Leatherneck Nation

WGEM Prediction:   Western Illinois 69, Southern Indiana 68

The game will be on ESPN U at 8:00 PM.
 

Massey says a 52% chance of a WIU victory, with a predicted score of 69-68: https://masseyratings.com/game.php?gid=939085895
USI is 5-15 overall this season, although 3 of those wins were against non-D1 teams. In the OVC, they lost in OT to SEMO, beat Lindenwood and Tennessee State, but are currently on a 4-game losing streak with losses to TN Tech, SIUE, Little Rock, and Morehead State.

I think Knox could be a player.   He puts in some really really solid minutes behind Cisse. 

DREEEEWWW!

Love seeing us get the wins with foul calls going the wrong way and landing in foul trouble. This team has a ton of fight. 

Western wins 73-68

Ryan Myers led the Western scoring with 23 points.  

Drew Cisse had 12 points and 8 rebounds.

The TV announcers said that Western is the 2nd worst Free Throw Shooting team in the country.  Western was 14 of 22 (64%) tonight.  Southern Indiana was 22 of 27 (81%) on Free Throws. 

Attendance at Southern Indiana = 2,726
 
 

A W Saturday against Morehead St.  would fall into that "statement win" category by my definition.  It's been a while since we have had the opportunity for one.  Joey Donia of KWQC sports showed the Leathenecks some love tonight with highlights.
 

Necks get back to their winning ways with a big night from Myres. Team looked much better, and seemed to play a much more solid game vs the last two against Tennessee State And Eastern Illinois, although sending our opponent to the line to shoot 27 free throws is a bit of an ugly stat. Hoping for a good game Saturday afternoon against Morehead State for the top spot in the conference. 
 

Coach was very frustrated on the post game show, couldn't say what he wanted to say. Seems to be frustrated with the officiating. Mentioned a couple times the game had no flow. Boudreau said he didn't have a problem, but seemed like anytime we got close to Hernandez we were called for a foul. Glad they got the win, I had my doubts their for a little bit. Anyway Southern Indiana is going to be a problem the next couple years at least.

They mentioned few times how Hernandez has been getting to the line 15 times last few games. I think he had 13-15 points from free throws tonight. There were couple times thought pretty weak foul calls in his favor.