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[email protected]. Sweeping season, weekend series Williams, Collum help dawgs return Terica Hathaway home in good shape for strech run deflating Drake - again JAY SCHWAB SPORTS EOJTOR The best way to push a disappointing loss out of mind is to seize a win as rapidly as possible. That's c.xactly what the SIU men's basketball team did Saturda}\ as the Salukis smoked Drake University 79-62 in front of 4,322 fans at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa. \IVith the win, SIU (13-9, 7-4) finishes its road trip 2-1, having collected wins against Drake and the University of E>wmille and a loss at the Uni,·crsitV of Northern Iowa. SIU now returns l·omc to play five of the final seven regular sea son games in the cozy confines of the SIU Arena. SIU head coach Bruce \o\7cber has not forgoncn about 11mrsday's disappointing loss to Northern Iowa, but is relieved to ha,·c salvaged a will on the team's two-game, four day road swing through Iowa. "] t's a big win for us, especially after the disappointing loss (aE,--ainst Northern Iowa)," \Veber said on his post-game show.