SIUE Cougars (9-11, 5-4 OVC)
vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers (10-10, 5-4 OVC)
Mon., Jan. 31, 6 p.m. CT
Charleston, Ill. (Lantz Arena)

Video: ESPN+
Radio: WSIE 88.7 The Sound (Randy Moehlman)
Audio: SIUECougarNetwork.com
Live Stats: EIUPanthers.com

All-Time Series: EIU leads 19-12 (since 1980)
First Meeting: Feb. 19, 1980
Result: L, 93-35 at Edwardsville, Ill.
Last Meeting: Jan. 11, 2021
Result: W, 77-65 at Edwardsville, Ill.
Current Series Streak: EIU W4

OPENING TIP
• The next two games on the schedule feature Eastern Illinois as the Cougars' opponent. Monday's game is a makeup from Jan. 13.
• SIUE recorded its third double-digit, come-from-behind victory Saturday, besting Southeast Missouri 69-61 at the Show Me Center. All three came in the last two weeks beginning with SEMO (Jan. 15), Tennessee State (Jan. 27) and SEMO again (Jan. 29).
• Mikayla Kinnard scored a season-high 21 points in the win over Southeast Missouri. She scored 11 of her points in the fourth period.
• Gabby Nikitinaite recorded her first two double-doubles of the season last week. On Monday, she scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds against Murray State. On Thursday, Nikitinaite finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
• SIUE is 28th nationally in turnovers forced per game (20.35) and 30th in steals (30).
• Allie Troeckler leads the team in field goal percentage (.510).
• Nikitinaite is among the OVC's leaders in free throw percentage (.845).
• Kinnard leads the team in assists (61) and continues to raise her scoring average to 11.6 after the win over SEMO.
• SIUE is second in the OVC in free throws made (292) and first in attempted (409).
• SIUE leads the OVC in assists per game (15.8), which is 34th nationally.
• Allie Troeckler and Mikia Keith are among the top 20 all-time at SIUE in steals. Troeckler is 12th with 180. Keith is 17th with 151.
• Troeckler is the only player to appear in the starting lineup in all 20 games this season. Keith and Mikala Hall are the only other players to appear in all 20 games.
• SIUE has had an OVC Player, Newcomer and a Freshman of the Week all in the same season for the first time since the 2014-15 season.