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SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (16-13, 9-7 OVC) at Eastern Illinois Panthers (13-16, 7-9 OVC)
Charleston, Illinois; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: SIU-Edwardsville visits the Eastern Illinois Panthers after Damarco Minor scored 31 points in SIU-Edwardsville’s 76-71 loss to the Tennessee State Tigers.
The Panthers are 8-6 on their home court. Eastern Illinois ranks ninth in the OVC with 22.4 defensive rebounds per game led by Kooper Jacobi averaging 4.9.
The Cougars have gone 9-7 against OVC opponents. SIU-Edwardsville ranks third in the OVC shooting 34.1% from 3-point range.
Eastern Illinois’ average of 5.5 made 3-pointers per game is 2.1 fewer made shots on average than the 7.6 per game SIU-Edwardsville gives up. SIU-Edwardsville averages 71.9 points per game, 4.5 more than the 67.4 Eastern Illinois allows to opponents.
TOP PERFORMERS: Tiger Booker is scoring 15.6 points per game and averaging 2.6 rebounds for the Panthers. Dan Luers is averaging 1.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Eastern Illinois.
Minor is averaging 15.2 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists for the Cougars. Shamar Wright is averaging 13.5 points over the last 10 games for SIU-Edwardsville.
LAST 10 GAMES: Panthers: 4-6, averaging 65.9 points, 35.1 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 8.3 steals and 3.4 blocks per game while shooting 40.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.7 points per game.
Cougars: 5-5, averaging 72.3 points, 34.6 rebounds, 11.5 assists, 7.2 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.0 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.