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01/04 03:43 CST Southern Illinois visits Belmont after Lundblade's 25-point
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Southern Illinois visits Belmont after Lundblade's 25-point showing
By The Associated Press
Southern Illinois Salukis (7-8, 1-3 MVC) at Belmont Bruins (13-2, 3-1 MVC)
Nashville, Tennessee; Sunday, 5 p.m. EST
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Bruins -7.5; over/under is 159.5
BOTTOM LINE: Belmont faces Southern Illinois after Tyler Lundblade scored 25
points in Belmont's 88-78 victory over the Bradley Braves.
The Bruins are 6-1 on their home court. Belmont averages 18.8 assists per game
to lead the MVC, paced by Nic McClain with 6.3.
The Salukis have gone 1-3 against MVC opponents. Southern Illinois is 1-1 in
games decided by 3 points or fewer.
Belmont averages 10.8 made 3-pointers per game, 2.7 more made shots than the
8.1 per game Southern Illinois gives up. Southern Illinois averages 4.6 made
3-pointers per game this season, 5.1 fewer made shots on average than the 9.7
per game Belmont allows.
The matchup Sunday is the first meeting this season between the two teams in
conference play.
TOP PERFORMERS: Lundblade is scoring 17.2 points per game with 2.2 rebounds and
1.7 assists for the Bruins. McClain is averaging 10.6 points and 4.2 rebounds
while shooting 46.3% over the last 10 games.
Rolyns Aligbe is averaging 9.5 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Salukis.
Quel'Ron House is averaging 12.7 points over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 8-2, averaging 85.8 points, 33.8 rebounds, 19.6 assists,
6.1 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 52.8% from the field. Their
opponents have averaged 72.7 points per game.
Salukis: 4-6, averaging 75.1 points, 34.7 rebounds, 12.5 assists, 8.5 steals
and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 46.3% from the field. Their opponents
have averaged 75.3 points.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data
Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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