SIUE COUGAR BASKETBALL Contact: Joe Pott, 618-650-2860, [email protected], Siuecougars.Com

SIUE COUGAR BASKETBALL Contact: Joe Pott, 618-650-2860, Jpott@Siue.Edu, Siuecougars.Com

2016-17 Game Notes SIUE COUGAR BASKETBALL Contact: Joe Pott, 618-650-2860, [email protected], siuecougars.com 2016-17 SIUE Cougars SIUE Cougars (5-16, 0-7 OVC) Schedule and Results Date Opponent Time/Score vs. Tennessee State Tigers (12-8, 3-4 OVC) NOVEMBER Game No. 22 Sat. 5 McKendree (Exh.) L, 91-84 Wed., Jan. 25, 7 p.m., Vadalabene Center (4,000), Edwardsville, Illinois Fri. 11 at Hawai’i^ W, 69-68 Sun. 13 vs. Florida Atlantic^ W, 77-68 Mon. 14 vs. Texas State^ L, 86-58 TV: None Fri. 18 SIU Carbondale L, 101-83 7 Radio: 88 The Sound Tue. 22 at Arkansas State L, 75-57 Sat. 26 IUPUI W, 61-58 SIUE COMPARISON TSU (Joe Pott, T.J. Weber) Mon. 28 at Grand Canyon W, 76-64 67.8 Points/G 72.3 Live Video: OVCDigitalNetwork.com 75.3 Opp Points/G 67.7 Live Stats: siuestats.com DECEMBER .400 FG% .436 Live Audio: siuecougarnetwork.com Fri. 2 at Indiana L, 80-63 .464 Opp FG% .403 Wed. 7 Stetson L, 80-72 .297 3FG% .341 THE SERIES Sat. 10 Missouri Western L, 49-44 .309 Opp 3FG% .335 Series Record: TSU leads 6-1 Sat. 17 at Saint Louis L, 72-58 .675 FT% .678 Last Meeting: L, 63-60, 1/9/16 at TSU Mon. 19 at Green Bay L, 94-92 (OT) .718 Opp FT% .670 First Meeting: L, 107-94, 1/20/70 at TSU Wed. 21 at Marquette L, 89-56 36.9 Reb/G 38.3 Wed. 28 Missouri S&T W, 85-67 Record at SIUE: 1-2 34.8 Opp Reb/G 34.2 Sat. 31 Tennessee Tech* L, 72-66 Record at TSU: 0-4 9.3 10.9 Assists/G Neutral: 0-0 JANUARY 15.1 Turnovers/G 14.8 Largest SIUE win: 7, 45-38, 1/10/15 at SIUE Thu. 5 at Eastern Kentucky* L, 78-61 4.5 Steals/G 6.8 Largest UTM win: 34, 119-85, 1/30/71 at TSU Sat. 7 at Morehead State* L, 73-65 3.0 Blocks/G 3.5 Current Streak: Lost 1 Thu. 12 Austin Peay* L, 83-81 (OT) Sat. 14 Murray State* L, 67-59 SIUE PROBABLE STARTERS (based on previous game) Thu. 19 at Southeast Missouri* L, 79-76 Sat. 21 at UT Martin* L, 75-67 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. PPG RPG Hometown Wed. 25 Tennessee State* 7:00 p.m. 1 Burak Eslik G 6-4 185 Sr. 12.1 3.1 Istanbul, Turkey Sat. 28 at Eastern Illinois* 3:15 p.m. 3 Tre Harris G 6-5 195 R-So. 13.4 3.8 Edwardsville, Illinois Mon. 30 at Belmont* 8:00 p.m. 15 Josh White G 6-1 185 Sr. 3.9 1.5 Edwardsville, Illinois FEBRUARY 24 Jalen Henry F 6-8 220 Jr. 12.1 5.3 Springfield, Illinois Sat. 4 Jacksonville State* 4:00 p.m. Thu. 9 Southeast Missouri* 7:00 p.m. 45 Keenan Simmons F 6-6 185 Jr. 7.0 7.7 Michigan City, Indiana Sat. 11 UT Martin* 1:00 p.m. Thu. 16 at Murray State* 6:00 p.m. OPENING TIP Sat. 18 at Austin Peay* 6:30 p.m. The Cougars have dropped seven straight OVC games. The losses have come by an average of Sat. 25 Eastern Illinois* 7:00 p.m. seven points. Three of the losses have come by six of fewer points. MARCH SOPHOMORE SEASON Wed. 1 OVC Tournament First Round TBA SIUE Head Coach Jon Harris is in his second season at the helm. The Edwardsville, Illinois, native Thu. 2 OVC Tournament Quarterfinal TBA is 11-38 as the Cougars’ head coach. Fri. 3 OVC Tournament Semifinal TBA Sat. 4 OVC Tournament Final TBA LAST TIME UT Martin overcame a halftime deficit to defeat SIUE 75-67 Saturday night at the Elam Center. All times CST The Cougars enjoyed as much as a five-point lead during the first half and led 37-35 at the break. ^Outrigger Rainbow Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii *Ohio Valley Conference Game UT Martin opened the second half on a 12-2 run to lead 47-39. They Skyhawks never trailed again. Home Games in Bold played at Vadalabene Center The Cougars scored the next six points to pull within two at 47-45, but it was as close as SIUE would get. The Skyhawks got up by as many as 13 points when Matthew Butler hit a pair of free throws with 53 seconds left to make it 73-60. @SIUECougars @SIUEGameDay @SIUEMBB SIUE Men’s Basketball 2016-17 Game Notes SIUE Men’s Basketball Season & Career Leaders/Notes 2016-2017 / Career Leaders SERIES STUFF Tennessee State holds a 6-1 advantage in the all-time series. SIUE’s lone victory in the series came Scoring Leader 16-17 Career Burak Eslik 5 17 during the last meeting in Edwardsville (45-38) two seasons ago. Carlos Anderson 4 10 Tre Harris 7 7 Jalen Henry 4 7 OH HENRY! Keenan Simmons 0 2 Henry has scored in double figures in 13 games this season. He collected his second career double- Christian Ellis 1 1 double with 20 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against Missouri S&T. Against Stetson, he led Josh White 0 1 all scorers with a career-high 28 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. He was 8-12 from the field and Double-Digit Scoring 16-17 Career 11-14 at the free throw line, all career highs. Burak Eslik 13 31 Carlos Anderson 9 25 Jalen Henry 13 21 RECORD SETTER Tre Harris 12 12 Burak Eslik has scored in double figures 13 times. He is tied for second on the team in scoring Keenan Simmons 7 12 at 12.1 points per game. Last season, he set an SIUE Division I record with 40 points against Christian Ellis 7 7 Morehead State. It was the most points by an OVC player last year. Josh White 2 3 Justin Benton 1 1 Devin Thornton 1 1 LIVING UP TO HIS NAME Brandon Jackson 1 1 “Tre” appears to be an appropriate nickname for Harris, who is leading SIUE with 46 three-pointers 20-Point Games 16-17 Career made and 123 attempts. He knocked down 12 in two games last week. Harris leads the team in Burak Eslik 3 10 scoring at 13.4 points a game after a career-high 25 against Southeast Missouri. Tre Harris 3 3 Jalen Henry 2 2 Carlos Anderson 1 1 MAN IN THE MIDDLE Keenan Simmons 0 1 Keenan Simmons pulled down 12 rebounds vs. Austin Peay, marking the fifth time this year he has had at least 10 rebounds in a game. He has been SIUE’s de facto center this season and has twice 5+ Three-Pointers 16-17 Career Tre Harris 3 3 established new career highs in rebounds with 13 against Hawai’i and 14 against Florida Atlantic. He Burak Eslik 1 3 is seventh in the OVC in rebounding (7.7/game). Rebounding Leader 16-17 Career Keenan Simmons 10 16 DOUBLING DOWN Jalen Henry 5 8 Simmons collected his third double-double against Austin Peay with 15 points and 12 rebounds. It Carlos Anderson 2 8 was the team’s seventh double-double. Henry has two. The Cougars have twice had two players Burak Eslik 1 4 Christian Ellis 3 3 record double-doubles in the same game this season. The last time that happened was 2012. Brandon Jackson 2 2 Tre Harris 2 2 MR. ANDERSON 10-Rebound Games 16-17 Career Sophomore Carlos Anderson led all scorers with a career-best 26 points in the game at Green Keenan Simmons 5 7 Bay. He finished 11 for 21 from the field, establishing new career marks in field goals made and Jalen Henry 2 2 attempted. He has nine double-digit scoring games to his credit this season. Christian Ellis 1 1 Carlos Anderson 0 1 WHITE DOES GOOD WORK Double-Doubles 16-17 Career Senior Josh White scored a career-best 13 points and grabbed a career-high seven rebounds Keenan Simmons 3 3 Jalen Henry 2 2 against Murray State. He averaged 11.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and two assists in games against the Christian Ellis 1 1 Racers and Austin Peay. Tre Harris 1 1 Carlos Anderson 0 1 REALLY GOOD WORK 3+ Steals 16-17 Career White is among 278 men’s and women’s players nominated for the All-State Good Works Team, Carlos Anderson 1 6 which recognizes players at all levels of college basketball whose charitable involvement and Keenans Simmons 2 2 Christian Ellis 2 2 altruistic acts stand out amongst all other student-athletes in the sport. Burak Eslik 1 1 PERIMETER DEFENSE The Cougars lead the OVC and are 27th nationally in three-point defense. Opponents are shooting .309 from three-point range. SIUE has held opponents to 33 percent or lower 15 times this season. Cougar opponents have hit five or fewer three-pointers 10 different times. In OVC play, opponents are shooting .254 (32-126) from three-point range and are averaging just 4.6 three-pointers a game. SIUE Men’s Basketball 2016-17 Game Notes SIUE Men’s Basketball TV Schedule/Notes AIR TIME GETTING TO THE LINE Basketball fans will once again be able to As of Tuesday, the Cougars are second in the nation in free throw attempts. The Cougars have watch SIUE Cougar basketball games on FOX attempted 582 free throws.

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