Game No. 17
SIUE Cougars (11-5, 2-1 OVC) 
at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (8-8, 1-2 OVC) 
Saturday, January 7, 7:30 p.m.
Screaming Eagles Arena (4,800), Evansville, Indiana

LAST TIME OUT 
SIUE opened on a 9-0 run Thursday and never trailed on its way to an 81-72 win over Tennessee State. Damarco Minor and DeeJuan Pruitt both recorded doubles to lead SIUE. Minor led the Cougars with 18 points, while grabbing a career-high 10 rebounds. Pruitt scored 16 points and hauled in a season-high 13 rebounds. It is the second time this year that Minor and Pruitt have picked up double-doubles in the same game. Lamar Wright scored 13 points and Shamar Wright scored 10 points. 

CONFERENCE CALL
SIUE is playing its 12th season in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Cougars are 60-130 in the OVC. Brian Barone is 19-39 in his fourth season in the league.

DOUBLE DIGIT WINS
SIUE has now won 11 games, for the second straight year, which is the most under Brian Barone. The school record for wins at the Division I level is 12 in 2014-15.

BLOCK PARTY
SIUE tied the school record for blocks with 11 against Illinois Tech. The Cougars lead the OVC in blocks at 4.8 per game, which ranks 39th NCAA. Four Cougars appear in the top six individually in the OVC in blocks. 

NET WORTH
SIUE checks in at No. 124 in Friday's NET rankings. It is the highest ranking in the OVC. 

DO IT FOR FREE
SIUE is second in the OVC in free throw percentage at .729, which ranks 108th in the NCAA. The Cougars lead the league in free throws made per game at 17.3, which ranks 15th in the NCAA and attempts at 23.8, which is 18th nationally. SIUE has had six games this year with at least 30 free throw attempts. The Cougars attempted 41 free throws Thursday which was the most in a single game since December 2018.

OVERTURNED
SIUE is fifth in the league and 71st in the NCAA in forcing turnovers. Cougar opponents average 14.4 turnovers a game. SIUE is fourth in the league in turnover margin at 1.6 and third in the OVC in steals at 7.4 per game.