SIUE Cougars (19-13 in 2025-26) vs.
Arkansas State Red Wolves (20-12 in 2025-26)

Sat., Oct. 24, 3 p.m.
First Community Arena
Edwardsville, Illinois

• Saturday is the first of two exhibition contests for SIUE. The Cougars will travel to Bradley for a Tuesday game.
• SIUE is coming off a 19-win season in 2025-26. The Cougars made their sixth consecutive appearance in the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament, one of only two OVC teams to do so (Morehead State).
• SIUE is coming off four consecutive winning seasons and has amassed 77 wins over the last four seasons.
• The Cougars and Red Wolves have met twice previously in regular season play. SIUE won in Edwardsville in 2015. Arkansas State won the following season in Jonesboro, Arkansas.
• Tyler King was SIUE's leading scorer in 2025-26, and is the only returning All-OVC player in the league.
• Jordan Pickett (Belleville, Illinois) is in his fourth season in the program and also represents the fifth consecutive year that SIUE has had a fourth-year senior in the program.
• In all, SIUE returns seven players from last year's team.
• The Cougars have added eight newcomers to the roster, including four freshman and four transfers.
• Gianni Cobb (Northern Illinois), Gestin Liberis (Saint Francis) and Jacob Martin (Alabama) are Division I transfers on the roster
• SIUE will open the regular season Nov. 2 at home against Eureka College.