Men's Basketball Closes Regular Season at Western Illinois Saturday

SIUE Cougars (16-14, 9-8 OVC)
at Western Illinois Leathernecks (19-11, 12-5 OVC)
March 1, 3:30 p.m.
Western Hall
Macomb, Illinois

SIUE has clinched an OVC Tournament bid for the fourth straight year-that is a first in school history. The Cougars will be the No. 6 seed.
The Cougars have tied the school record with nine OVC wins, set last year.
SIUE is fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference in scoring defense, allowing 70.1 points a game.
The Cougars have held 16 of 30 opponents under 70 points. They are 13-3 in those games.
SIUE's 28-point win over Lindenwood Feb. 15, was its largest margin of victory ever in an OVC game.
SIUE was 15-30 in three-pointers at Lindenwood Jan. 18, setting the school single-game record for three-pointers in a Division I game.
The Cougars' 59 points in the second half Feb. 3 against UT Martin are SIUE's most ever in a half against a Division I opponent.
The 48 points scored by Morehead State Jan. 13 are the fewest allowed this year by the Cougars.
Damarco Minor has nine double-doubles this year.
Minor had 31 points and 12 rebounds at Tennessee State to become the first SIUE player to have 30+ points and a double-double since Mark Yelovich in 2010.
Minor is averaging 24 points and 8.8 rebounds over his last four games.
Minor is fifth in rebounding in the OVC at 8.3.
Minor is No. 22 in all-time scoring at SIUE with 938 points.
Minor is the OVC leader in free throw percentage at .863.
Minor is ninth in the OVC in scoring, Shamar Wright is 12th and Ray'Sean Taylor is 14th.
Taylor scored his 6th 20-point game of the year (24th of his career) with 21 at Tennessee Tech.
Taylor is seventh all-time in scoring at 1,259 points. He is eight points away from tying for sixth.
Taylor is No. 2 all-time in three-pointers made (199) and attempts (550).
Shamar Wright is No. 3 in career scoring at SIUE with 1,512 points. That ranks 1st in SIUE's Division I era.
Shamar Wright is SIUE's all-time leader in games played with 151.
Shamar Wright is fifth in career rebounds with 628.
Shamar Wright is one of three SIUE players with at least 1,000 points and 600 rebounds for his career.
Shamar Wright is No. 2 in career steals at SIUE with 168.
Lamar Wright is second in career games played at 140.
Lamar Wright has 957 points for his career which ranks 20th all-time at SIUE.
Lamar Wright is No. 2 in all-time blocks (137).

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Players Mentioned

#3 Ray'Sean Taylor: G; 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior

#55 Lamar Wright: F; 6' 7"; Fifth Year

#42 Shamar Wright: G; 6' 7"; Fifth Year

#0 Damarco Minor: G; 6' 0"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#3 Ray'Sean Taylor
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Junior
: G

#55 Lamar Wright
: 6' 7"; Fifth Year
: F

#42 Shamar Wright
: 6' 7"; Fifth Year
: G

#0 Damarco Minor
: 6' 0"; Junior
: G