Southern Illinois University at Carbondale NCAA News

Saturday's game between the Salukis and Panthers was a dog and cat fight - and the dog came out on top.

Carlton Fay scored a career-high 23 points and Southern Illinois used a 19-0 second-half run to defeat Illinois-Chicago 74-64 on Saturday night.

Southern Illinois rushed for 323 yards to upend Eastern Illinois 48-7 Saturday in the first round of the FCS playoffs.

Southeast Missouri State defenders William Castro, left, and Marvin Anderson attempt to block a PAT by Southern Illinois kicker Kyle Dougherty during the fourth quarter Saturday at Houck Stadium.

He's hoping for much better results than the last time he and the Red Devils tried to do so.

Defense is solid for SIUC The unit has been a stable force all season amid the problems of the offense and has mastered the 3-4 scheme put in last year.

Southern Illinois will get its sternest test thus far this season when it hits the road to for the first time to take on UNLV Saturday night in Sin City.

Tre'Von Willis scored a career-high 25 points to lead UNLV over Southern Illinois 78-69 in the Mountain West Conference-Missouri Valley Conference Challenge on Saturday night.

21 1:00 p.m. CT TV: OVCSports.TV Live Stats: none Series Record: Southeast Missouri leads 36-30-8 Last Meeting: Southern Illinois leads 58-23 Dale Lennon at Southern Illinois: 18-4 Dale Lennon Overall: 120-37 Tony Samuel at Southeast Missouri: 13-31 Tony Samuel Overall: 47-88 Southern Illinois Last Week: W, 44-24 vs.

UNLV guard Tre'Von Willis drives past UNR forwards Luke Babbitt, left, and Dario Hunt during the second half of their game Wedensday at the Thomas & Mack Center.

Iowa City, Ia. - Questions and concerns are circling the Iowa basketball team, and they have little to do with the team's poor shooting start.

Two years after Paul McIntosh accounted for seven touchdowns in Reitz's 61-60 Cloass 4A regional victory over Columbus East, younger brother Matt McIntosh accounted for five scores in the Panthers' 52-28 4A regional win over East Central on Saturday.

Saluki men's basketball head coach Chris Lowery fielded questions from the media as the team prepares for Saturday's season opener versus UT-Martin. What are you hoping to improve upon the most for the season opener? Obviously, rebounding.

Carlton Fay came off the bench to score a game-high 18 points and Kevin Dillard added 14 to lead Southern Illinois to a 91-63 victory against Tennessee-Martin on Saturday night.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's best preparation for its final regular-season game at McAndrew Stadium is to practically guarantee it won't be the final game at its 73-year-old home.

The Southern Illinois men's basketball team will attempt to get the season off to a good start when they host the University of Tennessee-Martin on Saturday at SIU Arena.

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's 34-15 win at ninth-ranked South Dakota State on Saturday, the Salukis' second road victory against a Top 10 team this year, vaulted them into the No.

No. 3 Southern Illinois dominated No. 9 South Dakota State in a 34-15 victory Saturday at Coughlin Alumni Stadium to secure at least a share of SIU's fifth Missouri Valley Football Conference Championship and its seventh-straight playoff appearance.

Nick Evans tipped in an offensive rebound at the buzzer to lift Southern Illinois to a 71-69 exhibition win over Southern Indiana.

Third-ranked Southern Illinois clinched at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and the league's automatic berth in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision with a 34-15 victory over ninth-ranked South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.