McCauley leads Indiana State against Southern Illinois

Indiana State Sycamores (8-1, 1-0 MVC) at Southern Illinois Salukis (5-3, 1-0 MVC)

Carbondale, Illinois; Wednesday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Indiana State faces the Southern Illinois Salukis after Courvoisier McCauley scored 30 points in Indiana State's 88-61 victory against the Miami (OH) RedHawks.

The Salukis are 2-0 on their home court. Southern Illinois is ninth in the MVC scoring 66.3 points while shooting 45.7% from the field.

The Sycamores are 1-0 in conference play. Indiana State is 6-0 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 11.8 turnovers per game.

The Salukis and Sycamores meet Wednesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Marcus Domask is scoring 17.1 points per game and averaging 6.3 rebounds for the Salukis. Lance Jones is averaging 12.0 points and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 36.8% for Southern Illinois.

McCauley is averaging 17.4 points and 5.3 rebounds for the Sycamores. Cameron Henry is averaging 11.0 points for Indiana State.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.