EVANSVILLE, Ind. – It has been over two months since the University of Evansville and Southern Illinois met at the Ford Center and on Saturday, the teams will complete the regular season series with a 7 p.m. game at the Banterra Center in Carbondale, Ill. ESPN3 and the Purple Aces Radio Network will have the coverage.
Last Time Out
- In a wild contest at the Ford Center on Thursday, Indiana State hung on for an 80-77 win over UE in double overtime
- Blaise Beauchamp posted the top game of his UE career, scoring 29 points on 8-of-15 shooting and a 6-for-10 finish from outside
- Shamar Givance finished with 18 points while Blake Sisley had his top game, scoring 17 points while knocking down six of his eight attempts
- ISU had a chance to win in regulation at the buzzer when a last-second attempt was halfway down the net before bouncing out; the Sycamores started each OT period on a 5-0 run before holding on in the second OT
"Blaise-ing the Nets"
- Almost everything Blaise Beauchamp shot on Feb. 10 against Indiana State found the bottom of the net as he set his career-high with 29 points
- Beauchamp connected on 8 of his 15 attempts while going 6-of-10 from outside and a perfect 7-7 from the line
- His effectiveness has been better when he is in the starting lineup with his scoring average in three starts sitting at 14.3 PPG...in games he comes off the bench, his scoring checks in at 5.9 PPG
- His previous high of 14 points came in the road contest at Northern Iowa and in two games versus UNI this season, he averaged 13.5 points per game
Finding His Efficiency
- Freshman Blake Sisley posted a pair of impressive efforts in the home-and-home with Indiana State
- In the two contests, Sisley averaged 13 points while hitting 10 of his 14 attempts
- He connected on six of his eight shots on Feb. 10 at the Ford Center on his way to a career-high 17 points...his high mark of 5 rebounds also came in that contest
- Sisley was 4-of-6 from the floor on his way to 9 points in the victory in Terre Haute
- He has seen his playing time go up as the season has moved along with his top tally of 28:32 coming against the Sycamores...he has played at least 10 minutes in each of the last 13 games after averaging just over six minutes in his first six games as a freshman
Taking Control
- Senior Shamar Givance had his top offensive contest in two months, scoring 19 points while leading UE to a road win at Indiana State on Feb. 8 before following that up with 18 tallies two days later
- It was his best performance since his career game against SIU on Dec. 1 where he scored 31
- Givance added four assists in the win while playing over 38 out of 40 minutes before adding four helpers in the rematch against ISU while playing over 47 minutes
- He continues to lead the team with 14.0 PPG, which ranks 12th in the MVC
Scouting the Opponent
- Southern Illinois enters Saturday's contest with a 12-13 record and sit at 5-8 in league play
- The Salukis are 2-5 in their last seven games, including a 53-44 loss at Northern Iowa on Wednesday evening
- Last weekend, SIU picked up a 75-69 road win art Illinois State for their second MVC road win of the season
- Lance Jones paces the Salukis with 14.7 points per game while accumulating a total of 47 steals
- Marcus Domask is just behind him with 14.4 PPG and leads the way with an average of 5.2 rebounds per game
- Rounding out the double figure scorers for the Salukis is Ben Coupet Jr. with 10.2 PPG
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