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SIUSalukis.com GAME 3 • Nov. 16, 2016 • 7 p.m. CT MISSOURI SOUTHERN STATE (2-0) at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (0-2) Carbondale, Ill. • SIU Arena (8,284) Series: SIU leads 1-0 (H: 1-0, A: 0-0, N: 0-0) Men’s Basketball Contact: Tom Weber ([email protected]) • O: (618) 453-7235 • C: (618) 528-1111 Hinson 11-0 vs. Non-Division I •SIU was 7-2 in games decided by five How to follow the game Hinson holds an 11-0 career record points or less last year. The Salukis are Watch: ESPN3, Darren Kinnard, Mike Trude against non-Division I opponents during 0-1 this season. Listen: Saluki Radio Network, Flagship: 105.1 FM 15 years as a collegiate head coach. He’s Carbondale (Mike Reis, Greg Starrick) 3-0 while at SIU, with a 38-point win Senior leadership Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/siu/mbball/ over Benedictine-Springfield in 2012, a The Salukis’ senior class (Sean 22-point victory over Missouri S&T in O’Brien, Leo Vincent, Mike Rodriguez, MVC Standings 2013, and a 16-point win over Olivet Tyler Smithpeters) has the most Through Nov. 14 Conf. All RPI NSOS Loyola 0-0 3-0 — — Nazarene in 2014. returning career points and rebounds Missouri State 0-0 2-0 — — of any school in the Missouri Valley Wichita State 0-0 2-0 — — Series vs. Missouri Southern State Conference. In fact, 25 percent of the Northern Iowa 0-0 1-0 — — The only meeting between the returning scoring in the MVC comes from Bradley 0-0 1-1 — — Evansville 0-0 1-1 — — schools took place in Carbondale on SIU’s four seniors. Drake 0-0 0-1 — — Dec. 23, 1994. The Salukis won, 102- Seniors Points Rebounds Illinois State 0-0 0-1 — — 47, as Chris Carr led the Salukis with 22 SIU 4 1,875 699 Indiana State 0-0 0-1 — — Southern Illinois 0-0 0-2 — — points and all 13 players scored. SIU set Illinois State 3 1,761 516 a school record, that still stands, by out- Loyola 2 1,123 333 Southern Illinois Schedule rebounding MSSU by 38. Evansville 5 1,056 473 Date Day Opponent TV Result/CT Northern Iowa 1 788 381 Nov. 11 Fri. Wright State E3 L 81-85 Statistical leaders Missouri State 3 711 342 Golden Gopher Invitational (Nov. 14, 16) It’s still early, but the Salukis have Indiana State 4 674 445 Nov. 14 Mon. at Arkansas SEC+ L 65-90 three players among the league leaders Drake 1 560 474 Nov. 16 Wed. Mo. Southern State E3 7 PM in a handful of statistical categories. Mike Wichita State 2 67 37 Nov. 18 Fri. at SIUE FSM 7 PM Golden Gopher Invitational (Nov. 21, 25) Rodriguez is seventh in scoring (16.5) Bradley 0 0 0 Nov. 21 Mon. Mount St. Mary’s E3 7 PM and third in assists (5.0), Armon Fletcher Nov. 25 Fri. at Minnesota BTN+ 7 PM is second in steals (2.5) and Thik Bol is Sean O’Brien voted Preseason Nov. 29 Tues. Murray State E3 7 PM 6th in blocked shots (1.5) Second-Team All-MVC Dec. 3 Sat. Texas Southern E3 4 PM F Sean O’Brien (6-7, 215, Sr.) is Dec. 7 Wed. at Louisville RSN 6 PM Mike Rodriguez has a 5-1 assist- SIU’s top returning scorer (12.1 points), Dec. 10 Sat. Sam Houston State E3 1 PM turnover ratio rebounder (6.0 rebounds) and shot Dec. 14 Wed. Saint Louis E3 7 PM Dec. 19 Mon. at UNLV MWN 9 PM PG Mike Rodriguez (5-10, 165, Sr.) blocker (29 blocks). He was also second Dec. 22 Thu. UT Martin E3 7 PM has 10 assists and only two turnovers for on the team in assists (63). The savvy Dec. 29 Thur. at Bradley E3 7 PM a sparkling 5.00 assist-to-turnover ratio. veteran first cracked the lineup early in Jan. 1 Sun. Drake E3 4 PM His ratio last year (1.88) was the ninth- his freshman campaign, and has started Jan. 4 Wed. Indiana State E3 7 PM best single-season mark in school history. 91 of the last 92 games, including a Jan. 7 Sat. at Missouri State CBSSN 3 PM Rodriguez also leads the team in current streak of 69-consecutive starts. Jan. 11 Wed. Illinois State E3 7 PM scoring and had a career-high 29 points Jan. 14 Sat. at Evansville MVC 1 PM in the opener against Wright State, Leo Vincent off to a hot start Jan. 18 Wed. at Drake E3 7 PM nearly doubling his previous best of G Leo Vincent (6-1, 192, Sr.) leads Jan. 21 Sat. Northern Iowa E3 7 PM Jan. 24 Tue. at Wichita State CBSSN 6 PM 15 versus Air Force on Nov. 13, 2015. the team in 3-point shooting percentage Jan. 28 Sat. Missouri State MVC 7 PM Interestingly, that game was also the (.556) having made 5-of-9. He is the Feb. 1 Wed. Bradley E3 7 PM team’s season-opener. team’s second-leading scorer (14.5) and Feb. 4 Sat. at Loyola MVC 1 PM rebounder (5.0). Last year, Vincent was Feb. 8 Wed. at Northern Iowa E3 7 PM Dawg Bites named to the MVC’s All-Bench team Feb. 11 Sat. Evansville MVC 3 PM •The Salukis are in the middle of a last year. He played in all 32 games, Feb. 15 Wed. Wichita State MVC 6 PM five-game stretch in 10 days to start the never started, but was the team’s fourth- Feb. 19 Sun. at Indiana State EU/3 3 PM season. leading scorer (8.1 points). Feb. 22 Wed. at Illinois State MVC 6 PM Feb. 25 Sat. Loyola TBA TBA •SIU has given up the most points Saluki lineup features trio of State Farm MVC Tournament, St. Louis, Mo. in a half in the Hinson era in both of Mar. 2 Thur. Play-In MVC TBA its games — 56 in the second half at junior college starters Mar. 3 Fri. Quarterfinals MVC TBA Arkansas and 54 in the first half versus Three Saluki starters (Mike Mar. 4 Sat. Semifinals CBSSN TBA Wright State. Rodriguez, Leo Vincent and Thik Bol) Mar. 5 Sun. Championship CBS 1 PM •SIU has started a season 0-2 only four came to SIU via the junior college route. E3: ESPN3 • BTN+: Big Ten Network Plus times in the last 50 years. The last time Southern started three juco SEC+: SEC Network Plus • FSM: Fox Sports Midwest •SIU’s roster has three foreign-born players in a game was on Feb. 22, 2012 RSN: ACC Regional Sports Network • EU: ESPNU MWN: Mountain West Network players — Rudy Stradnieks (Latvia), Thik when Mamadou Seck, Jeff Early and T.J. MVC: MVC TV Network • CBSSN: CBS Sports Network Bol (Sudan), Leo Vincent (Liberia). Lindsay started at Drake. 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT IN 1977, 93, 94, 95, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 SIUSalukis.com School-record 17 home games at SIU Arena Game Matchups Southern Illinois (0-2) Southern Illinois will host a school-record eight non-conference home Projected Starters PPG RPG MPG games for a total of 17 home games this season — the most in school history. 33 F Sean O’Brien, 6-7, 215, Sr. 10.0 4.0 25.5 The Salukis have a 522-184 (.740) record all-time at SIU Arena, which 40 C Thik Bol, 6-8, 200, Jr. 8.0 7.0 24.5 opened in 1964, including a 12-4 mark last season. The arena underwent a 1 G Mike Rodriguez, 5-10, 165, Sr. 16.5 2.0 30.5 5 G Leo Vincent, 6-1, 192, Sr. 14.5 5.0 30.5 $29.9 million renovation prior to the 2010-11 season. 22 G Armon Fletcher, 6-4, 190, So. 11.5 4.5 32.5 Key Reserves Salukis take on Power Five foes 13 G Sean Lloyd, 6-5, 215, So. 6.0 0.5 14.5 SIU plays at three Power Five opponents this year — Arkansas, Minnesota 10 G Aaron Cook, 6-1, 175, Fr. 3.0 0.5 11.0 and Louisville. Prior to Monday’s game at Arkansas, it had been more than 15 F Austin Weiher, 6-8, 210, So. 1.5 0.0 8.0 0 G Jonathan Wiley, 6-6, 200, Jr. 1.0 1.5 13.0 three years since Southern Illinois last played a BCS program in men’s basketball (at Missouri on Nov. 12, 2013). The last time the Salukis beat a Missouri Southern State (2-0) BCS program was in 2008, when they defeated Oklahoma State in the first Projected Starters PPG RPG MPG round of the NIT. Since that game, they have now lost eight straight. 4 F Lawrence Brown, 6-6, 225, Sr. 5.0 7.0 31.5 10 F LJ Ross 6-8, 220, Jr. 13.5 7.0 29.0 Saluki turnaround 0 G CJ Carr, 5-8, 160, Jr. 36.0 6.0 42.0 1 G JJ Cratit, 6-4, 215, Sr. 18.0 5.0 40.0 The Salukis won 22 games a year ago, the most wins since 2007. It was 15 G Elyjah Clark, 6-3, 170, Fr. 13.0 6.0 39.5 the program’s first winning season since 2008.Three times last season, the Key Reserves Salukis rallied from double-digit deficits to win.