SIUE Cougars (9-6, 2-2 OVC) vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers (5-9, 1-2 OVC)
Game No. 16, January 7, 7:30 p.m.
Groniger Arena
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- The Cougars are coming off a 58-47 win over Lindenwood Saturday.
- SIUE held the Lions to just 18 second-half points.
- SIUE is allowing just 65.7 points per game, which is the best in the OVC.
- Brian Barone is in his sixth season as Head Coach. He has a career record of 73-97 at SIUE.
- Ray'Sean Taylor became SIUE's Division I scoring leader Thursday and now has 1,576 career points (3rd all-time at SIUE).
- Taylor was named OVC Player of the Week Monday after averaging 20.5 points last week.
- He is third in scoring in the OVC at 17.5 points per game.
- The win over Eureka was the first time SIUE hit the 100-point mark since December 2014.
- The Cougars knocked down a school-record 17 three-pointers against the Red Devils
- Ray'Sean Taylor hit six three-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points-all in the first half.
