Cougars Set to Battle Golden Eagles

SIUE Cougars (12-8, 5-4 OVC) vs. Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles (7-13, 2-6 OVC)
January 24, 1:30 p.m.
First Community Arena
Edwardsville, Illinois

Saturday's start time was adjusted to 1:30 due to incoming winter weather.
The Cougars picked up a 74-66 win Thursday against Tennessee State.
It was their first win after being tied at half.
They scored a 68-55 win Saturday at SEMO.
SIUE held a 22-point halftime lead at SEMO, its biggest against a Division I opponent this year.
SIUE has won two straight games.
Tennessee Tech has lost three in a row and seven of its last eight games.
Tennessee Tech leads the all-time series 13-11, but SIUE has won four in a row in the series.
Darrion Baker has started the all six games since and has averaged 13.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while shooting 29-51 (.569) overall and 12-22 (.545) from three-point range.
Arnas Sakenis scored a career-best 19 points last Saturday at SEMO.
Sakenis leads the league lead with 45 total blocks and an average of 2.3 blocks a game.
Jack Campion leads the the league at 4.95 assists per game.
He dished out a career-best 10 assists Thursday against Tennessee State. He also had 10 at EIU.
Kyle Thomas scored a career-best 20 points Thursday against TSU and has averaged 10.8 points and 3.2 rebounds over his last five games.

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