31 start to the season. He's averaging 7.2 points and 2.7 assists during the stretch. He is also seventh in the MVC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2).
- SIU's bench has scored 71 points in the last three games.
- Steven Verplancken Jr. is 2nd in the MVC in 3-point shooting (.456)
- Scored 20+ points in four-straight games (Dec. 28-Jan. 15).
- Is fourth in the league in assists (4.00). 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 897 career points, 302 rebounds, 187 assists.
- Made 32-straight FTs during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in SIU history.
- Allow 61.4 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 23rd nationally.
- Bench has out-scored the opponent's bench in 14 of the 19 games.
- Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (31.1).
- 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 (1.9).
- 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 871 career points, 238 rebounds and 180 assists.
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