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Hutson had never scored more than four points against a Division I opponent prior to this game.
“We have a lot of confidence in him,” Loyola coach Porter Moser said. “That kid’s development from the beginning of the year to this year is really, really great to see and well needed.”
The Ramblers have won three straight games against Southern Illinois (12-14) after sweeping a two-game set in Chicago to close out the regular season.
The Salukis were playing without guard Lance Jones, who was injured in the first half of Thursday night’s game against Bradley. Marcus Domask, the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020, also missed the final 16 games with a left foot injury.
CARBONDALE (SIU ATHLETICS) The SIU men s basketball team cruised to a second win over North Dakota in as many days, 62-50, on Friday afternoon at Banterra Center. The Salukis improved to 5-0 on the season.The programs mimicked the new conference formats for each league by playing each other back-to-back days at the same site. The Salukis (5-0) took care of business on both nights, following Thursday s 85-64 win with a 62-50 win today. UND (1-7) hit a 3-pointer on its opening possession to take a 3-0 lead on Friday, but it was the only time in either game that the Salukis would trail. SIU had the lead back in less than two minutes and never relinquished it. The Salukis led by double-figures for 40 of the 80 minutes across both games.
Racers fall to SIU for second straight road loss
Posted By: Simon Elfrink
December 13, 2020
Gage Johnson
gjohnson17@murraystate.edu
The Murray State men’s basketball team followed up a dominating performance with a foul-heavy and turnover-laden performance against Southern Illinois University, falling in the closing moments at 70-66.
The Salukis came out of the gates letting it fly from deep, forcing the Racers into two turnovers and quickly taking a 6-0 lead.
Along with lights out shooting from SIU, turnovers became a recurring theme for the next 38 minutes of play.
Murray State had six turnovers by the 12:52 mark and the Salukis had turned them into eight points off of turnovers to jump out to a 16-10 lead.