Lance 16
Marcus 14
XJ 9
CR 9 with 5 rbs
JD 4 with 9 rbs
Lance had three steals, XJ played really well 2nd half. Might be Muila's best game - really controlled the boards 2nd half.
Sheppard only had 6 2nd half - Jones played good D on him.
We ended up outrebounding them.
XJ POG.
@quatroschallengesaluki I think they were booing at the bad out of bound call by the ref right before the half.
Starrick: Southern has more depth than a lot of MVC teams.
We had 15 bench points - they had 4.
Muila after a slow start after being injured during the preseason seems to rounding into shape and will be a factor the rest of season as he was a presence on the inside and controlled the boards and didn't embarrass himself on offense
This was an old-school Saluki win: made a pretty good team look really bad in the second half. Southern’s defense really took over. And the game reinforced the difference in how SIU looks when Jones is playing poorly (first half) and playing well (second half).
Great to reward the big crowd with an emphatic W.
Muila after a slow start after being injured during the preseason seems to rounding into shape and will be a factor the rest of season as he was a presence on the inside and controlled the boards and didn't embarrass himself on offense
Yes Muila was awesome today
This aged well. 🤣 I was close, both teams made 4, they with 22 attempts, we with 19.Wonder what the record is for 3 shots attempted and made by both teams. Could be quite interesting. I predict we make more 3s even though Belmont attempts more.
While Domask is the consensus MVP for this team, the MIP (Most Important Player) is clearly Jones. When he is on offensively (he's almost always on defensively), this team is hard to beat, it's that simple. I thought Jones was THE KEY to the 2nd half. I thought Banks played sneakily well too. I also think JD easily played his best game. He knows what spots he is supposed to be in, played well defensively and grabbed some key boards. I do NOT mind admitting that I'm absolutely shocked at the 2nd half outcome.
SIU moves to 102 in the Kenpom from 114. Drake is 96.
What a second half! This place is fun when we have 7,000+ fans. Could’ve been a sellout with students?? Really hope we show up Wednesday for 40 minutes against Drake and put us in great shape to compete for a championship at 4-1.
Another nice win. The second half defense was really good. I'm sure the booing at half was for the refs. I was complaining from my living room about a couple of calls late in the first half. Now let's beat Drake on Wednesday.
Another nice win. The second half defense was really good. I'm sure the booing at half was for the refs. I was complaining from my living room about a couple of calls late in the first half. Now let's beat Drake on Wednesday.
The fact that Belmont scored after the horrendous call didn’t help. That booing was absolutely directed to the refs in this one.
Now that’s the Arena I know and love! Texted my sister and brother in law, a couple of Belmont alums, that I was about 20 rows behind their bench and that I was going to be givin’ it to Coach Alexander’s bunch all day! 😝
The balloon drop went over much better than I anticipated - couldn’t believe they were going to drop those at halftime 😝
Some complaints though- we took our first lead since the beginning of the game on a huge shot, Belmont calls TO, and….PURE CHAOS ENSUED!!……Oh wait, not it didn’t. It didn’t at all, actually. Because the Arena sound system immediately went into Rupert fucking Holmes and getting caught in the rain drinking pina coladas on NATIONAL TELEVISION! As “the kids” say today, “I can’t even…” 🙄I thought the Arena sound crew was trying to get me to partake in my nieces next nap time, rather than riding the direly needed momentum that was just built against a conference contender on NATIONAL TELEVISION. 🙄
Falat - He actually could be an above average announcer if he would skip the bullshit antics that he makes up on the fly. In todays latest, media timeouts were - apparently - not “on the floor,” but rather “12 miles west of Marion.” 🙄 ON NATIONAL TELEVISION! 🙄
Other than that, nice win against a good team within a great program. 👍
