Saturday's SIU game is the annual Blackout Cancer game.  SIU coach Nick Hill spoke with media on Tuesday and discussed with Matt Varney the struggles his team has recently faced and how Illinois State poses a challenge this week.

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Former John A. Logan standout and current University of Southern Indiana head basketball coach Stan Gouard joined the halftime show during the John A. Logan vs. SWIC game on Tuesday.  He talked with Mike Murphy about his old playing days, USI moving up to Division I, and the state of basketball today:

The Lady Vols opened the season at State Fair Community College last week going 0-2.  Despite that, Coach Charlie Jones sees reason to be encouraged in his young team.  He and star center Cheyenne Trotter joined Talkin Vols on Tuesday.