Southwestern Illinois has four players at 6-foot-10 or taller, topped by 7-foot-2 freshman Mat Piotrowski. In the end, the Blue Storm relied on just one, 6-foot-11 sophomore Keanau Post, for most of their inside success. Post gave them enough, too, with 18 points in an 86-67 Great Rivers Athletic Conference victory over Wabash Valley (4-4) and a sweep of their Spencer Sports Center doubleheader on Saturday night.
"Their size really bothered us on the rebounds. At the end of the day, our best effort wasn't good enough," said WVC coach Eric Murphy after the loss.
The Warriors host Danville tonight (Monday) at 7:30 p.m.