Junior center Bola Olaniyan attempts to grab the ball during SIU’s 78-68 victory against Missouri State on Saturday at SIU Arena. Olaniyan scored 13 points and had 13 rebounds in the game.
Here's what we learned.
The Salukis are second-half warriors.
Senior guard Anthony Beane checked out of the ball game after a hard fall on the back of his head. With more than 10 minutes left in the half and still trailing in the score, things looked bleak with the squad's top scorer on the bench.
In just over two minutes, SIU went on a 12-0 run and led 64-55 with 6:26 left to play, and never relinquished the lead.