SIU Edwardsville Cougars

2-3 overall, 0-0 OVC, margin -1.2

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-7.4

net rating per 100 · #256 in D-I · model

99.9

adjusted offense · #277

107.4

adjusted defense · #205

68.3

pace, possessions / 40 · #293

-6.6

strength of schedule so far · #179

Rotation

#	Player	Pos	Cl	Ht	GP/GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	eFG%	TS%	Rating
1	Jordan Pickett	G	SR	6' 3"	5/5	26.8	10.8	2.0	1.4	45.6	46.3	-6.1
11	Dehrio McCaskill	G	SO	6' 3"	5/5	25.2	7.4	4.8	2.4	36.9	41.0	-1.8
2	Gianni Cobb	G	JR	6' 0"	5/5	25.0	9.8	1.2	2.4	40.6	42.7	-9.4
23	Brennan Miller FR	F	FR	6' 7"	5/0	22.0	8.2	7.0	0.4	66.7	67.2	+6.1
0	David Wilson	F	JR	6' 7"	5/5	21.6	9.0	4.8	0.6	66.1	65.9	+2.7
4	Darrion Baker	F	SR	6' 8"	5/5	16.6	6.0	1.8	1.2	61.4	63.1	+0.5
55	Jayden Riley FR	G	FR	6' 2"	5/0	14.0	3.6	2.4	3.2	35.7	48.9	-1.4
7	Corentin Efono	G	SO	6' 4"	5/0	12.2	3.4	1.0	0.2	53.8	57.6	-0.9
21	Gestin Liberis	F	SR	6' 9"	5/0	11.4	3.2	3.0	0.2	54.5	53.5	+0.3
5	Harrison Alexander	G	SR	6' 5"	5/0	9.8	4.4	1.2	0.2	68.8	66.9	-0.7
15	Belal Sohaib FR	F	FR	6' 10"	5/0	6.0	3.0	1.8	0.0	70.0	68.9	+0.1
20	Iwo Baganc	F	SO	6' 8"	4/0	5.5	0.8	0.2	0.2	25.0	30.7	-2.8
25	Jacob Martin	C	SO	6' 10"	2/0	5.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.2
13	Kain McCaskill FR	G	FR	6' 2"	4/0	3.8	2.8	0.2	1.0	31.8	43.1	-2.1
9	Tyler King	G	SR	6' 4"	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Box scores from ESPN. eFG% weights threes; TS% includes free throws.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Watch	Result	Line	Rest	Miles
Mon 11/2	vs Eureka Red Devils	ESPN+	W 91-39	–	–	–
Wed 11/4	vs Concordia Chicago Cougars	ESPN+	W 85-61	–	1	–
Sat 11/7	at Lipscomb Bisons	ESPN+	L 77-78	+8.5 cover	2	252
Mon 11/9	at Missouri Tigers	SECN+	L 58-96	+34.5 miss	1	381
Fri 11/13	at Duke Blue Devils	CW	L 47-90	+40.5 miss	3	765 +1h
Tue 11/17	at North Dakota Fighting Hawks	Summit League NetworkMidco Sports Plus	8 PM ET	+1.0model +0.5 · 48% winUnderdogSIUE +1.00.5Under 1500.1	3	1,359	odds
Thu 11/19	vs North Park Vikings	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–model -35.8 · 100% win	1	722
Wed 11/25	vs Northern Illinois Huskies	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	5	–
Sun 11/29	vs UTSA Roadrunners	ESPN+	4 PM ET	–	3	–
Wed 12/2	at Indiana State Sycamores	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	2	143 +1h
Sat 12/5	vs Denver Pioneers	ESPN+	4 PM ET	–	2	143
Wed 12/9	vs North Dakota Fighting Hawks	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	3	–
Sun 12/13	vs Missouri Baptist Spartans	ESPN+	4 PM ET	–	3	–
Fri 12/18	at Valparaiso Beacons	ESPN+	7 PM ET	–	4	239
Mon 12/21	at Kansas City Roos	–	3 PM ET	–	2	488
Wed 12/30	vs Lindenwood Lions OVC	ESPN+	9 PM ET	–	8	249
Sat 1/2	at Western Illinois Leathernecks OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	2	120
Sat 1/9	at Tennessee State Tigers OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	6	372
Thu 1/14	vs UT Martin Skyhawks OVC	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	252
Sat 1/16	vs Southeast Missouri State Redhawks OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	1	–
Thu 1/21	at Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles OVC	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	142
Sat 1/23	at Morehead State Eagles OVC	–	3:30 PM ET	–	1	53
Thu 1/28	at UT Martin Skyhawks OVC	–	9 PM ET	–	4	366
Sat 1/30	vs Western Illinois Leathernecks OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	1	181
Sat 2/6	at Eastern Illinois Panthers OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	6	106
Thu 2/11	vs Morehead State Eagles OVC	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	106
Sat 2/13	at Southeast Missouri State Redhawks OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	1	107
Wed 2/17	vs Tennessee State Tigers OVC	–	8:30 PM ET	–	3	107
Sat 2/20	at Lindenwood Lions OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	2	28
Thu 2/25	vs Eastern Illinois Panthers OVC	–	8:30 PM ET	–	4	28
Sat 2/27	vs Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles OVC	–	4:30 PM ET	–	1	–

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Players

Jordan Pickett #1 · G

Player rating-6.1#116 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-3.7#110

Defense-2.4#106

221 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 28%

10.8 pts2.0 reb1.4 ast26.8 min 22-57 FG8-24 3PT2-3 FT 46.3 TS%19.5 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 3" · 190 lbs · Belleville, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	22	10	4-9	2-3	0-0	3	1	1	0
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	31	19	8-15	3-6	0-1	4	3	3	2
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	31	12	5-14	2-6	0-0	0	2	1	0
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	27	5	2-9	1-4	0-0	0	1	1	1
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	23	8	3-10	0-5	2-2	3	0	1	1

Dehrio McCaskill #11 · G

Player rating-1.8#67 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-2.8#101

Defense+0.9#26

208 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 24%

7.4 pts4.8 reb2.4 ast25.2 min 15-42 FG1-7 3PT6-7 FT 41.0 TS%16.9 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 3" · 180 lbs · St. Louis, MO · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	19	6	2-8	0-3	2-2	4	3	1	2	0
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	32	8	4-9	0-1	0-0	6	4	1	1	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	28	9	3-8	1-1	2-2	4	2	2	1	2
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	26	11	5-8	0-2	1-1	3	2	1	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	21	3	1-9	0-0	1-2	7	1	3	1	0

Gianni Cobb #2 · G

Player rating-9.4#122 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-5.6#121

Defense-3.8#120

207 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 31%

9.8 pts1.2 reb2.4 ast25.0 min 21-53 FG1-13 3PT6-10 FT 42.7 TS%21.9 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 0" · 160 lbs · Chicago, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	21	10	5-10	0-2	0-0	2	4	1	1
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	27	10	3-10	1-3	3-4	2	3	2	3
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	30	20	10-19	0-3	0-1	1	3	3	1
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	20	0	0-6	0-3	0-0	0	2	2	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	27	9	3-8	0-2	3-5	1	0	3	1

Brennan Miller #23 · F

Player rating+6.1#1 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+1.2#11

Defense+4.9#2

183 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 18%

8.2 pts7.0 reb0.4 ast22.0 min 18-27 FG0-3 3PT5-8 FT 67.2 TS%12.9 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 7" · 210 lbs · Indianapolis, IN · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	20	13	5-7	0-0	3-4	8	1	1	3	0
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	26	12	6-9	0-1	0-0	7	1	1	2	4
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	20	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	8	0	0	1	2
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	15	5	2-2	0-0	1-2	3	0	1	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	29	4	2-5	0-2	0-0	9	0	2	3	3

David Wilson #0 · F

Player rating+2.7#5 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+1.9#5

Defense+0.7#28

177 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 20%

9.0 pts4.8 reb0.6 ast21.6 min 18-28 FG1-5 3PT8-14 FT 65.9 TS%13.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Junior · 6' 7" · 200 lbs · Norman, OK · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	17	6	2-3	0-0	2-4	6	1	0	2	2
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	25	12	5-7	1-3	1-1	6	1	0	2	3
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	31	15	6-10	0-1	3-3	5	0	1	0	1
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	26	9	4-7	0-1	1-4	6	1	1	1	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	9	3	1-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	1	0	0

Darrion Baker #4 · F

Player rating+0.5#22 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+0.5#22

Defense+0.1#44

137 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 18%

6.0 pts1.8 reb1.2 ast16.6 min 12-22 FG3-11 3PT3-4 FT 63.1 TS%12.9 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 8" · 225 lbs · Chicago, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	12	7	3-5	0-2	1-2	2	0	0	1	1
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	11	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	1	2	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	26	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	2	3	0	1	1
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	20	7	2-4	1-2	2-2	2	1	1	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	14	3	1-4	1-4	0-0	2	0	2	0	0

Jayden Riley #55 · G

Player rating-1.4#57 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-1.2#68

Defense-0.2#47

115 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 22%

3.6 pts2.4 reb3.2 ast14.0 min 4-14 FG2-5 3PT8-10 FT 48.9 TS%15.1 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 2" · 165 lbs · Oswego, IL · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	19	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	4	5	0	1
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	12	6	1-2	1-2	3-4	1	5	2	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	10	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	0
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	19	4	1-6	0-2	2-2	3	1	3	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	10	5	1-2	1-1	2-2	1	3	3	1

Corentin Efono #7 · G

Player rating-0.9#51 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+0.1#29

Defense-1.0#74

102 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 16%

3.4 pts1.0 reb0.2 ast12.2 min 6-13 FG2-6 3PT3-4 FT 57.6 TS%11.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 4" · 195 lbs · Aalst, Belgium · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	16	5	2-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	3
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	14	5	1-4	1-3	2-2	1	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	11	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	1	0	0	1
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	3	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	15	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	1

Gestin Liberis #21 · F

Player rating+0.3#25 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+0.6#21

Defense-0.3#49

94 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 18%

3.2 pts3.0 reb0.2 ast11.4 min 6-11 FG0-1 3PT4-9 FT 53.5 TS%12.6 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 9" · 215 lbs · Havertown, PA · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	11	6	3-3	0-0	0-2	5	0	1	0	1
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	11	1	0-0	0-0	1-3	2	1	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	2	0	0
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	14	6	2-6	0-1	2-2	6	0	0	1	1
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	14	1	0-1	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	0

Harrison Alexander #5 · G

Player rating-0.7#48 of 122 in the OVC

Offense+1.8#6

Defense-2.5#107

82 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 19%

4.4 pts1.2 reb0.2 ast9.8 min 9-16 FG4-10 3PT0-1 FT 66.9 TS%13.4 shots+TO/40

Bio: Senior · 6' 5" · 190 lbs · Madison, MS · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	16	9	4-7	1-4	0-0	2	0	3	1
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	3	6	2-2	2-2	0-0	1	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	11	4	2-3	0-1	0-1	2	1	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	15	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0

Belal Sohaib #15 · F

Player rating+0.1#27 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-0.5#46

Defense+0.7#29

50 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 28%

3.0 pts1.8 reb0.0 ast6.0 min 7-10 FG0-0 3PT1-2 FT 68.9 TS%19.8 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 10" · 220 lbs · Cairo, Egypt · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	TO	STL
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	12	11	5-8	0-0	1-1	5	1	2
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	5	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	3	1	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	8	4	2-2	0-0	0-1	0	1	0

Iwo Baganc #20 · F

Player rating-2.8#84 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-0.9#58

Defense-1.9#93

36 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 18%

0.8 pts0.2 reb0.2 ast5.5 min 1-4 FG0-2 3PT1-2 FT 30.7 TS%12.5 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 8" · 220 lbs · Poznan, Poland · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	11	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	0	2	0	0
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	2	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	DNP
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Jacob Martin #25 · C

Player rating-0.2#35 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-0.6#51

Defense+0.5#33

17 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 6%

0.0 pts1.5 reb0.0 ast5.0 min 0-1 FG0-0 3PT0-0 FT 0.0 TS%4.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Sophomore · 6' 10" · 250 lbs · Chapel Hill, NC · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	DNP
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	DNP
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	DNP
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	4	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0

Kain McCaskill #13 · G

Player rating-2.1#74 of 122 in the OVC

Offense-0.8#56

Defense-1.4#79

25 possessions · still mostly last season's prior · usage 49%

2.8 pts0.2 reb1.0 ast3.8 min 3-11 FG1-7 3PT4-4 FT 43.1 TS%34.0 shots+TO/40

Bio: Freshman · 6' 2" · 170 lbs · St. Louis, MO · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	4	2	0-1	0-1	2-2	0	3	0	1	0
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	1	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	0	0
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	DNP
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	4	7	3-3	1-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	0
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	6	0	0-7	0-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	0

Tyler King #9 · G

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Bio: Senior · 6' 4" · 185 lbs · St. Louis, MO · ESPN

Game log

Date	Opp	Result	MIN
11-03	vs ERKA	W 91-39	DNP
11-05	vs CUC	W 85-61	DNP
11-07	at LIP	L 77-78	DNP
11-10	at MIZ	L 58-96	DNP
11-14	at DUKE	L 47-90	DNP