Hinson chooses not to redshirt any player

SIU men’s basketball coach Barry Hinson calls out plays March 6 at Arch Madness in St. Louis during the Salukis’ 56-45 loss to Wichita State. (DailyEgyptian.com file photo)

By Evan Jones, @EvanJones_DE
November 11, 2015

The 2015-16 Saluki men’s basketball team will have all 15 players available this season.

Of the nine new players added to the roster, five are transfer students.

“We made a decision at this time to not redshirt anybody this year,” coach Barry Hinson said Wednesday. “This will be the first year I’ve been here where we’ve not redshirted someone. We don’t think we have the luxury of that this year with injury or sickness or academic issues that may come to light.”

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There were two redshirt freshmen last season, forward Austin Weiher and guard Armon Fletcher.

All 15 players played in SIU’s first exhibition game against Maryville on Monday. Two players played more than 20 minutes.

The two true freshmen, forward Rudy Stradnieks and guard Sean Lloyd, had a combined 25 minutes. Stradnieks went three for three from the field with one three-pointer, four rebounds and one block. Lloyd had four points, three rebounds and one steal.

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