Western Illinois visits Rodriguez and SIU-Edwardsville

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Western Illinois Leathernecks (6-5, 0-2 OVC) at SIU-Edwardsville Cougars (2-9, 0-2 OVC)

Edwardsville, Illinois; Thursday, 6 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: SIU-Edwardsville hosts Western Illinois after KK Rodriguez scored 20 points in SIU-Edwardsville's 67-61 loss to the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks.

The Cougars have gone 2-2 at home. SIU-Edwardsville is 2-6 in games decided by 10 points or more.

The Leathernecks are 0-2 in OVC play. Western Illinois scores 69.6 points while outscoring opponents by 4.5 points per game.

SIU-Edwardsville is shooting 35.3% from the field this season, 2.8 percentage points lower than the 38.1% Western Illinois allows to opponents. Western Illinois has shot at a 42.9% clip from the field this season, 2.4 percentage points above the 40.5% shooting opponents of SIU-Edwardsville have averaged.

The Cougars and Leathernecks square off Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Molly Sheehan is averaging 5.3 points for the Cougars.

Addi Brownfield is averaging 6.3 points, 3.2 assists and 2.4 steals for the Leathernecks.

LAST 10 GAMES: Cougars: 2-8, averaging 60.5 points, 32.2 rebounds, 11.3 assists, 6.4 steals and 2.0 blocks per game while shooting 35.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 73.3 points per game.

Leathernecks: 5-5, averaging 67.7 points, 32.7 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 8.1 steals and 2.6 blocks per game while shooting 41.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 67.4 points.

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