Valparaiso hosts Southern Illinois after Green's 25-point performance

Southern Illinois Salukis (19-8, 11-5 MVC) at Valparaiso Beacons (11-16, 5-11 MVC)

Valparaiso, Indiana; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Valparaiso plays the Southern Illinois Salukis after Quinton Green scored 25 points in Valparaiso's 81-76 win over the Illinois State Redbirds.

The Beacons have gone 8-5 at home. Valparaiso is the best team in the MVC with 10.7 fast break points.

The Salukis are 11-5 in conference matchups. Southern Illinois averages 66.5 points while outscoring opponents by 4.6 points per game.

The Beacons and Salukis square off Tuesday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Ben Krikke is averaging 18.9 points and 5.8 rebounds for the Beacons. Kobe King is averaging 16.0 points over the last 10 games for Valparaiso.

Marcus Domask is scoring 16.7 points per game and averaging 5.8 rebounds for the Salukis. Lance Jones is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Southern Illinois.

LAST 10 GAMES: Beacons: 5-5, averaging 72.1 points, 31.7 rebounds, 14.1 assists, 6.0 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 45.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 72.7 points per game.

Salukis: 7-3, averaging 66.3 points, 27.1 rebounds, 13.8 assists, 7.0 steals and 2.5 blocks per game while shooting 45.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.4 points.

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