SIUSalukis.com GAME 25 • Feb. 3, 2018 • 7 PM VALPARAISO (12-12, 3-8) at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (15-9, 7-4) Carbondale, Ill. • SIU Arena (8,284) SIU trails series, 2-3 (H: 1-1, A: 1-2, N: 0-0) Men’s Basketball Contact: Tom Weber ([email protected]) • O: (618) 453-7235 • C: (618) 528-1111 Series vs. Valparaiso by five points or less. The Salukis are 6-2 How to follow the game The Salukis are 2-3 all-time versus in games decided by five points or less Watch: ESPN3, Darren Kinnard, Mike Trude Valparaiso with wins in 1979 and 1980, this season. Listen: Saluki Radio Network, Flagship: 105.1 FM and losses in 1929, 1956 and 2018. The •Barry Hinson (262) passed Gregg Carbondale (Mike Reis, Greg Starrick) teams met at Valparaiso on Jan. 6, a Marshall (261) on Saturday for fourth Live Stats: SIUSalukis.com game the Crusaders won, 83-72. Valpo all-time among league coaches in wins. Twitter: SIU_Basketball used a 23-2 run in the final eight minutes •The Salukis are 11-1 when they hold an MVC Standings of the first half to take control of the opponent under 70 points and 3-8 when Through Jan. 31 MVC ALL KenPom BPI RPI game. SIU’s Armon Fletcher had a career an opponent scores 70 or more. Loyola 8-3 18-5 55 61 52 night with 32 points and 14 rebounds. •SIU has gone 106-consecutive games Bradley 7-4 17-7 104 116 73 with at least one 3-point field goal. Southern Illinois 7-4 15-9 118 142 92 Salukis take aim at five in a row Illinois State 6-5 12-11 150 168 86 Southern Illinois is aiming for its first Tyler Smithpeters on hot streak Drake 6-5 12-12 174 186 170 five-game winning streak in two years. G Tyler Smithpeters (6-4, 203, Sr.) Missouri State 5-6 15-9 112 106 115 Evansville 5-6 15-9 139 173 109 is 21-for-45 (.467) from 3-point range The 2015-16 squad won six straight. Indiana State 5-6 10-13 133 177 171 The last time SIU won five-straight in the last nine games. He has scored Northern Iowa 3-8 11-12 145 143 138 conference games was when it won 10 double figures in six of those games. A Valparaiso 3-8 12-12 169 159 178 in a row during the 2006-07 Sweet 16 24-year-old senior, who took a medical season. redshirt last season, he ranks No. 10 Southern Illinois Schedule During the current winning streak, all-time at SIU in 3-pointers with 133. Date Day Opponent TV Result/CT SIU is shooting .539 from the field and The Salukis are 26-16 when Smithpeters Nov. 10 Fri. at Winthrop Big South W 81-66 Nov. 18 Sat. Illinois-Springfield E3 W 69-64 .463 from 3-point, while averaging 75.8 makes multiple 3-pointers in a game, Nov. 21 Tues. at Louisville RSN L 42-84 points per game. including 9-4 this season. Nov. 25 Sat. at Murray State OVC L 73-81 Nov. 29 Wed. SIUE E3 W 86-59 Four Salukis average double Armon Fletcher increases output Dec. 2 Sat. San Jose State E3 W 76-58 figures after move to “hybrid forward” Dec. 6 Wed. at Saint Louis Fox MW L 69-74 The Saluki have four players G Armon Fletcher (6-5, 207, Jr.) Dec. 9 Sat. SEMO E3 L 69-75 averaging double figures in scoring this has scored double figures in 10-straight Dec. 13 Wed. Jackson State E3 W 69-51 season — Armon Fletcher, Sean Lloyd, games. Since the Salukis switched to a Dec. 17 Sun. Lamar E3 W 71-61 Dec. 19 Tues. North Carolina A&T E3 W 102-64 Kavion Pippen and Aaron Cook. The last four-guard offense on Dec. 13 and moved Las Vegas Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.) season this happened was in 2002-03, Fletcher to the “hybrid forward” position, Dec. 22 Fri. vs. Nevada FS1 L 64-86 when Kent Williams, Jermain Dearman, the team is 11-5 and his offensive Dec. 23 Sat. vs. Duquesne FS1 W 74-64 Darren Brooks and Stetson Hairston numbers have shot up. Dec. 28 Thur. at Northern Iowa E3 W 56-53 were all double-figure scorers. Since Position GP PPG RPG FG% 3FG% Dec. 31 Sun. Drake E3 L 67-70 1950, there have been 13 Saluki teams Guard 7 11.9 4.7 .460 .296 Jan. 3 Wed. Evansville E3 W 65-63 that have had four or more double figure Hyrbrid 16 15.5 5.8 .530 .370 Jan. 6 Sat. at Valparaiso MVC TV L 72-83 Jan. 9 Tues. at Bradley E3 L 62-68 Fletcher had a career night at scorers. Jan. 13 Sat. Illinois State CBS SN W 74-70 Valparaiso on Jan. 6 with 32 points and Jan. 17 Wed. at Loyola E3 L 65-79 Aaron Cook records career-high 14 rebounds. He also made the game- Jan. 21 Sun. Northern Iowa E3 W 64-53 G Aaron Cook (6-2, 185, So.) leads winning basket at Missouri State with six Jan. 24 Wed. Indiana State E3 W 82-77 the team in scoring during the winning seconds left. Jan. 27 Sat. at Missouri State ESPNU W 79-77 streak at 15.1 points. Cook has made Jan. 30 Tues. at Drake E3 W 78-67 significant improvement in his offensive Kavion Pippen second in scoring Feb. 3 Sat. Valparaiso E3 7 PM Feb. 8 Thur. at Illinois State CBS SN 8 PM game as a sophomore. among MVC newcomers Feb. 11 Sun. Bradley E3 3 PM 2016-17 2017-18 Juco transfer C Kavion Pippen (6-10, Feb. 14 Wed. Missouri State MVC TV 7 PM Scoring 3.0 PPG 10.2 PPG 240, Jr.) ranks second in scoring (11.8) Feb. 17 Sat. at Indiana State E3 1 PM FG Percentage .333 .459 among MVC newcomers, trailing only Feb. 21 Wed. Loyola E3 7 PM 3FG Percentage .185 .403 Illinois State’s Milik Yarbrough (16.8). Feb. 24 Sat. at Evansville E3 1 PM Pippen leads the team in field goal State Farm MVC Tournament, St. Louis, Mo. Dawg Bites percentage (.538) and blocked shots Mar. 1 Thur. Play-In MVC TV TBD •With a lifetime record of 299-232, (32), and has scored in double figures in Mar. 2 Fri. Quarterfinals MVC TV TBD Mar. 3 Sat. Semifinals CBS SN TBD Hinson needs one more win to reach the 16 games this season. Mar. 4 Sun. Championship CBS 1 PM 300-win plateau in his career. The nephew of NBA legend Scottie •SIU has shot better than 50 percent Pippen was named MVC Newcomer of E3: ESPN3 • RSN: ACC Regional Sports Network during the second half in six-straight the Week on Nov. 12 and again on Dec. FS1: Fox Sports 1 • Fox MW: Fox Sports Midwest games. 4. He had a career-high 24-point outing MVC: MVC TV Network • CBSSN: CBS Sports Network •Five of SIU’s seven conference wins are versus Jackson State. 1 NCAA TOURNAMENT IN 1977, 93, 94, 95, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 SIUSalukis.com Sean Lloyd Jr. does it Game Matchups all SIU in NCAA Rankings Southern Illinois (15-9, 7-4) Out of 351 Teams (thru 1/31) NCAA MVC Actual G Sean Lloyd Jr. (6-5, Assist Turnover Ratio 121 3 1.13 Projected Starters PPG RPG MPG 210, Jr.) impacts the game Assists Per Game 127 3 14.5 in many ways. He is second Blocked Shots Per Game 149 3 3.6 33 C Kavion Pippen, 6-10, 240, Jr. 11.8 5.8 26.9 Defensive Rebounds per Game 227 10 24.75 in scoring (12.2), first in 3 G Marcus Bartley, 6-5, 193, Jr. 6.6 1.4 26.8 Field-Goal Percentage 68 2 47.1 minutes (34.1), second in Field-Goal Percentage Defense 160 7 43.3 10 G Aaron Cook, 6-2, 185, So. 10.2 2.2 29.2 3-point shooting (.393), Free-Throw Percentage 174 5 71.3 13 G Sean Lloyd Jr., 6-5, 210, Jr. 12.2 4.9 34.1 Offensive Rebounds Per Game 292 6 8.63 third in assists (2.3), first Personal Fouls Per Game 171 6 18.0 22 G Armon Fletcher, 6-5, 207, Jr. 14.4 5.5 31.1 in steals (1.4) and typically Rebound Margin 218 8 -0.2 Scoring Defense 87 7 68.6 Key Reserves guards the opponent’s top scorer. Scoring Margin 165 6 2.6 11 G Tyler Smithpeters, 6-4, 203, Sr. 7.6 4.2 23.9 Scoring Offense 253 5 71.2 Lloyd is the nephew of Steals Per Game 77 3 7.2 24 C Rudy Stradnieks, 6-9, 229, Jr. 3.9 2.0 11.2 two-time MVC player-of- Three Pt FG Defense 64 5 32.4 25 F Brendon Gooch, 6-5, 204, Fr. 0.9 1.4 6.2 the-year Lewis Lloyd, who Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 280 8 6.5 Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 138 6 35.8 played two seasons at Drake Total Rebounds Per Game 286 7 33.38 Valparaiso (12-12, 3-8) (1980-81) and seven years Turnover Margin 183 2 0.3 in the NBA.