Wednesday, February 9
Cedar Falls, Iowa
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
at
Northern Iowa
Men's Basketball back on the road at Northern Iowa on Wednesday
02/08/2022 | 7:54:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. — Southern Illinois returns to the road on Wednesday night at Northern Iowa in a game televised on ESPN+ at 7 p.m.
The Salukis (12-12, 5-7) are 3-3 in conference road games with wins at Evansville, Valparaiso and Illinois State to its credit. They are sixth in the league standings with six games remaining in the regular season.
The Panthers (13-9, 9-3) have won four-straight games and nine of their last 11. They beat SIU in Carbondale on Jan. 15, 69-68. Southern trailed by 10 at halftime, led by one with under five minutes to go, but then went nearly four minutes without a field goal. UNI trails Loyola (9-2) by a half game in the conference standings.
Since 2000, the Salukis are 4-17 at Northern Iowa with wins in 2001, 2003, 2017 and 2019.
Since 2000, the Salukis are 4-17 at Northern Iowa with wins in 2001, 2003, 2017 and 2019.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"Northern Iowa is playing as well as anyone in the league right now. They just had a huge win at Drake. They've played well all conference season. All (three) of their losses have been close. They're an experienced team that knows how to win and have won a conference championship before. In AJ (Green), Noah (Carter) and (Trae) Berhow, they have three guys that can get over 20 points easily. (Bowen) Born and (Nate) Heise are very talented offensive players as well, so it's going to be a great challenge for us. We have to play with poise on the road, and execute, and take care of the ball and try to go in there and get a win."
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The Salukis (12-12, 5-7) are 3-3 in conference road games with wins at Evansville, Valparaiso and Illinois State to its credit. They are sixth in the league standings with six games remaining in the regular season.
The Panthers (13-9, 9-3) have won four-straight games and nine of their last 11. They beat SIU in Carbondale on Jan. 15, 69-68. Southern trailed by 10 at halftime, led by one with under five minutes to go, but then went nearly four minutes without a field goal. UNI trails Loyola (9-2) by a half game in the conference standings.
Since 2000, the Salukis are 4-17 at Northern Iowa with wins in 2001, 2003, 2017 and 2019.
Since 2000, the Salukis are 4-17 at Northern Iowa with wins in 2001, 2003, 2017 and 2019.
Quoting Coach Mullins
"Northern Iowa is playing as well as anyone in the league right now. They just had a huge win at Drake. They've played well all conference season. All (three) of their losses have been close. They're an experienced team that knows how to win and have won a conference championship before. In AJ (Green), Noah (Carter) and (Trae) Berhow, they have three guys that can get over 20 points easily. (Bowen) Born and (Nate) Heise are very talented offensive players as well, so it's going to be a great challenge for us. We have to play with poise on the road, and execute, and take care of the ball and try to go in there and get a win."
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- Marcus Domask has 17 assists and one turnover in the last four games.
- SIU is 5-0 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 56.6 points per game at the Banterra Center and 65.9 points on the road.
- Allow 60.9 points per game, which leads the MVC and ranks 19th nationally.
- Lead the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (30.6).
- Are 24-5 under Mullins when they win the points in the paint (9-2 this year).
- Did not allow any fast-break points in two games this season (at Evansville, Southern Miss).
- 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 (35.21).
- Enters the game with 948 career points, 337 rebounds, 207 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 13-straight FTs made.
- Is coming off a career-high 31 points at Illinois State on Saturday.
- Is 11-for-18 (.611) from 3-point in his last three games.
- Leads the league in steals (1.89).
- Has scored double figures in all but four games.
- Missed the Evansville and Maryville games with a foot injury.
- Stands at 957 career points, 248 rebounds and 192 assists.
- Is 8-for-15 from 3-point in the last five 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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