ST. LOUIS (WSIL) � Southern Illinois men’s basketball survives and advances by knocking off Bradley 73-63 in the first round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. In fact, it was SIU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Bryan Mullins first Arch Madness victory and now he gets to face his old boss Porter Moser and Loyola (Chicago)
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � CARBONDALE, Ill. � Five Salukis scored in double-figures in SIU’s 67-64 win over Valpo on Monday night at Banterra Center. SIU won the second game of the league’s back-to-back scheduling format for the fourth-consecutive weekend. “I’m really proud of our guys. These back-to-backs are really difficult, and they have responded the right
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � Southern Illinois men’s basketball entered Wednesday night 7-3 at home, but there was no home court advantage when the Salukis faced Missouri State. The Bears opened up a 14-0 lead and extended it to 20-3. SIU would go on a 9-2 run with a couple of baskets from Ben Harvey and a
DES MOINES (WSIL) � Southern Illinois men’s basketball ran into a buzz saw in the Drake Bulldogs. Drake came with the sweep following an 86-55 win over SIU. The Salukis led 2-0, and from that point on, it was all Drake. The Bulldogs outrebounded SIU by 18 & outscored SIU’s bench 47-17. Drake was also
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � Southern Illinois University men’s basketball is preparing for their conference opener against Evansville. At 6-0 it’s been a great start to the season. This team has really bought into SIU Men’s HEad Basketball Coach Bryan Mullins. So I thought we’d dig deeper and learn more about the Salukis early success and about
INDIANAPOLIS (SIU ATHLETICS) � The SIU men’s basketball team improved to 6-0 and snapped the nation’s longest non-conference home court winning streak on Monday night at Hinklie Fieldhouse. The Salukis closed the first half on a 26-5 run and held off a late Butler surge to win, 76-73, and give SIU its best start to
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � SIU men’s basketball continued their red hot shootingt from long distance, and hit 62% of their three point attempts as the Salukis knocked off North Dakota 85-64. Ben Harvey and Lance Jones each scored a team high 18 points. SIU and North Dakota meet again on Friday, 3 PM from inside the
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � The Banterra Center will play host to a rivalry game between 3-1 Murray State and 2-0 SIU, but it’ll feel a little weird without fans. Friday’s matchup is referred to as the Charles Helleny Tip-Off Classic, named after the Herrin native and SIU alum who passed away last august. For SIU this
ST. LOUIS � SIU men’s basketball players earned both of the Missouri Valley Conference’s weekly men’s basketball awards, the league announced Monday. Marcus Domask was named the league’s Player of the Week, and Ben Harvey was named the Newcomer of the Week. Domask, a sophomore from Waupun, Wis., averaged 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks
CARBONDALE (WSIL) � On Thursday, Saluki fans were still talking about the men’s basketball team’s win over SEMO on Wednesday night. SIU didn’t have their head coach, a lineup full of new faces, no exhibition games to get acclimated with each other and the Salukis jumped right in, figured it out on the fly and
