Dibba is taking over this half with Missouri State trying to make a charge
What did Aligbe do there to get a technical?
Kennard/Dibba/Hensley have been great tonight. Missouri State is horrific
He blew a kiss at the ref - ref was not in the mood
Kennard/Dibba/Hensley have been great tonight. Missouri State is horrific
I think beating them in C'Dale, where they came close at the end and gave great effort, squeezed the last bit of confidence out of them.
They haven't had near the energy or effort they had in 'Dale. They may challenge Joe Gottfried's bunch for wretched.
Really good effort by the Salukis tonight. Missouri State is bad and missing Dez White but this is still the best they've looked all year on both ends
SIU 73
Missouri St 51
Final
I’m running out of champagne bottles!!!
That said, great effort. Gonna get a good gauge about this team Saturday. Just nice to win.
Bow Em
We were there to witness Rock Bottom for Missouri State.
Practically speaking, a three-game lead over the traitorous Bears (two plus a tiebreaker) in the race to avoid last place and the Thursday day session.
Two straight all-conference caliber outings for Hensley. Mayo finally showing something. Odd that Sharp didn’t play til garbage time since he’d been playing well but maybe a discipline thing?
The Dawgs will have some bounce in their step Sat evening but a big step up in competition.
Too bad we can't play Missouri State in every conference game! Seriously, I'm happy SIU said farewell to them in the Valley by defeating them twice. Now the Bears can move on and underachieve elsewhere.
Can't say I'm overly optimistic about our chances against a longtime nemesis Saturday, but at least there's now the right type of momentum. And beyond that, I'm feeling pretty good about the Murray State game next week. Murray seems poised to replace Missouri State as the MVC's No. 1 underachiever.
I hope we don't play them again in st. Louis. they say its hard to beat a good team three times. plus, they will have revenge on their minds. and, we could be overconfident. we just need to work on getting that bye.
Our best game of the year. The smaller line-up with Hensley at the 5 and Kennard at the 4 seems to be working.
It's a good thing, because Aligbe has become unplayable and Moreno can't even catch the damn ball. Massey is barely serviceable. We desperately need a true big for next year or for Jauron & Rollins to step up and hit the weight room hard over the summer.
It appears Sykes is back in the rotation and Sharp is out. That's curious, but I'm sure the coaches have their reasons.
