After working as an assistant coach at SIUE for two years, Brian Barone has been named Interim head coach for the men’s basketball team, following Jon Harris, whose contract was not renewed after four seasons.

Morehead State eliminated SIUE from the first round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament with a score of 72-68. 

Athletics has decided not to renew men’s basketball Head Coach Jon Harris’ contract, which expired at the end of this season. In four years as head coach, Harris led the team to a 31-88 (.261) overall and a 15-53 (.221) conference record.

With SIUE approaching the middle of the spring semester, some spring sports are just starting and some are nearing an end. Here’s where each sport stands. 

Despite a rough loss against Jacksonville State University, men’s basketball will move on to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. SIUE went 1-1 over the weekend, going 97-72 with Jacksonville State University and 76-68 over Tennessee Tech.

Men’s basketball improved three places in the Ohio Valley Conference after pulling off two impressive wins this weekend. They soared past Morehead State University 83-76 Thursday, Jan. 31, overcoming a 16-point deficit to do so, then beat out Eastern Kentucky University 88-82 in double overt…

January has been a rough month for the men’s basketball team, with five losses so far — two last week.

Despite senior guard David McFarland’s career-high 24 points against the Southern Illinois University Salukis, men’s basketball fell behind by 21 points to end the game 82-61 Saturday in the Vadalabene Center. 

Men’s basketball defeated University of the Incarnate Word with a final score of 80-68 at home Sunday afternoon, earning their first win of the official season and improving their record to 1-3. 

Men’s basketball added a win and a loss to their record this past week and are looking to get two more wins in their final two regular season games.

 The Cougars earned a conference win on senior night Feb. 25 at the Vadalabene Center. This was the Cougars’ first win since early December.

With only three games remaining in the regular season, the Cougars continue to struggle to break their losing streak.

With less than a month remaining before the Ohio Valley Conference tournament, the Cougars find themselves without a win in the league. 

After transferring from the College of Charleston and sitting out for a redshirt year due to NCAA transfer rules, junior center Glen Pierre is ready to step foot on the basketball court for the first time as an SIUE Cougar.

Burak Eslik, a junior guard for the men’s basketball team, is playing his first season in an SIUE uniform. Eslik is pursuing a major in interpersonal communication while starting all 20 games for the Cougars. 

The men’s basketball team hosted the University of Tennessee at Martin Skyhawks on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Vadalabene Center. The 79-62 loss dropped the Cougars to 4-18 for the season and 1-9 in the Ohio Valley Conference.

The men’s basketball team took on Southeast Missouri State University on Thursday, Jan. 28 at the Vadalabene Center. The contest kicked off a four-game homestead for Cougar basketball.

SIUE men’s basketball fell to the University of Wisconsin Green Bay Phoenixes Monday, Nov. 30 at the Vadalabene Center. The series between the teams is now tied at two games each. 

The men’s basketball team opened its regular season with a 79-70 win against the Arkansas State University Red Wolves Friday, Nov. 13 at the Vadalabene Center. The opening tip also began Head Coach Jon Harris’ coaching career in his hometown of Edwardsville. The two teams had never met prior…

The men’s basketball team eased through its preseason game against the Fontbonne University Griffins, winning 80-48, in the men’s only exhibition game of their 2015-16 season on Monday, Nov. 9 at the Vadalabene Center. 

Jon Harris was named the head coach for the men’s basketball team a little more than two months ago, but has been known around the Edwardsville area for almost two decades.

During the past week, the SIUE athletics department announced six people — five athletes and one coach — it would be welcoming to the program as new Cougars.

On a day where college basketball fans around the nation anxiously watched the 2015 National Championship Game, Cougar faithfuls got their first look at what the future of their men’s basketball program will look like.

Honoring its five seniors on Saturday, Feb. 21, the men’s basketball team went above the .500 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference, defeating the University of Tennessee at Martin 76-68, in the Cougars’ last home game.