SIUE Cougars (6-5, 0-0 OVC) 
vs. Central Christian College of the Bible Saints (6-7, 0-0 MCCC)
December 18, 7:00 p.m.
First Community Arena (4,000)
Edwardsville, Illinois

• Following more than a week off for finals, SIUE returns to action for a first-ever meeting with Central Christian College of the Bible.
• SIUE is fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring defense, allowing 70.3 points a game. 
• The Cougars have held seven of their 11 opponents to under 70 points. 
• SIUE leads the OVC in three-point percentage at 37.4 percent.
• Ray'Sean Taylor became the 18th 1,000-point scorer at SIUE with 12 points at Ball State. He now has 1,009 points.
• Taylor scored a season-high 23 against Green Bay.
• Taylor was SIUE's first-ever All-OVC First Team selection following last season.
• Damarco Minor scored a season-high 21 points at Ball State, where he added 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double this year.
• Minor is third in rebounding in the OVC at 9.4 rebounds a game.
• Minor recorded back-to-back double-doubles with 14 points and 10 rebounds at Mizzou and then 14 and 13 against Denver.
• Minor grabbed a career-best 14 rebounds in SIUE's opener at Dayton.
• Shamar Wright is seventh in the OVC in scoring, averaging 16.0 points a game. 
• Shamar Wright is sixth in career scoring with 1,257 points. 
• Shamar Wright scored his third 20-point game of the year with 24 points against Missouri Baptist.
• With his first game this year, Shamar Wright became SIUE's all-time leader in games played-now at 132.
• Shamar Wright is third all time in steals at SIUE with 131.
• Lamar Wright has 778 points for his career which is 34th all-time at SIUE.
• Lamar Wright has 120 blocks for his career, which is  fourth all-time at SIUE.