Saturday, February 26
Des Moines, Iowa
3 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Drake
Photo by: Will Becque
Men's Basketball wraps up regular season at Drake
02/25/2022 | 10:21:00 | Men's Basketball
DES MOINES, Iowa — Southern Illinois wraps up its regular season on Saturday at Drake at 3 p.m. in a game televised on CBS Sports Network.
The Salukis (16-13, 9-8) are the likely No. 6 seed at next week's Arch Madness conference tournament. SIU could still finish tied for fifth by beating Drake, combined with a Bradley loss to Valparaiso. The seeding tiebreaker would then be determined by NET ranking on Sunday morning (currently BU: 98, SIU: 134).
Both SIU and Drake (21-9, 12-5) are the league's hottest teams, each having won four-straight games. Based on the outcome of Saturday's games, the Bulldogs could finish anywhere between second and fourth place.
Opening Tip
The Salukis (16-13, 9-8) are the likely No. 6 seed at next week's Arch Madness conference tournament. SIU could still finish tied for fifth by beating Drake, combined with a Bradley loss to Valparaiso. The seeding tiebreaker would then be determined by NET ranking on Sunday morning (currently BU: 98, SIU: 134).
Both SIU and Drake (21-9, 12-5) are the league's hottest teams, each having won four-straight games. Based on the outcome of Saturday's games, the Bulldogs could finish anywhere between second and fourth place.
Opening Tip
- SIU's four-game winning streak is their longest streak of Valley wins since winning seven-straight in 2020.
- SIU is 5-2 in February. The last time Southern won six games in February was in 2008.
- SIU holds two wins over Top 100 teams in the most recent NET ratings — Colorado (81) and Bradley (98).
- SIU has held all but three opponents under 70 points. Only Missouri State (81), Bradley (70) and Indiana State (72) have reached 70 points against Southern.
- No opponent reached 70 points at Banterra Center this season. The last time that happened was 2006-07.
- SIU has held 15 opponents to 60 or fewer points.
- Ben Coupet Jr. (.410) is fourth and Steven Verplancken Jr. (.409) is fifth in the MVC in 3-point shooting percentage.
- SIU is 26-of-52 (.500) from 3-point range in the last two games.
- Kyler Filewich is 22-of-34 (.647) from the field in the last eight games. He is fifth in the MVC in field goal percentage (.562) on the season.
- SIU is coming off a 90-point outing vs. Illinois State — it's highest output vs. a Valley team in the Mullins era.
- The Salukis are 9-1 when they score 70+ points, with the only loss coming at Missouri State.
- The Salukis allow 61.2 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 14th nationally.
- Scored 20+ points eight times this season, including a streak of four-straight games (Dec. 28-Jan. 15).
- Is coming off a career-high 9-assist, zero turnover game vs. Illinois State.
- Had a streak of 133-consecutive minutes played without committing a turnover, from Jan. 25 to Feb. 5.
- Is third in the league in assists (3.9) and minutes played (35.35).
- Made 32-straight FTs during a nine-game stretch (11/22-12/28) — the second-longest streak in SIU history.
- Stands at 1,026 career points in 71 games.
- Is 8-of-13 (.615) from 3-point in the last two games.
- Had a career-high 31 points at Illinois State on Feb. 5.
- Leads the league in steals (2.00 avg.).
- Has scored double figures in all but four games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 1,031 career points in 84 games.
- Is averaging 19.0 points in the last three games.
- Is 22-for-41 (.537) from 3-point in the last 10 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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