COLUMBIA, Mo. (Interstat) — SIU Edwardsville will visit Missouri for a men’s NCAA Division I basketball game on Monday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. The Cougars enter at 2-1, while the Tigers are 1-1. SIU Edwardsville will be the visiting team against a Missouri program looking to steady itself early in the season.

Gianni Cobb is the player to watch for SIU Edwardsville. The guard scored 20 points with one rebound and three assists in the Cougars’ most recent game, a 78-77 loss at Lipscomb. Earlier this season, Cobb had 10 points, two rebounds and three assists in an 85-61 win over Concordia Chicago and 10 points, two rebounds and four assists in a 91-39 win over Eureka. In the Lipscomb loss, Brennan Miller added seven points and eight rebounds with two blocks, while David Wilson had 15 points and five rebounds. SIU Edwardsville opened the season with those two home wins before the narrow road setback.

Bryson Tiller is Missouri’s player to watch. The forward produced 26 points, nine rebounds, one assist and four blocks in the Tigers’ most recent game, a 90-84 loss to Saint Louis. Mark Mitchell added 21 points and four rebounds, and Jamier Jones had 13 points and 10 rebounds in that defeat. Tiller also had 10 points, nine rebounds, four assists and one block in Missouri’s 111-50 win over Cleveland State. The Tigers will seek to pair that high-scoring victory with a stronger result in their second home appearance of the young season.

SIU Edwardsville’s two wins came against Concordia Chicago and Eureka, and its loss came at Lipscomb. Missouri’s win came against Cleveland State, and its loss came to Saint Louis. Cobb, Miller and Wilson have been among the Cougars’ most productive players in the early season. Tiller, Mitchell and Jones have been among the Tigers’ top contributors through two games.

Missouri’s upcoming schedule includes Marquette in Chicago, home games against Alcorn State, Le Moyne, Evansville, Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Pittsburgh, a game against Kansas in Kansas City, a game against Nebraska in Kansas City, a trip to Indiana and a home game against Illinois in St. Louis. SIU Edwardsville will travel to Duke and North Dakota, host North Park, Northern Illinois, Texas-San Antonio, Denver, North Dakota and Missouri Baptist, visit Indiana State and close the stretch at Valparaiso.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Missouri 73, SIU Edwardsville 67. Interstat’s ELO system gives Missouri a 96.6 percent probability to win. Missouri has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -30, and the over/under is 149.