Southern Illinois Salukis (2-5) at SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (1-7)
Edwardsville, Illinois; Sunday, 4:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: SIU-Edwardsville hosts Southern Illinois after Halle Smith scored 24 points in SIU-Edwardsville’s 87-74 loss to the Evansville Purple Aces.
The Cougars are 1-2 on their home court.
The Salukis are 1-3 in road games. Southern Illinois allows 69.9 points to opponents while being outscored by 10.3 points per game.
SIU-Edwardsville scores 58.4 points per game, 11.5 fewer points than the 69.9 Southern Illinois gives up. Southern Illinois’ 36.3% shooting percentage from the field this season is 4.8 percentage points lower than SIU-Edwardsville has allowed to its opponents (41.1%).
TOP PERFORMERS: Macy Silvey is shooting 33.3% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Cougars, while averaging 7.9 points.
Gift Uchenna is shooting 42.1% and averaging 14.9 points for the Salukis.
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