Notes: Kansas City Travels to Southern Illinois for First Road Game

Friday, November 7

Carbondale, IL

7:00 PM

Kansas City

Southern Illinois

Photo by: Anna Simms

11/7/2025 11:24:00 AM | Men's Basketball

The Roos and Salukis will tip off at 7 p.m. tonight

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Kansas City Notes

Kansas City Men's Basketball hits the road for the first time this season, traveling to Carbondale for a meeting with Southern Illinois on Friday. This is the first time in the Marvin Menzies era that the Roos' road opener comes against a non-power conference opponent.
The Roos opened the season with an 80-74 win over Evangel on Monday evening, erasing a halftime deficit to start 1-0 for the third-straight season.
Returners Jayson Petty and Kasheem Grady II led the way for Kansas City in the season-opening win. Petty went for 18 points on 4-of-8 three point shooting, adding a career-high four assists. Grady scored 12 off the bench, sinking four free throws in the game's final 30 seconds to secure the win.
Kansas City welcomes a host of fresh faces to the squad this season as 13 players are first-year Roos. CJ Evans, Karmello Branch, Chris Dockery and Addarin Scott all earned starts in their Kansas City debuts.
Dockery proved his rebounding prowess against the Valor, pulling down 11 defensive and 13 total boards. He is one of only 15 players so far this season to grab 11-plus defensive rebounds in a game and it was the most by a Kansas City player since Melvyn Ebonkoli went for 12 on Nov. 8, 2024.

Southern Illinois Notes

Southern Illinois enters Friday's game with a 1-0 record, opening the season with an 83-42 win over McKendree. The Salukis were 14-19 last season, falling to top-seeded Drake in the MVC Semifinals.
Quel'ron House led the Salukis' offensive charge in the win over McKendree, scoring 18 points in his first game for SIU.
Last season, Southern Illinois posted a top-100 field goal percentage, shooting 46.1% from the field. That mark was the 7th-best in the Missouri Valley and 98th in the NCAA.
This will be the first-ever meeting between the Roos and the Salukis. Kansas City holds a 1-0 record against MVC teams in the Marvin Menzies era, defeating Indiana State in the 2022-23 season.