UT Martin Skyhawks (7-2) at Southern Illinois Salukis (5-4)
Carbondale, Illinois; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Southern Illinois takes on UT Martin after Damien Mayo Jr. scored 22 points in Southern Illinois’ 86-84 win against the High Point Panthers.
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The Salukis are 3-0 in home games. Southern Illinois ranks third in the MVC in rebounding averaging 36.4 rebounds. Rolyns Aligbe leads the Salukis with 6.2 boards.
The Skyhawks have gone 2-1 away from home. UT Martin scores 76.1 points while outscoring opponents by 11.1 points per game.
Southern Illinois’ average of 4.9 made 3-pointers per game is 1.5 fewer made shots on average than the 6.4 per game UT Martin allows. UT Martin has shot at a 44.7% rate from the field this season, 3.5 percentage points greater than the 41.2% shooting opponents of Southern Illinois have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Quel’Ron House is shooting 51.0% and averaging 14.4 points for the Salukis. Drew Steffe is averaging 9.8 points.
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Andrija Bukumirovic is averaging 15.3 points and 9.3 rebounds for the Skyhawks. Matas Deniusas is averaging 14.7 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.