Road wins are big and SIU just added another quality road victory to their Tournament resume. Saint Mary's is a team that often makes the NCAA Tournament and you'll remember SIU beat them in the first round just two years ago. Todays 66-61 victory adds a road win over a team that will most likely be a top 100 RPI team when the dust settles in March.
One thing that I like about this years version of the Salukis is you have four guys who can step up and score 20+ points to lead us to victory. Tatum can do it any day, Matt Shaw did it against Minnesota, Tony Young's shooting got us the win at Western Kentucky, and today... well... None other than Randal Falker led SIU with 23 points, 11 boards, and 5 blocked shots. A huge performance from the 6-7 junior who plays much bigger.
JT followed up the big man with 17 points of his own going 6 of 10 from the floor. Not to be overlooked in this game is the play of Wesley Clemmons who is making a bid to either get into our starting lineup or win 6th man of the year in the valley. Clemmons scored 11 points while only shooting the ball 4 times; and tallied 5 rebounds in his ultra-efficient 25 minutes of play.
Rounding out the performances- Shaw and Young were quiet. Can we get Tony Young tested for mono or something? If anyone has a theory on what's wrong with Tony this year please post it in the comments section below. Boyle and Foster played short minutes due to Falker's big game and he and Shaw both stayed out of foul trouble. Tyrone Green hit 2 of 2 shots in 15 minutes of play, but I am still trying to figure out if this kid is a DI player or not. Conference play will tell the story.
Speaking of Conference play.... It's finally here! SIU heads up to Illinois state Friday at 6:05 pm . If you're in Carbondale you can listen to the game on Magic 95.1 FM. No matter where you are you can check salukihoops.com for a brand of coverage that you wont find anywhere else.
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I've been calling for Clemmons to get more p.t. all season long. He's an explosive athlete that fills the stat columns, across the board, including rebounds. I'm still looking for a big conference season from Young (10-15 ppg), but Clemmons should be getting 20 minutes every night, regardless of whose name gets announced prior to the tip.
Hey Great site. I have been reading for a while but this is my first time commenting. I think Tony Young can snap out of this at any time. There is not anything wrong with him physically so he will be ok. Keep up the good work on the site. This beats newspaper coverage and some of the other siu sports sites never get updated.
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