Salukis Host Rival Murray State Tuesday at Banterra Center

Story Links CARBONDALE, Ill. – Riding a four-game winning streak in Missouri Valley Conference action, the Southern Illinois men's basketball team

will faceoff with now MVC rival Murray State Tuesday night at Banterra Center with tipoff set for 7 p.m. Tickets for the game can be purchased by clicking HERE.   PROMOTIONS •

The Dawg Pound will give away 150 "Dawg Pound" jersey's to students prior to the game. • SportsVoice on Location will be LIVE on 103.5 ESPN from 5-6 p.m. Season-ticket holders

with First-Mid Bank Lounge access can enjoy the program in-person and take home some Saluki swag. • Tuesday is FFA night with a record-setting 680 students registered from 32

colleges joining the Salukis at Banterra Center.   THE BROADCAST • The game will be available nationally on ESPN Plus with Noah Reed (play-by-play) and Mike Trude (analyst)

calling the action. • The radio broadcast can be heard on the Saluki Radio Network with SIU Hall of Famer Mike Reis (play-by-play) and Rodney Watson (analyst) on the call.  

QUICK HITS • Southern Illinois and Murray State meet for the second time this season on Tuesday in Carbondale. • The Salukis will be going for a season sweep of the Racers

after defeating MSU 63-57 on December 29. • Head coach Bryan Mullins is 2-1 in his coaching career against Murray State. • SIU has won four-straight Valley contests (INS, ILS,

UE, MSU) and 11 of its last 12 games. • The Salukis sit tied with Belmont atop the MVC standings at 8-2 in League play. • SIU is off to its best start under head coach Bryan

Mullins in four seasons at 16-5 and 8-2 in MVC. • With 16 wins at the midway point of the MVC schedule, Mullins has matched the most wins in a season after finishing 16-15 a year

ago and 16-16 in his first season at the helm in 2019-20. • SIU is 10-1 this season when leading at the half and 47-11 under Bryan Mullins. • The Salukis are 6-1 this month --

Mullins and SIU are 16-14 overall in January over his tenure. • SIU is 9-1 at home -- its seven-game home streak is the second longest in the MVC behind Bradley. • Since

forward Clarence Rupert entered the starting lineup, SIU is 11-1. • SIU ranks fourth in the MVC in bench points at 20.4 per game. MSU leads with 26.6 per game.   DOMASK JOINS

ELITE COMPANY • With four rebounds at Missouri State, forward Marcus Domask became just the fourth player in program history to score 1,400 points, grab 500 rebounds and dish out

300 assists. The senior joined Wayne Abrams, Darren Brooks, and Marcus Timmons – all three of which are Saluki Hall of Famers. • Domask ranks 17th in program history in scoring