GAME 3
SIUE Cougars (0-2, 0-0 OVC)
vs. Illinois Fighting Illini (2-0, 0-0 Big Ten)
Thu., Nov. 18, 7 p.m. CT
Champaign, Ill. (State Farm Center)

Video: Big Ten Network+
Radio: WSIE FM 88.7 the Sound (Randy Moehlman)
Audio: SIUECougarNetwork.com
Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/illinois/wbball/

All-Time Series:0-1
First Meeting: 12/15/18
Result: L, 74-57
Last Meeting: 12/15/18
Result: L, 74-57
Current Series Streak: SIUE L1

OPENING TIP
• This is game three of a four-game road swing to start the season for the Cougars. SIUE closes out the road swing Tuesday at Butler.
• The home opener for the Cougars is Nov. 28 against Purdue Fort Wayne.
• SIUE has played at Illinois during exhibition season previously but only once in the regular season during the 2018-19 season.
• Gabby Nikitinaite was the leading scorer at Memphis with 12 points and is the only player to have scored in double figures in each of the first two games.
• Mikayla Kinnard was the leading scorer for the Cougars against Kansas with 14 points. She scored all of her points in the second half and 12 of 14 in the third period.
• Caite Knutson came off the bench and scored six points at Memphis, a career high.
• SIUE forced 27 Kansas turnovers in the season opener and grabbed 15 offensive boards from the Jayhawks.