KenPom has #193 SIU beating #145 Drake 62-61. Vegas has SIU favored by 2.
Drake's results this year via KenPom:
Drake is one of the best shooting teams in the Valley. The Bulldogs are 50th in the country in effective FG%, 91st in the country is 3 point FG%, and 63rd in the country in 2 point FG%.
The Bulldogs have 2 main players to watch. 5'11 Sophomore transfer guard Roman Penn is 7th in the country in assist rate this year. 7'0 Sophomore Center Liam Robbins is 11th in the country in block % and has been much-improved since Valley play began. He's 2nd in the Valley in true shooting % and effective FG % since league play began and had a big game against Cameron Krutwig on January 7th in Des Moines. The Salukis and Benson handled Krutwig pretty well on Thursday, gonna need a similar effort against Robbins in this one.
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Suggs is out along with Jeremic and Cook
Suggs is out along with Jeremic and Cook
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I wish Benson would STOP shooting 3's. Not only has he struggled since the beginning of the season but it removes one of the few rebounders this team has from down low.
McGill with an early possession step back 3? WTH !!!!!
SIU 9
Drake 7
14:44 1st
Pretty nice pace to start this game
Subs in early (just after the first media timeout).
Good start. We needed that.
Benson came to play
McGil is confident at home
SIU 20
Drake 9
9:14 1st
Lance Jones is really getting better the last few games
Lance Jones gets to the rim whenever he wants. I think we have our PG of the future.
Francois can't watch his shot like that when the rebound was EASILY there for the taking. Poor effort.
Lance Jones gets to the rim whenever he wants. I think we have our PG of the future.
He needs to improve his decision making, ball handling and shot selection but if that happens, I'll gladly go along with your comment. Regardless, it is nice to have multiple ball handlers.
