Saturday, February 19
Terre Haute, Ind.
12:00 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Indiana State
Photo by: Will Becque
Men's Basketball plays at Indiana State on Saturday at noon
02/17/2022 | 10:00:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — With just three games left in the regular season, Southern Illinois travels to Indiana State on Saturday for a noon Central game that will be televised on ESPN3.
With a win at Indiana State, combined with an Illinois State loss at Bradley on Saturday, SIU would clinch no worse than the No. 6 seed at Arch Madness. The Salukis (14-13, 7-8) could finish as high as the No. 4 seed, depending on the outcome of the remaining games.
In the first meeting between the schools on Jan. 5 in Carbondale, Southern Illinois used a 17-2 second-half run to pull away from the Sycamores (11-15, 4-10) for a 63-55 win. Trailing by five points with nine minutes remaining, the Salukis made 3-pointers on four-straight possessions — two each by Lance Jones and Steven Verplancken Jr.
Opening Tip
With a win at Indiana State, combined with an Illinois State loss at Bradley on Saturday, SIU would clinch no worse than the No. 6 seed at Arch Madness. The Salukis (14-13, 7-8) could finish as high as the No. 4 seed, depending on the outcome of the remaining games.
In the first meeting between the schools on Jan. 5 in Carbondale, Southern Illinois used a 17-2 second-half run to pull away from the Sycamores (11-15, 4-10) for a 63-55 win. Trailing by five points with nine minutes remaining, the Salukis made 3-pointers on four-straight possessions — two each by Lance Jones and Steven Verplancken Jr.
Opening Tip
- SIU holds two wins over Top 100 teams in the most recent NET ratings — Colorado (90) and Bradley (98).
- SIU has held 25 of 27 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 15 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
- In Tuesday's win over Bradley, Marcus Domask matched his career high with 11 field goals (11-of-15) and had his seventh 20-point game of the season, finishing with 25.
- Kyler Filewich is 19-of-31 (.613) from the field in the last six games. He is seventh in the MVC in field goal percentage (.549) on the season.
- Steven Verplancken Jr. (.410) and Ben Coupet Jr. (.394) are sixth and seventh, respectively in the MVC in 3-point shooting percentage.
- The Salukis are 7-1 when they score 70+ points, with the only loss coming at Missouri State.
- The Salukis allow 60.5 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 13th nationally.
- SIU leads the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (31.3).
- 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 (3.85).
- Is third in the conference in minutes played (35.38).
- Enters the game with 989 career points, 352 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 18-straight FTs made.
- Had a career-high 31 points at Illinois State on Feb. 5.
- Leads the league in steals average (2.08).
- Has 15 steals in the last five games (3.00 average).
- Has scored double figures in all but four games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 991 career points, 258 rebounds and 199 assists.
- Had 17 points in the first half versus Bradley on Tuesday.
- Is 15-for-28 (.536) from 3-point in the last eight 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.
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