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@SIU_Basketball





#11 Southern Illinois 76, #6 Texas Tech 68
#2 UConn 71, #11 Southern Illinois 59

March 15, 2002, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
March 22, 2002, Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
SIU (27-7)
FG
3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO B S M SIU (28-8) FG 3P FT O/DREBF
PTS A TO B S M
Sylvester Willis, c
0-0 0-0 0/1 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 13 Jermaine Dearman, f 6-12
17 1 3 0 0 27
0-0 0-0 5-11 4/5 94
Darren Brooks, g
0-2 3-3 3/3 6 3 9 4 1 0 1 22 24 2 2 1 1 34
3-10 Rolan Roberts, c 11-16 0-0 2-4 3/5 8 3 
Marcus Belcher, g
0-4 6-8 1/4 5 3 8 4 1 0 0 31 0 3 0 0 1 25 1-5 Marcus Belcher, g 0-3 0-2 0-0 1/1 2 5 
Stetson Hairston, g
2-2 1-2 1/3 4 2 7 3 2 1 1 31 2 1 2 0 1 31 2-4 Stetson Hairston, g 0-5 0-2 2-2 3/0 3 3 
Kent Williams, g
2-6 7-10 0/2 2 2 17 4 2 0 1 31 7 2 4 0 1 30 4-10 Kent Williams, g 2-11 0-5 3-4 0/2 2 3 
Tyrese Buie
0-0 0-0 0/1 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 8 7 0 1 0 0 25 2-3 Darren Brooks 3-8 1-4 0-0 1/2 3 1 
Brad Korn
0-1 0-0 1/1 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 15 2 2 0 0 0 11 1-2 Tyrese Buie 1-5 0-1 0-0 2/2 4 1 
Rolan Roberts
0-0 2-2 2/2 4 3 12 0 1 5 2 23 0 0 0 0 0 12 5-7 Sylvester Willis 0-0 0-0 0-0 0/1 1 4 
Jermaine Dearman
0-0
1-4
5/6 11 2
17
3
4 1
2
26
0
0 0 0 1 5 8-15
Brad Korn
0-0
0-0
0-0
0/1
1
2
TEAM
3/1 4
1
43
7 1
TEAM
Totals
8
8
26-56 4-15 20-29 16/24 40 21 76 20 15
Totals
23-60 1-14 12-21 18/22 40 27 59 11 12
1 5 200 
200
UCONN (27-6)
FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO B S M 
TTU (23-9)
B S M Caron Butler, f
FG
3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO 6-16 1-2 6-9 2/2 4 2 19 2 5 1 1 38
Pawel Storozyns, f
0 0 9 Johnnie Selvie, f
0-0 0-0 0/1 1 1 0 1 2 3-7 0-0 2-3 1/1 2 4 8 1 2 0 1 30
0-2 

Kasib Powell, f
0 1 39 Emeka Okafor, c
0-0 3-4 6/1 7 4 19 3 2 4-5 0-0 1-2 2/4 6 4 9 1 2 1 1 22
8-20 
Andy Ellis, c
2 0 40 Taliek Brown, g
1-2 6-8 6/4 10 4 19 1 2 2-5 1-2 4-6 3/4 7 4 9 4 0 0 2 33 6-11 
Andy Emmett, g
0 3 39 Tony Robertson, g
0-1 1-2 1/2 3 3 9 2 2 4-9 1-2 1-2 0/3 3 2 10 1 1 0 0 28 4-17 
Nick Valdez, g
0 0 17 Ben Gordon
1-2 1-2 1/5 6 3 4 1 3 4-7 2-3 2-4 0/5 5 0 12 5 2 0 1 23 1-2 
Nathan Doudney
0 0 11 Justin Brown
2-5 0-0 1/0 1 3 8 0 1 0-2 0-0 0-0 1/0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3-7 
Will Chavis
0 5 32 Mike Hayes
0-2 1-2 1/3 4 5 7 2 3 1-1 0-0 2-4 2/0 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 17 3-5 
Mikey Marshall
0 1 6 Shamon Tooles
0-0 0-0 1/0 1 1 2 0 0 0-0 0-0
0-0 0/0 0 3 0 0 0
0 0 2
1-2 
Ronald Ross
0
0
7
TEAM
0-0
0-2
0/0 0 0
0
1
0
0-1
2/6 8
TEAM
Totals
6/3 9
24-52 5-9 18-30 13/25 38 22 71 14 14
2 6 200
Totals
2
10
By Periods
1 2 26-67 4-12 12-20 23/19 42 24 68 11 15
Final 
200
Southern Illinois
28 31
59
By Periods
Connecticut
1 2 Final 40 31 71
Southern Illinois
FG Percentage: SIU 38.3, UC 46.2 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 7.1, UC 55.6 32 44 76 
Texas Tech
FT Percentage: SIU 57.1, UC 60.0 Attendance: 29,633
29 39
68
FG Percentage: SIU 46.4, TTU 38.8 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 26.7, TTU 33.3 
FT Percentage: SIU 69.0, TTU 60.0 Attendance: 21,700

2001-02 Milestones
#11 Southern Illinois 77, #3 Georgia 75
•Finished the season ranked No. 22 in the Coaches Poll,  rst national 
ranking since 1976-77 season.
March 17, 2002, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
•Most wins in school history (28).
SIU (28-7) FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A TO B S M 
•Tied for the regular-season MVC title,  rst league title since 1991-92. Jermaine Dearman, f10-15 0-0 5-7 5/3 8 2 25 2 1 0 2 33 
Rolan Roberts, c 4-9 0-0 1-8 3/6 9 3 9 4 0 0 1 31 
•Tied school record for conference wins (14).
MarcusBelcher,g 2-2
1-1 0-0 0/1 1 3 5 2 1 0 0 22 
•Undefeated at home (13-0) for just sixth time in school history and 
1-2 0-1 1/0 1 4 3 5 0 0 0 29  rst
Stetson Hairston, g 1-6 
time since 1992-93 season.
1-5 2-2 0/1 1 1 11 2 1 1 1 36
Kent Williams, g 4-11 
3-4 3-4 0/2 2 2 16 3 Darren Brooks 5-8 0 1 1
24 
•Beat two ranked teams, #23 Georgia and #22 Indiana.
0-0 0-0 0/0 0 1 0 0 Tyrese Buie 0-0 2 1 0
8
•Defeated teams from major conferences such as Conference USA, Big 0-0 0-0 1/0 1 4 0 0 SylvesterWillis 0-1 1 0 1 7 
Twelve, Big Ten, and SEC.
1-1
3-4
0/0 0 3 8 0
BradKorn
2-4
0 0 0 10
•Defeated six teams that played in the NCAA Tournament, including 1/3 4
TEAM
NCAA Championship runner-up Indiana.
Totals
28-56 7-13 14-26 11/16 27 23 77 18
6 3 6
200
•Earned  rst at-large bid to NCAA Tournament in school history.
UG (22-10) TO B S M
FG 3P FT O/D REB F PTS A 
•Had  rst sell-out crowd at SIU Arena in 12 years.
Jarvis Hayes, f 8-15 4-5 6-8 4/7 11 1 26 3 2 0 1
37 
•Held opponents to 40.3 percent shooting from the  eld, lowest since Chris Daniels, f 1-5 0-0 4-6 3/1 4 5 6 2 5 1 1
28
the 1967-68 season.
Steve Thomas, c 2-4 0-0 2-2 3/9 12 5 6 0 1 1 1 32 
•Had two players named First Team All-MVC.
Rashad Wright, g 6-15 2-4 2-3 1/2 3 1 16 5 1 0 0 37 
Ezra Williams, g 3-11 1-5 6-8 1/3 4 4 13 0 3 0 1 36 
•Had the MVC “Newcomer of the Year” , “Defensive Player of the Year”
MichaelDean 0-1 0-0 2-2 0/1 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 8 
FredGibson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 and runner-up for “Player of the Year”.
•Were featured in newspapers such as USA Today and the New York 
Jonas Hayes 2-4
0-0
2-2
3/1 4 4
6
0
1 0 0 20
Times, on television networks such as ESPN, FOX and CNN, and on 
TEAM
5/1 6
Totals
radio sports talk shows throughout the country.
22-55 7-14 24-31 20/25 45 23 75 11 14 2 5
200
By Periods
1 2 Final 
Southern Illinois
35 42 77 
Georgia
38 37 75
FG Percentage: SIU 50.0, UG 40.0 3-Point FG Percentage: SIU 53.8, UG 50.0 
FT Percentage: SIU 53.8, UG 77.4 Attendance: 21,525


















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