Men's Basketball Brings Three-Game Win Streak to Green Bay

SIUE Cougars (4-2, 0-0 OVC) at Green Bay Phoenix (1-2, 0-0 Horizon)
Game No. 7, November 19
Kresch Center
Green Bay, Wisconsin

With Tuesday's game, SIUE will have played seven games in 15 days
The Cougars are coming off a 76-58 win over Canisius at Western Michigan.
SIUE trailed 12-2 before using a 27-2 first-half run to take control
Brian Taylor II (career-high 23 points) and Desmond Polk (15 points, career-high 5 three-pointers) led the Cougars.
Darrion Baker averaged eight rebounds a game over two games in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The Cougars shot 50 percent for the game.
SIUE has combined to shoot 89-179 (.497) over the last three games.
Brian Barone is in his sixth season as Head Coach. He has a career record of 68-92 at SIUE.
SIUE has nine newcomers to this year's team.
The Cougars have four grad students which equals Morehead State for the most in the OVC.
SIUE is averaging 14.17 offensive rebounds a game which is second in the OVC and ranks 50th in the NCAA.
Polk and Ray'Sean Taylor are each in their fifth season in the program. Taylor missed his true freshman season to injury.
Desmond Polk is 7th all-time with 116 games played at SIUE.
Ray'Sean Taylor is fifth all-time (third among Division I-era players) in scoring with 1,423 points. He is 44 points from the No. 4 spot.
Taylor recorded his second career 30-point game Friday at Western Michigan.
He was 8-16 from three-point range, setting an SIUE Division I record for three-pointers in a game.

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