Southern Illinois Salukis @ Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

4-4, 2-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
S Illinois SIU	19	10	15	17	61
MTSU MTSU	13	14	19	16	62

Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersMTSUMTSU

8-2, 4-0 Home

Southern Illinois Salukis

starters
Gabby WalkerG. Walker#20
Abby BrockmeyerA. Brockmeyer#25
Quierra LoveQ. Love#0
Caitlin LinkC. Link#5
Makenzie SilveyM. Silvey#12
bench
Adrianna KatcherA. Katcher#24
Laniah RandleL. Randle#4
Tyranny BrownT. Brown#1
Allea PotterA. Potter#22
Payton McCallisterP. McCallister#21
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
25	9	3-9	0-0	3-3	5	2	3	0	0	3	2	4
36	19	7-17	2-6	3-6	13	2	4	1	0	4	9	1
19	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	4	1	0	1	1	0
25	1	0-2	0-2	1-2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	3
40	23	9-19	1-6	4-5	9	3	4	2	0	3	6	2
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
12	7	3-5	0-0	1-1	2	0	1	2	1	2	0	3
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
25	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	4	2	2	1	0	0	4	4
	61	23-58	3-18	12-17	44	11	21	9	1	16	28	18
		40%	17%	71%

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders

starters
Courtney WhitsonC. Whitson#33
Anastasiia BoldyrevaA. Boldyreva#2
Jalynn GregoryJ. Gregory#10
Alexis WhittingtonAl. Whittington#23
Dor SaarD. Saar#15
bench
Jada GrannumJ. Grannum#22
Kseniya MalashkaK. Malashka#5
Skye PayneS. Payne#3
Courtney BlakelyC. Blakely#1
Amanda WhittingtonAm. Whittington#24
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
36	3	1-6	0-3	1-4	7	2	2	1	0	2	5	3
5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
35	27	10-18	5-8	2-3	4	2	3	2	0	1	3	2
37	8	3-7	2-5	0-0	6	2	1	2	1	1	5	2
26	6	2-10	1-9	1-2	2	4	6	2	0	0	2	3
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
8	5	2-2	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	5
15	11	5-8	1-3	0-0	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	4
28	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0-6	0-1	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	3
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	62	24-59	9-30	5-10	30	12	14	11	2	8	22	23
		41%	30%	50%

Game Information

Murfreesboro, TN

Referee:Doug Knight

Referee:Kylie Galloway

Referee:Kristen Bell

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Murray State	19-1	-	31-4
Belmont	16-4	3	20-12
Illinois State	13-7	6	24-14
Bradley	13-7	6	20-13
Northern Iowa	13-7	6	18-14
Drake	10-10	9	12-20
UIC	9-11	10	14-18
Southern Illinois	7-13	12	10-20
Indiana State	5-15	14	10-22
Evansville	5-15	14	10-25
Valparaiso	0-20	19	0-32

NCAA Division I

Conference USA	CONF	GB	OVR
Louisiana Tech	17-1	-	26-7
Florida International	12-6	5	21-12
Missouri State	11-7	6	23-13
Liberty	11-7	6	18-13
Sam Houston	11-7	6	18-13
Middle Tennessee	11-7	6	17-16
Jacksonville State	9-9	8	16-16
Kennesaw State	6-12	11	13-17
Delaware	6-12	11	13-19
UTEP	5-13	12	13-17
New Mexico State	5-13	12	9-21
Western Kentucky	4-14	13	8-21

Women's College Basketball News

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Optimistic Baker: New NCAA eligibility rules not retroactive

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Kentucky nabs Florida transfer Me'Arah O'Neal, Shaq's daughter

Me'Arah O'Neal, a standout forward at Florida last season and the youngest daughter of Shaquille O'Neal, announced her commitment to Kentucky.

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