Cougars Open Road Swing at Morehead State Thursday

SIUE Cougars (13-8, 6-4 OVC) at Morehead State eagles (11-10, 7-3 OVC)
January 29, 6:30 p.m. CT
Johnson Arena
Morehead, Kentucky

The Cougars picked up a 62-58 home win over Tennessee Tech Saturday.
SIUE has won three consecutive games for the first time this season.
Morehead State also has won three straight.
The Eagles are one game out of first place in the OVC, while SIUE sits just two games out of first.
Morehead State holds an 18-8 lead in the all-time series and defeated the Cougars 73-72 Jan. 3 in Edwardsville.
The Cougars are second in the OVC in field goal percent defense at .394, which is 21st in the NCAA.
SIUE is allowing 65.3 points, which is second in the league and is ranked 20th in the NCAA.
SIUE is 13-2 when allowing 70 or fewer points.
SIUE's +7.5 scoring margin is third in the OVC.
Morehead State is third in the league in scoring at 76.9 points per game.
Darrion Baker has started the all seven games since Ring Malith went out, and has averaged 12.9 points and 5.6 rebounds per game while shooting 32-58 (.558) overall and 13-24 (.542) from three-point range.
Arnas Sakenis recorded his first career double-double (16 points, 12 rebounds) against Tennessee Tech.
He scored a career-best 19 points at SEMO.
He has averaged 12.0 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.7 blocks over the last seven games. He is shooting 34-47 (.723) in that time.

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