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Southern Illinois visits McDaniel and Memphis
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Southern Illinois Salukis (3-3) at Memphis Tigers (1-4)
Memphis, Tennessee; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Memphis hosts Southern Illinois after Dug McDaniel scored 24 points in Memphis’ 69-68 loss to the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The Tigers are 1-1 in home games. Memphis is 0-1 in one-possession games.
The Salukis have gone 0-2 away from home. Southern Illinois ranks fourth in the MVC with 15.8 assists per game led by Damien Mayo Jr. averaging 3.3.
Memphis makes 42.3% of its shots from the field this season, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than Southern Illinois has allowed to its opponents (39.2%). Southern Illinois averages 83.7 points per game, 4.9 more than the 78.8 Memphis gives up to opponents.
TOP PERFORMERS: McDaniel is shooting 36.4% from beyond the arc with 1.6 made 3-pointers per game for the Tigers, while averaging 14.8 points, 5.8 assists and 2.2 steals. Ashton Hardaway is shooting 45.9% and averaging 8.8 points.
Quel’Ron House is averaging 18.2 points and 1.7 steals for the Salukis. Davion Sykes is averaging 10.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals.
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