2025 Tournament PreviewAfter finishing second in the OVC, the Cougars ran the table in the conference tournament, beating regular-season champion Southeast Missouri State to earn the first NCAA Tournament bid in program history. SIU Edwardsville is experienced with all but one rotation player an upperclassman and has an elite asset in senior point guard Ray'Sean Taylor (19.3 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.8 apg), who is one of the nation's most prolific three-point shooters (263 attempts, 34.6%). They're also sound defensively with a deep frontcourt that limits opponents to 46.3 percent shooting inside the arc (23rd nationally). But SIUE went 0-2 in Quads 1 and 2, losing by an average of 25.5 points to Indiana and Illinois, and its best victory is a road win against Indiana State in November. That doesn't bode well as the No. 16 seed in the Midwest against No. 1 Houston.
Scouting Report Offense Defense
Efficiency 1.04 236 1.00 85
Pace 67.0 (231)
Effective FG% 48.51 (287) 47.57 (37)
Turnover % 14.83 (164) 14.91 (185)
Off Reb % 31.32 (133) 29.74 (180)
FTA/FGA 33.11 (173) 33.05 (183)
3P% 33.08 (209) 33.09 (127)
2P% 47.86 (295) 46.26 (18)
FT% 67.28 (326) 70.39 (88)
3PA/FGA 36.59 (243) 38.70 (175)
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SIU-Edwardsville
Ohio Valley
Rankings
NET: #216 RPI: #184 RW: #167
Record
Overall: (22-12) Conference: (13-7) Quad 1: (0-3) Quad 2: (0-0) Quad 3: (2-2) Quad 4: (16-7)
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