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Southern illinois Salukis (2-5) at Chicago State Cougars (2-4) |
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Date |
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 |
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2:05 p.m. CT |
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Location |
Chicago, Ill. - Jones Convocation Center (7,000) |
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Online Video |
CSU TV |
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Online Radio |
WCSU |
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Live Stats |
sidearmstats.com/csu/mbball |
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Social Media |
@ChicagoStateMBB |
Complete Game Notes (PDF)
ALL TIME - Southern Illinois leads the all-time series with Chicago State 10-0. The Salukis won a 75-61 decision at the JCC on Dec. 4, 2010. They also earned a 73-57 victory in Carbondale on Nov. 25, 2011 in the last meeting between the two clubs.
LAST TIME OUT - The Cougars fell 77-53 at Illinois on Nov. 22. The game was closer than the final score indicated. It was just a four-point game (55-51) with eight minutes remaining before Illinois finished the game on a 22-2 run.
TOYS FOR KROCS - The Chicago State University Student Athlete Advisory Committee is hosting a holiday toy drive to benefit the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center. The "Toys for Krocs" effort is looking for new or slightly used toys, games and books. Fans who bring a toy and donate on Saturday will be entered into a raffle to win a $50 VISA gift card.
LENNY COOKE - The Cougars will spend Friday evening before Saturday's contest attending a screening of the movie "Lenny Cooke" at the Gene Siskel Film Center. The documentary follows how Cooke, who was once ranked the No. 1 prospect in the country, missed out on his NBA dreams. The entire Chicago State team will attend the screening of the film.
UP NEXT - The Cougars face another Missouri Valley foe on Wednesday when Chicago State travels to Illinois State for a 7 p.m. start. The Cougars have already played Bradley meaning the only MVC school the Cougars don't have on the 2013-14 schedule is Loyola.
FRESH LEGS - Chicago State's freshmen have played 144 minutes this season. Last season a freshman didn't play a single minute for the Cougars.
TIME TO REST - The Cougars have seven days between their game at Illinois on Nov. 22 and Saturday's game with the Salukis. It matches the longest stretch of the season without a game for the Cougars. Chicago State will also have seven days off from Dec. 7 (UW-Parkside) to Dec. 15 (at DePaul) for finals.
WHAT ARE PROBABLE STARTERS? - Chicago State used 15 different starting lineups last season.
CALL HIM THE ROCK - The lone name you can write in pen in the Chicago State lineup since the start of last season is senior
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon). Since arriving last season as a junior college transfer, Ross has started in 38 of 39 Chicago State games. The only game he didn't start was Senior Night last season against Eastern Illinois when then senior
Quincy Ukaigwe (Matteson, Ill./Rich Central) started for him instead.
FORCING MISTAKES - Dating back to last season, the Cougars have forced double-digit turnovers in 30 straight games. The stretch includes nine games of forcing 20 or more turnovers.
ON THE PLUS SIDE - The Cougars' +4.33 turnover margin is the best in the WAC.
500 - Clarke Rosenberg (Skokie, Ill./Evanston Township) has 488 career points, needing just 12 more to reach 500 for his career.
QP FOR THREE - Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) owns 80 career 3-pointers. He needs 11 more to enter the top-10 for career 3-pointers at Chicago State. Christian Wall made 91 in his career from 2007-11 to rank 10th in the NCAA Division I era at Chicago State.
20/20 VISION - The Cougars have already had four 20-point performances this season. Last year Chicago State didn't have a Cougar score 20 points in a game until
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) scored 20 vs. DePaul (Dec. 5, 2013), 10 games into the season. He was one of only five 20 point performances all season.
WAC BESTS - The Cougars have several single-game WAC statistical bests so far on the young season.
Clarke Rosenberg (Skokie, Ill./Evanston Township)'s 27 points at Indiana stands as the most points by a WAC player in a game this year.
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon)' six blocks at Indiana and
Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg)'s eight assists at Alabama State are tied with other WAC student-athletes for season highs.
REJECTED - The six blocks
Matt Ross (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) recorded Nov. 8 at Indiana are the most for a Cougar in a single game during the
Tracy Dildy era (2010-11-present).
QP IS A PRESEASON PICK - Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) was named to the Preseason All-WAC Second Team by a vote of the league's coaches.
RELATIVE GREATNESS - Quinton Pippen (Hamburg, Ark./Hamburg) is the nephew of former Chicago Bull Scottie Pippen. Not surprising, Quinton wears No. 33.
DEFENSE! - Chicago State limited opponents to just 69.0 points per game last season. It was the best defensive performance for a Chicago State team during the NCAA Division I era (1984-85 - present).
TAKING IT AWAY - The Cougars ranked seventh in the nation in steals per game last season by averaging 9.4 swipes a contest. The last time the Cougars finished a season ranking in the top 10 in the nation in a category was in 2008-09 when CSU ranked third in both scoring (84.2) and steals per game (10.0).
FOREIGN TOUR - The Cougars traveled to Costa Rica August 10-16 to play three exhibitions against international clubs. As per NCAA rules the team earned 10 extra practices to prepare for the trip. In between basketball the team went rafting, ziplined and volunteered at a local school.
