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2015-16 Game Notes Contact: Joe Pott Live Stats: siuecougars.com Office: 618-650-2860 Live Audio: siuecougarnetwork.com email: [email protected] siuecougars.com @SIUECougars @SIUEGameday @SIUEMBB 2015-2016 SIUE Cougars SIUE Cougars (3-12, 0-3) vs. Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Score Tennessee State Tigers (11-4, 2-0) NOVEMBER (1-5) Game No. 16 Mon. 9 Fontbonne (Exh.) W, 80-48 Fri. 13 Arkansas State W, 79-70 Sat., Jan. 9, 7:30 p.m. TV: None Wed. 18 Saint Louis L, 70-60 Sat. 21 at IPFW L, 87-67 Gentry Center (10,500) Radio: 88.7 FM WSIE (Joe Pott, Sam Levitt) Tue. 24 Campbell L, 77-74 Nashville, Tennessee Live Video: OVCDigitalNetwork.com Sat. 28 at Butler L, 89-73 Mon. 30 Green Bay L, 87-69 THE SERIES OPENING TIP Series Record: TSU 5-0 This is the second time SIUE has opened the DECEMBER (2-5) Last Meeting: W, 45-38, 1/10/15 at SIUE Thu. 3 at Milwaukee L, 64-51 OVC season at 0-3 (2012-13). The Cougars Sat. 5 at Northwestern L, 81-56 First Meeting: L, 107-94, 1/20/71 at TSU have never started 0-4. Wed. 9 at SIU Carbondale W, 76-74 Record at SIUE: 1-2 Sat. 12 Portland State W, 74-64 Record at TSU: 0-3 NEW ERA Mon. 21 at Southern California L, 70-51 Neutral: 0-0 Edwardsville native Jon Harris is in his first Mon. 28 Grand Canyon L, 86-75 Largest SIUE win: 7, 45-38, 1/10/15 at SIUE season at the helm of the Cougars and his Thu. 31 at Jacksonville State * L, 72-67 Largest TSU win: 34, 119-85, 1/30/71 at TSU first season as a head coach. Harris spent 14 Current Streak: Won 1 seasons as an assistant coach. JANUARY (0-2) Sat. 2 at Tennessee Tech * L, 86-63 SIUE PROBABLE STARTERS YOUTH SERVED Wed. 6 Belmont * L, 85-77 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. PPG RPG Harris turned 35 in August and is the second- Sat. 9 at Tennessee State * 7:30 p.m. 1 Burak Eslik G Jr. 6-4 12.1 2.5 youngest first-year head coach in NCAA Division Thu. 14 Morehead State * 8 p.m. 4 C.J. Carr G So. 5-7 8.9 3.3 I men’s basketball. Only Chattanooga’s Matt Sat. 16 Eastern Kentucky * 1 p.m. 10 Carlos Anderson G Fr. 6-4 9.9 5.0 Thu. 21 at Austin Peay * 7 p.m. McCall (34 in December) is younger. Only 10 12 Yemi Makanjuola C Gr. 6-10 9.2 5.7 Sat. 23 at Murray State * 7 p.m. head coaches in all of Division I are younger Thu. 28 Southeast Missouri * 8 p.m. 45 Keenan Simmons F So. 6-6 5.9 4.5 than Harris. Sat. 30 Eastern Illinois * 5 p.m. BY THE NUMBERS LAST TIME OUT SIUE TSU FEBRUARY (0-0) SIUE men’s basketball forged a serious second- 3-12, 0-3 Record 11-4, 2-0 Sat. 6 UT Martin * 5 p.m. half comeback but ultimately fell 85-77 to 67.5 Points/G 72.5 Thu. 11 Murray State * 7 p.m. Belmont Wednesday at Vadalabene Center. Sat. 13 at Eastern Illinois * 7 p.m. 77.5 Opp Points/G 66.7 Belmont shot 56.4 percent for the game. Thu. 18 at Southeast Missouri * 7 p.m. 342-880 FGM-FGA 378-854 The Bruins took a 42-29 advantage into the Sat. 20 at UT Martin * 6 p.m. .389 FG% .443 break. The Cougars responded in the second Thu. 25 Austin Peay * 7 p.m. .478 Opp FG% .400 half. SIUE connected on 19 of 34 shots (55.9 73-251 3FGM-3FGA 91-264 percent) from the floor during the second half MARCH (0-0) .291 3FG% .345 Wed. 2 OVC Tourn. First Round TBA and outscored the Bruins 48-43. .383 Opp 3FG% .332 Thu. 3 OVC Tourn. Quarterfinal TBA 255-356 FT-FTA 240-335 Fri. 4 OVC Tourn. Semifinal TBA ABOUT THE TIGERS .716 FT% .716 Sat. 5 OVC Tourn. Final TBA Tennessee State has more wins (11) this season .675 Opp FT% .659 than the last two seasons combined. The 188 Reb Off 178 All times CST Tigers are led in scoring by Keron DeShields *Ohio Valley Conference Game 361 Reb Def 400 at 15.7 points per game. Wayne Martin is the Home Games in Bold played at Vadalabene Center 36.6 Reb/G 38.5 rebounding leader and averages a double- 36.3 Opp Reb/G 34.7 double (12.9 points, 10.4 rebounds). 10.7 Assists/G 12.0 12.3 Turnovers/G 14.4 SERIES STUFF 5.1 Steals/G 7.7 The Cougars are 1-5 against Tennessee State, 3.3 Blocks/G 3.9 winning last year’s game 45-38 in Edwardsville. SIUE Men’s Basketball Season & Career Leaders/Notes ON THE AIR CRASHING THE BOARDS 2015-2016 / Career Leaders For the fourth consecutive season, SIUE SIUE is fifth in the OVC with an average of 36.0 Starting Assignments 15-16 Career basketball fans across the Midwest are able rebounds a game. The Cougars hauled in 48 C.J. Carr 15 15 to follow the Cougars on television. SIUE rebounds against Campbell which was more Burak Eslik 15 15 Carlos Anderson 15 15 Athletics and FOX Sports Midwest renewed than in any game against a Division I opponent Yemi Makanjuola 15 15 their agreement to televise SIUE Cougar men’s last year. SIUE is third in the OVC with an Jalen Henry 8 8 basketball on the regional sports network that average of 12.5 offensive rebounds per game. Keenan Simmons 7 7 Grant Fiorentinos 0 2 also features St. Louis Cardinals baseball and Jake Newton 0 2 St. Louis Blues hockey among other programs. LEADERBOARD Eight home games are scheduled to be Burak Eslik earned OVC Newcomer of the Scoring Leader 15-16 Career Burak Eslik 4 4 televised. Week Dec. 14 after averaging 16 points in Carlos Anderson 3 3 wins over SIU Carbondale and Portland Grant Fiorentinos 3 3 In addition to the eight games on FOX Sports State. He led all scorers with a career-high 23 Jalen Henry 2 3 Yemi Makanjuola 2 2 Midwest, the Cougars will have two other home points, including four three pointers, at SIU C.J.Carr 1 2 games and two road games televised. CBS Carbondale. He leads the team in scoring at Keenan Simmons 1 1 Sports Network and American Sports Network 12.1 points and minutes at 32.6 per game. Double-Digit Scoring 15-16 Career each will televise a game from Edwardsville. Burak Eslik 10 10 Games at Butler (FOX Sports 2) and at USC SOPHOMORE SEASON Carlos Anderson 9 9 (PAC-12 Network) also will be televised. Sophomore C.J. Carr earned his first-ever OVC C.J. Carr 5 9 Grant Fiorentinos 6 8 Player of the Week award Dec. 14 when he Jalen Henry 4 6 The entire television schedule: shared honors with Belmont’s Evan Bradds. Yemi Makanjuola 5 5 Date Opponent TV/Result He averaged 15 points in wins over SIU Jake Newton 0 3 Keenan Simmons 1 2 Nov. 13 Arkansas State W, 79-70 Carbondale and Portland State. He is averaging Nov.18 Saint Louis L, 70-60 8.9 points a game, which is fifth on the team. 20-Point Games 15-16 Career Nov. 28 at Butler L, 89-73 He collected a career-high nine assists against Yemi Makanjuola 2 2 Burak Eslik 1 1 Nov. 30 Green Bay L, 87-69 Belmont. He scored a season-high 16 points in Grant Fiorentinos 1 1 Dec. 12 Portland State W, 74-64 the win over SIU Carbondale and hit the game- Keenan Simmons 1 1 Dec. 21 at USC L, 70-51 winning shot with 25 seconds to play. C.J. Carr 0 1 Dec. 28 Grand Canyon L, 86-75 5+ Three-Pointers 15-16 Career Jan. 6 Belmont L, 85-77 ALSO A SOPHOMORE None Jan. 16 Eastern Kentucky FSMW Fellow sophomore Keenan Simmons turned a Rebounding Leader 15-16 Career Jan. 28 Southeast Missouri CBSSN career-best 21 points against Belmont, scoring Carlos Anderson 3 3 Jan. 30 Eastern Illinois FSMW all 21 in the second half. He was 10 for 12 from Grant Fiorentinos 3 3 Feb. 11 Murray State FSMW the field and missed just one shot after halftime. Yemi Makanjuola 3 3 Keenan Simmons 3 3 He also is third on the team in rebounding, Jalen Henry 2 3 NEWCOMERS APLENTY averaging 4.5 rebounds per game. Burak Eslik 1 1 Harris added eight newcomers to a team Connor Wheeler 1 1 which lost all five starters from a season ago. C.J. Carr 1 1 MR. ANDERSON Freshman Carlos Anderson (Alton, Illinois) joins Alton, Illinois, freshman Carlos Anderson has 10-Rebound Games 15-16 Career junior college transfers Burak Eslik (Lewis and scored a career-high 16 points in each of the Grant Fiorentinos 1 1 Clark), Devin Thornton (Shawnee) and Connor last two games. He is averaging 13.2 points per Yemi Manakanjuola 1 1 Wheeler (John A. Logan), graduate transfer Keenan Simmons 1 1 game over his last five games. He has scored in Yemi Makanjuola, and Division I transfers double figures nine times this season. Double-Doubles 15-16 Career Tre Harris (Kansas State), Glenn Pierre, Jr.