1. Bola Olaniyan and Ibby Djimde need to stay out of foul trouble.
It was not a good day for junior center Bola Olanyian and senior center Ibby Djimde as they were in foul trouble the whole game. Djimde has been a solid substitute of Olanyian all year, but he couldn’t get the job done on Sunday.
Southern Illinois was torched by Northern Iowa’s sophomore forward Bennett Koch, who finished with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Neither Olanyian or Djimde could defend Koch's quick feet or post moves.
Saluki forwards couldn’t play their best defense because of continuing foul trouble.