One on One with Scott Nagy
(St. Louis, MO) – Scott Nagy’s first season with Southern Illinois took a while to look the way he wanted it. Now the streaking Salukis are moving up the Missouri Valley Conference standings. SIU (12-13, 7-7) has won seven of its last nine games and visits Bradley on Wednesday.
Bradley handled SIU 83-60 during an early December visit to Carbondale. The Salukis dropped their first five MVC games and the first four were by a wide margin. While SIU fell to 0-5 during a loss at Belmont, the confidence earned during the second half of that loss has catapulted them forward.
Nagy says his streaking Salukis have really improved in every facet of their play. One part of the improvement came when Nagy handed the defensive strategies to assistant coach Steve Hawkins. Guard Kennard Davis has emerged as a team leader and ranks highly in numerous MVC statistical categories.
Here is our complete conversation about the Salukis’ game with Bradley
The streaking Salukis and Bradley (19-6, 10-4) tip it off at 6 pm (Central) on your local Gray Media station and Matrix Midwest in St. Louis. It is part of a Valley double header. Drake’s visit to Illinois State follows that game at 8 pm, on those same local television stations.
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Editor: Cover photo of Kennard Davis, courtesy of siusalukis.com.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
