Thursday, January 27
Carbondale, Ill.
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
vs
Loyola
Rematch in Carbondale — Men's Basketball hosts Loyola on Thursday night
01/26/2022 | 1:32:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — In a rematch of Tuesday's game in Chicago, Southern Illinois hosts league-leading Loyola at 7 p.m. on Thursday night at the Banterra Center.
The game will be televised regionally on the MVC TV Network (Bally Sports MW/IN/KC Plus, NBC Sports Chicago, and ESPN+ outside the network footprint).
In Tuesday's game, the Salukis (10-10, 3-5) trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half, but rallied to close the gap to one. The Ramblers (15-3, 6-1) out-scored SIU, 11-2, in the final three minutes of the contest to win it, 59-47. Ben Coupet led Southern with 16 points.
The Ramblers entered the game averaging more than 78 points per contest and were held to their lowest point total at home this season.
At halftime, one lucky SIU student will be selected to participate in the Chancellor's Half-court Challenge — an opportunity to make a half-court shot and win one semester of free tuition.
Opening Tip
The game will be televised regionally on the MVC TV Network (Bally Sports MW/IN/KC Plus, NBC Sports Chicago, and ESPN+ outside the network footprint).
In Tuesday's game, the Salukis (10-10, 3-5) trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half, but rallied to close the gap to one. The Ramblers (15-3, 6-1) out-scored SIU, 11-2, in the final three minutes of the contest to win it, 59-47. Ben Coupet led Southern with 16 points.
The Ramblers entered the game averaging more than 78 points per contest and were held to their lowest point total at home this season.
At halftime, one lucky SIU student will be selected to participate in the Chancellor's Half-court Challenge — an opportunity to make a half-court shot and win one semester of free tuition.
Opening Tip
- Loyola has won the last four meetings between the schools, including Tuesday's win in Chicago.
- In Tuesday's game, SIU trailed by as many as 14 points in the second half, but rallied to close the gap to one. The Ramblers out-scored SIU, 11-2, in the final three minutes of the contest.
- SIU held its first 14 opponents under 70 points. On the year, only Missouri State (81) and Bradley (70) have reached 70 points against Southern. No opponent has reached that mark at the Banterra Center.
- Dalton Banks is 26-of-41 (.634) from the field in his last 10 games, reversing a 5-for-31 start to the season. He's averaging 6.7 points during the stretch. He is also seventh in the MVC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.1).
- Steven Verplancken Jr. is 2nd in the MVC in 3-point shooting (.457)
- Kyler Filewich is 10th in the MVC in field goal percentage (.536).
- SIU's bench has scored 80 points in the last four games.
- Allow 61.2 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 23rd nationally.
- Bench has out-scored the opponent's bench in 14 of the 20 games.
- Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (31.4).
- Are 20-3 in their last 23 games when out-rebounding an opponent. They are 7-3 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)
- Is coming off a career-high 13 rebound effort at Loyola.
- Scored 20+ points in four-straight games (Dec. 28-Jan. 15).
- Is third in the league in assists (3.95). 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 (35.59).
- Enters the game with 903 career points, 315 rebounds, 190 assists.
- Made 32-straight FTs during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in SIU history.
- Leads the league in steals (1.94).
- Is the team's second-leading scorer and has scored double figures in all but four games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 878 career points, 240 rebounds and 180 assists.
- Was SIU's top scorer during the month of December, averaging 15.9 points in seven games.
- Recorded double figures in all seven December games, including a career-high 27 at Tulsa.
- Averaged 7.5 points in six games in November.
- The win over Colorado was the program's first win over a Power 5 program since 2008.
- The win vs. Southern Miss marked two milestones — fewest points allowed since Jan. 29, 2008 (SIU beat Evansville that day, 59-39. Mullins was a junior on that SIU team and had 5 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists.) and largest margin of victory versus a Division I opponent in the Mullins era.
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