Southern Illinois Salukis (4-2) at Evansville Purple Aces (2-6)
Evansville, Indiana; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois takes on the Evansville Purple Aces after Marcus Domask scored 32 points in Southern Illinois' 64-61 overtime win against the Cal Baptist Lancers.
The Purple Aces are 0-1 in home games. Evansville is seventh in the MVC with 23.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Marvin Coleman averaging 5.6.
The Salukis are 1-1 in road games. Southern Illinois is the top team in the MVC giving up just 59.2 points per game while holding opponents to 40.7% shooting.
The Purple Aces and Salukis square off Wednesday for the first time in MVC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Kenny Strawbridge is scoring 17.3 points per game with 3.4 rebounds and 2.0 assists for the Purple Aces. Yacine Toumi is averaging 10.3 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 44.6% for Evansville.
Domask is averaging 19 points and 7.2 rebounds for the Salukis. Lance Jones is averaging 11.2 points and two steals for Southern Illinois.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
