Southern Illinois Hosts Lincoln Tuesday Night at Banterra Center

Tuesday, December 13

Carbondale, IL

7 PM

Southern Illinois University

Lincoln (MO)

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Southern Illinois Hosts Lincoln Tuesday Night at Banterra Center

12/12/2022 | 11:22:00 | Men's Basketball

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Fans can also receive a free ticket by donating a children’s coat as part of the Coats for Kids promotion.

By: By Tim McCaughan, SIUSalukis.com

CARBONDALE, Ill. - Southern Illinois basketball plays host to Lincoln-Missouri Tuesday night. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. from Banterra Center. Tickets can be purchased by clicking HERE. Fans can also receive a free ticket by donating a children's coat as part of the Coats for Kids promotion.

PROMOS
• Coats for Kids. More info HERE.

THE BROADCAST
• The game will be available nationally on ESPN Plus with Mike Trude (play-by-play) and Dominic Hoscher (analyst) calling the action.
• The radio broadcast can be heard on the Saluki Radio Network with SIU Hall of Famer Mike Reis (play-by-play) and Rodney Watson (analyst) on the call.

QUICK HITS
• Marcus Domask (16.9 ppg) and Lance Jones (12.2 ppg) lead the Salukis offense.
• SIU's 63.5 points allowed per game is third in the MVC and 66th nationally.
• The Salukis are holding opponents to just 27.3 percent from behind the arc -- leading the MVC and ranking 22nd nationally. Only four teams have shot over 30 percent from distance against the Salukis this season.
• SIU's 7.7 steals per game ranks third the MVC. Lance Jones leads the team with 2.2 steals per game and has recorded multiple steals in five of his last six games.
• Marcus Domask moved to 17th in SIU history with 267 assists. Domask is 10th in school history, averaging 3.2 assists in 82 career games. He has multiple assists in all but one game this season.
• Xavier Johnson set a career-high in 3-pointers made at Evansville (4) before setting a new career high in his next game with six at SLU. He is 13-of-28 (46.4) from deep on the season.
• Clarence Rupert is shooting 70 percent (28-40) -- the best of any Saluki with more than 10 attempts.
• Southern is shooting 46.6 percent from the field which ranks second in the MVC while ranking sixth in the Valley shooting 33.2 percent from deep.
• With the win over Alcorn State, head coach Bryan Mullins picked up his 50th career win at Southern Illinois. He is the 10th coach in program history to reach 50 wins.

THE MATCHUP
• Tuesday's game with Lincoln will be the first ever meeting between the two programs.

• Lincoln enters the contest with an overall record of 5-2 on the season and a 2-2 record in MIAA play. The Tigers lone Division I game this season was an exhibition with Kansas City in which the Tigers defeated the Roos 59-56 on the road.

• As a team, LU is scoring 76.9 points per game and are holding opponents to 60 points. Artese Stapleton leads the team in scoring at 20.3 points per game while also leading LU with 27 assists. Kevin Kone joins Stapleton as the only other LU player in double digits with 15.1 points and 14.4 rebounds per game.

JOHNSON EARNS MVC NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK HONORS
• Xavier Johnson shot lights out over the past week for the Salukis, converting 13-of-16 shots over two games to finish with an 81.3 field goal percentage, including a 10-of-12 mark from behind the arc. He averaged a team-high 18.5 points and four steals for SIU while also averaging 4.5 rebounds and two assists per game. The Germantown, Maryland native led the Salukis to their first MVC win on the road at Evansville with a 14-point, four rebounds and two steal performance, hitting 5-of-6 shots from the floor and all four attempts from distance. Johnson went on to score a career-high 23 points on the road at Saint Louis after shooting 8-for-10 from the field and 6-for-8 from deep. His six steals and six 3-pointers against the Billikens also set new career-high marks.

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