Men's Basketball Road Trip Continues at Illinois

SIUE Cougars (1-1, 0-0 OVC) at Illinois Fighting Illini (1-0, 0-0 B1G)
Game No. 3, November 8, 7:00 p.m.
State Farm Center
Champaign, Illinois

SIUE is playing its third game in five days to open the season.
The Cougars are coming off an 80-61 loss at Indiana Wednesday.
Ray'Sean Taylor (17 points) and Arnas Sakenis (career-high 9 rebounds) led SIUE.
Myles Thompson added a career-high 10 points in the loss.
SIUE opened its 57th season of men's basketball Monday with a 95-42 win over Westminster.
The Cougars got points from 13 of 14 players who saw the floor Monday.
Ray'Sean Taylor picked up his fourth career double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
Brian Taylor II scored a career-high 15 points.
Brian Barone is in his sixth season as Head Coach. He has a career record of 65-92 at SIUE.
SIUE has nine newcomers to this year's team.
The Cougars have four grad students which equals Morehead State for the most in the OVC.
In two games this year, SIUE is +13 in turnovers, which ranks 12th in the NCAA.
The Cougars have 27 steals in two games. Their average of 13.5 leads the OVC and is 27th in the NCAA.

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