Tuesday, January 17
Carbondale, IL
7 PM
Southern Illinois University
vs
Evansville
Salukis Look for Season Sweep of Evansville Tuesday Night at Banterra Center
01/16/2023 | 1:07:00 | Men's Basketball
CARBONDALE, Ill. – Winners of two-straight games, the Southern Illinois men's basketball program will welcome Evansville to Banterra Center Tuesday night with a 7 p.m. CT tipoff. The Salukis will look for the season sweep of the Aces after downing UE on the road to open MVC play back in November. To purchase your tickets for the game, click HERE.
PROMOTIONS
• The Dawg Pound will provide "Space Jam" themed shirts for the first 200 students and themed posters for the first 500 fans.
• SIU Faculty and Staff Appreciation Game
• Five Saluki Student-Athletes will be honored during the game with a scholarship from Banterra Bank.
• Branson Combs – Football
• Kylee Vaughan – Golf
• Hunter Simmons – Football
• Tatum Tornatta – Volleyball
• Akira Custer – Track and Field
THE BROADCAST
• The game will be available nationally on ESPN Plus with Noah Reed (play-by-play) and Mike Trude (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
• SIU will look for a season sweep of UE Tuesday night when the Purple Aces visit Banterra Center.
• The Salukis defeated Evansville on the road 80-53 to open Valley play on November 30, 2022.
• Southern has won 9 of its last 10 games, including two straight games with wins against INS and ILS.
• SIU is off to its best start under head coach Bryan Mullins in four seasons at 14-5 and 6-2 in MVC.
• The Salukis sit tied with Indiana State and Belmont atop the MVC standings at 6-2 in League play.
• Forward Marcus Domask can become just the fourth player in program history to score 1,300 points, grab 500 rebounds and dish out 300 assists. The senior needs just seven boards and two assists to join Wayne Abrams, Darren Brooks, and Marcus Timmons – all three of which are Saluki Hall of Famers.
• Saluki transfer guard Jawaun Newton will faceoff with UE for the second time now. Over his career at UE, he averaged eight points, 3.6 rebounds and one assist in 103 games including 65 starts.
• SIU is 8-1 at Banterra Center -- its six-game home streak is the third longest in the MVC behind Bradley and Drake.
• Since forward Clarence Rupert entered the starting lineup, SIU is 9-1.
• The Salukis check in at No. 10 in the latest CollegeInsider.com men's basketball mid-major poll, up 14 spots from last week. .
A DYNAMIC DUO
• Marcus Domask (18th-1,379) and Lance Jones (23rd-1,332) each rank in the top-25 in program history in points scored. The duo also ranks in the top 20 in career assists.
• Marcus Domask has scored in double-digits in 17 of 19 games this season to lead SIU. He has scored 20 or more in five games and his 16.5 points per game rank seventh in the MVC.
• Marcus Domask and Lance Jones combined to score the final 20 points in a win on the road against Murray State. Against Drake, Domask scored the final 15 points of the game to defeat DU.
• Lance Jones leads the Salukis with 41 3-pointers this season. The senior has made 176 threes over his career to rank seventh in program history.
IT STARTS ON DEFENSE
• SIU's 60.2 points allowed per game leads the MVC and ranks 15th nationally.
• Southern Illinois has held conference opponents to just 58.1 points per game and five of its eight Valley foes to 57 points or fewer. The Salukis held Belmont to 45 points and preseason favorite Drake to 49 points.
• Southern put the clamps on Drake's Tucker DeVries and Roman Penn. The Salukis gave up just 11 points to DeVries on 4-for-13 shooting while holding Penn to 1-for-15 from the floor and two points.
• The Salukis are holding opponents to just 31 percent from behind the arc -- ranking fourth in the MVC and 78th nationally.
• SIU's 7.7 steals per game is second in the MVC. Lance Jones leads the team with 1.8 steals per game and has recorded multiple steals in 12 games this season including a career-high six coming at UE.
• Against the League's top-scoring offense (79.7), SIU held Indiana State to just 61 points on the road.
THE MATCHUP
• The game Tuesday will mark the 136th meeting of all time between Southern Illinois and Evansville. SIU holds a 77-58 record in the series with the first meeting coming in 1927. Against the Purple Aces, Southern is 46-18 at home, 28-38 on the road, and 3-2 at neutral sites. Southern Illinois has won eight of the last 10 meetings in the series, including three-straight games.
• Lance Jones led the Salukis with 17 points and 10 Salukis enters the scoring column during SIU's win at UE in late November. Jones closed the contest with a game-high 17 while dishing out nine assists and picking up six steals.
• Evansville enters play at 4-15 overall and 0-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Purple Aces have dropped six-straight games, falling to Valparaiso last time out at home, 76-69. Under first-year head coach David Ragland, Evansville is scoring 61.5 points per game and is led by Kenny Strawbridge's 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per outing. Yanice Toumi joins Strawbridge in double figures with 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for the Aces. As a team, UE is shooting 39.2 percent from the field, 31.1 percent from distance, and 63.1 percent from the charity stripe.
FOLLOW THE SALUKIS
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Salukis by following the team on Twitter at @SIU_Basketball, on Instagram at @SIU_Basketball, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SalukiAthletics. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
PROMOTIONS
• The Dawg Pound will provide "Space Jam" themed shirts for the first 200 students and themed posters for the first 500 fans.
• SIU Faculty and Staff Appreciation Game
• Five Saluki Student-Athletes will be honored during the game with a scholarship from Banterra Bank.
• Branson Combs – Football
• Kylee Vaughan – Golf
• Hunter Simmons – Football
• Tatum Tornatta – Volleyball
• Akira Custer – Track and Field
THE BROADCAST
• The game will be available nationally on ESPN Plus with Noah Reed (play-by-play) and Mike Trude (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
• SIU will look for a season sweep of UE Tuesday night when the Purple Aces visit Banterra Center.
• The Salukis defeated Evansville on the road 80-53 to open Valley play on November 30, 2022.
• Southern has won 9 of its last 10 games, including two straight games with wins against INS and ILS.
• SIU is off to its best start under head coach Bryan Mullins in four seasons at 14-5 and 6-2 in MVC.
• The Salukis sit tied with Indiana State and Belmont atop the MVC standings at 6-2 in League play.
• Forward Marcus Domask can become just the fourth player in program history to score 1,300 points, grab 500 rebounds and dish out 300 assists. The senior needs just seven boards and two assists to join Wayne Abrams, Darren Brooks, and Marcus Timmons – all three of which are Saluki Hall of Famers.
• Saluki transfer guard Jawaun Newton will faceoff with UE for the second time now. Over his career at UE, he averaged eight points, 3.6 rebounds and one assist in 103 games including 65 starts.
• SIU is 8-1 at Banterra Center -- its six-game home streak is the third longest in the MVC behind Bradley and Drake.
• Since forward Clarence Rupert entered the starting lineup, SIU is 9-1.
• The Salukis check in at No. 10 in the latest CollegeInsider.com men's basketball mid-major poll, up 14 spots from last week. .
A DYNAMIC DUO
• Marcus Domask (18th-1,379) and Lance Jones (23rd-1,332) each rank in the top-25 in program history in points scored. The duo also ranks in the top 20 in career assists.
• Marcus Domask has scored in double-digits in 17 of 19 games this season to lead SIU. He has scored 20 or more in five games and his 16.5 points per game rank seventh in the MVC.
• Marcus Domask and Lance Jones combined to score the final 20 points in a win on the road against Murray State. Against Drake, Domask scored the final 15 points of the game to defeat DU.
• Lance Jones leads the Salukis with 41 3-pointers this season. The senior has made 176 threes over his career to rank seventh in program history.
IT STARTS ON DEFENSE
• SIU's 60.2 points allowed per game leads the MVC and ranks 15th nationally.
• Southern Illinois has held conference opponents to just 58.1 points per game and five of its eight Valley foes to 57 points or fewer. The Salukis held Belmont to 45 points and preseason favorite Drake to 49 points.
• Southern put the clamps on Drake's Tucker DeVries and Roman Penn. The Salukis gave up just 11 points to DeVries on 4-for-13 shooting while holding Penn to 1-for-15 from the floor and two points.
• The Salukis are holding opponents to just 31 percent from behind the arc -- ranking fourth in the MVC and 78th nationally.
• SIU's 7.7 steals per game is second in the MVC. Lance Jones leads the team with 1.8 steals per game and has recorded multiple steals in 12 games this season including a career-high six coming at UE.
• Against the League's top-scoring offense (79.7), SIU held Indiana State to just 61 points on the road.
THE MATCHUP
• The game Tuesday will mark the 136th meeting of all time between Southern Illinois and Evansville. SIU holds a 77-58 record in the series with the first meeting coming in 1927. Against the Purple Aces, Southern is 46-18 at home, 28-38 on the road, and 3-2 at neutral sites. Southern Illinois has won eight of the last 10 meetings in the series, including three-straight games.
• Lance Jones led the Salukis with 17 points and 10 Salukis enters the scoring column during SIU's win at UE in late November. Jones closed the contest with a game-high 17 while dishing out nine assists and picking up six steals.
• Evansville enters play at 4-15 overall and 0-8 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Purple Aces have dropped six-straight games, falling to Valparaiso last time out at home, 76-69. Under first-year head coach David Ragland, Evansville is scoring 61.5 points per game and is led by Kenny Strawbridge's 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per outing. Yanice Toumi joins Strawbridge in double figures with 10.2 points and 5.8 rebounds per game for the Aces. As a team, UE is shooting 39.2 percent from the field, 31.1 percent from distance, and 63.1 percent from the charity stripe.
FOLLOW THE SALUKIS
Keep up with all the latest news and information on the Salukis by following the team on Twitter at @SIU_Basketball, on Instagram at @SIU_Basketball, and on Facebook at Facebook.com/SalukiAthletics. Fans can also download the "Salukis" Mobile App on the App Store or Google Play Store.
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