CARBONDALE, Ill. – School is again in session at Southern Illinois and Saluki athletics is again in full swing. Last week, each basketball squads had been in motion in addition to the swim and dive workforce. And this week, monitor and area returns to competitors.
Men’s Basketball (8-9, 2-4) Men’s basketball had only one sport final week, falling 70-57 at UIC.
Damien Mayo Jr. was the sport’s main scorer with 17, and he additionally tied
Quel’Ron House to guide all gamers in assists with 5.
Two video games await Southern this week. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, they host Drake at 7 p.m. SIU then welcomes Belmont to Banterra Center on Saturday, Jan. 17, at 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball (4-11, 1-5) The ladies’s basketball squad break up their two convention video games final week.
First, the workforce misplaced to Evansville on Thursday, 75-70.
Jeniah Thompson reset her career-high in factors with 19, and grabbed 12 rebounds to finish a double-double.
Karris Allen had a pleasant sport as nicely with 15 factors and eight rebounds, and
Indya Green was the ultimate Saluki to hit double-digit factors along with her 11.
SIU then picked up their first convention win of the season on Saturday, defeating Valparaiso 97-59. Thompson set a brand new career-high in factors as soon as once more with 25, and had 14 rebounds as nicely for an additional double-double. Green,
Kayla Cooper, and
Tkiyah Nelson all had 10+ factors as nicely.
This week, the Salukis host Murray State on Thursday, Jan. 15, at 6 p.m. They then welcome UIC to Carbondale on Sunday, Jan. 18, for a 2 p.m. match.
Swim and Dive It was a busy weekend for swim and dive, who competed for the primary time following winter break.
On Friday, the boys’s squad traveled to Purdue and fell 207-103.
Carter Ruthven gained SIU’s first occasion of the day by taking gold within the 100-butterfly.
Alex Cimera gained the 200-freestyle occasion in addition to the 100-freestyle. Southern’s final win of the meet got here within the 400-IM due to
Juraj Barcot.
SIU then hosted Evansville and Indiana State’s ladies’s workforce on Saturday for Senior Day. Both Southern squads took down Evansville, however the ladies’s workforce fell to Indiana State in an in depth meet. The Salukis began the meet by profitable either side of the 200-medley relay, and
Joshua Aceves was the workforce’s first particular person winner within the males’s 1000-freestyle.
Susy Hernandez then gained the 200-freestyle, as did
Willem Huggins for the boys’s workforce. In the 100-backstroke,
Liseska Gallegos Gutierrez and Cimera each grabbed gold.
Olivia Herron,
Maddax Thompson,
Nate Worsham ,
Tomáš Peciar,
Benedek Andor, and Barcot all gained occasions as nicely, and
Oliver Mebs supplied SIU a diving win within the one-meter dive.
It is one other busy week for swim and dive. On Friday, Jan. 16, the workforce hosts McKendree at 2 p.m. earlier than welcoming Vanderbilt’s ladies’s workforce on Saturday, Jan. 17, for a 1 p.m. meet.
Track and Field The indoor monitor and area season resumes this week when the Salukis head to the Indiana Invitational on Friday, Jan. 16, and Saturday, Jan. 17.
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