Tuesday, February 15
Carbondale, Ill.
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
vs
Bradley
Men's Basketball hosts Bradley in Blackout Cancer game on Tuesday
02/14/2022 | 8:00:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois hosts Bradley on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Banterra Center in the program's annual Blackout Cancer game.
The Blackout Cancer game, sponsored by Southern Illinois Healthcare, raises money for the Coach Kill Cancer Fund and SIH Cancer Institute Expansion. The Salukis will wear special black jerseys with names on the back that were selected by winning jersey bidders. The 10-year total of money raised by the charitable event is $400,844, and the funds have assisted 17,000 local families to date.
The Salukis (13-13, 6-8) are in sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference with four games remaining. Holding the No. 6 slot is important because the top-6 seeds avoid a Thursday night play-in game at Arch Madness. Southern has a 1.5 game lead over Valparaiso, Indiana State and Illinois State, which are all tied at 4-9.
The Braves (15-11, 9-5) are in fourth place and trail league-leading Loyola by 1.5 games. They are the league's hottest team, having won seven of their last eight games.
In the first meeting between the teams on Jan. 22, Bradley used big runs at the start of each half (15-5, 10-2) on its way to a 70-62 win in Peoria. Lance Jones led SIU with 19 points.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"Bradley's defense has really improved over the course of the Valley season. They have great length, they're very organized and disciplined on the defensive side of the ball. Offensively, they have multiple guys that step up on different nights and beat you. Their depth has really helped them. They beat us the first time at their place, and our guys are looking forward to the opportunity (Tuesday) night."
Know Before You Go
The Blackout Cancer game, sponsored by Southern Illinois Healthcare, raises money for the Coach Kill Cancer Fund and SIH Cancer Institute Expansion. The Salukis will wear special black jerseys with names on the back that were selected by winning jersey bidders. The 10-year total of money raised by the charitable event is $400,844, and the funds have assisted 17,000 local families to date.
The Salukis (13-13, 6-8) are in sixth place in the Missouri Valley Conference with four games remaining. Holding the No. 6 slot is important because the top-6 seeds avoid a Thursday night play-in game at Arch Madness. Southern has a 1.5 game lead over Valparaiso, Indiana State and Illinois State, which are all tied at 4-9.
The Braves (15-11, 9-5) are in fourth place and trail league-leading Loyola by 1.5 games. They are the league's hottest team, having won seven of their last eight games.
In the first meeting between the teams on Jan. 22, Bradley used big runs at the start of each half (15-5, 10-2) on its way to a 70-62 win in Peoria. Lance Jones led SIU with 19 points.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"Bradley's defense has really improved over the course of the Valley season. They have great length, they're very organized and disciplined on the defensive side of the ball. Offensively, they have multiple guys that step up on different nights and beat you. Their depth has really helped them. They beat us the first time at their place, and our guys are looking forward to the opportunity (Tuesday) night."
Know Before You Go
- Everyone on campus is required to wear face masks in shared indoor spaces. Please do your part to protect the health and safety of the Saluki community.
- If you are experiencing COVID symptoms, stay home (except to get tested) so you don't spread the virus to others if you are positive.
- In the first meeting on Jan. 22, Bradley used big runs at the start of each half (15-5, 10-2) on its way to a 70-62 win in Peoria. Lance Jones led SIU with 19 points.
- SIU has held 24 of 26 opponents under 70 points. Only Missouri State (81) and Bradley (70) have reached 70 points against Southern. No opponent has reached that mark at the Banterra Center. SIU held its first 14 opponents under 70 points.
- SIU has held 14 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
- Marcus Domask has 25 assists and eight turnovers in the last six games.
- Kyler Filewich is averaging 8.0 points and is 19-of-30 (.633) from the field in the last five games.
- SIU is 6-0 against the bottom half of teams in the MVC standings.
- The Salukis are 7-1 when they score 70+ points, with the only loss coming at Missouri State.
- SIU is allowing just 57.0 points per game at the Banterra Center.
- Allow 60.7 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 14th nationally.
- Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (31.3).
- Are 25-5 under Mullins when they win the points in the paint (10-2 this year).
- Had a streak of 133-consecutive minutes played without committing a turnover, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5.
- 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.
- Is second in the conference in minutes played (35.27).
- Enters the game with 964 career points, 349 rebounds, 215 assists.
- Made 32-straight FTs during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in SIU history.
- Has an active streak of 17-straight FTs made.
- Had a career-high 31 points at Illinois State on Feb. 5.
- Is 14-for-30 (.467) from 3-point in his last four games.
- Leads the league in steals (2.04).
- Has scored double figures in all but four games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 980 career points, 252 rebounds and 193 assists.
- Is 12-for-22 (.545) from 3-point in the last seven games.
- 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.
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