Led by Damarco Minor's 16 points, the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars defeated the Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles 67-64 on Thursday night. The Cougars improved to 9-8 with the victory and the Screaming Eagles fell to 5-13.
Poor shooting and lax defense caused No. 9 Duke to find itself down by double-digits again and again and again in the first half Friday night against unheralded Southern Indiana.
Ninth-ranked Duke didn't have the defensive intensity or frankly the effort to match a pesky one-win opponent for much of Friday night's first half. Coach Jon Scheyer saw more from his Blue Devils “in flashes” in the second half, yet also gave him plenty to highlight for improvement, too. Kyle Filipowski had 21 points and 14 rebounds while Duke waited until the second half to push ahead for good in Friday night's 80-62 win against Southern Indiana.
Running back Frank Gore Jr. made history, but it was much of the same for a Golden Eagles team that now heads into its fourth offseason under Will Hall.
Sixteen World War II soldiers will be remembered at an event commemorating the 80th anniversary of the "Screaming Eagles" plane crash in Peru State Forest on Aug. 15, 1942. The