CARBONDALE, Ill. –Southern Illinois Athletics has announced $6 tickets for Friday night’s contest against Atlantic Sun member Queens University. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m.

The discounted tickets are available in section 113 of Banterra Center and can be purchased by visiting SIUSalukis.com/Promo and using code: PackThePound.

The game will also be Military Appreciation Night to celebrate Veteran’s Day this weekend. All retired and active-duty military can receive a free ticket to the game by showing their military ID.

If 2,000 students attend the game on Friday, there will be a drawing for free tuition. Get more information by clicking HERE. Saluki Director of Athletics Tim Leonard will also shave his head at the game if 2,000 students attend the game.

The game is billed as the Charles Helleny Tipoff Classic in honor of the late Charles Helleny, a long-time supporter of the program.

Helleny, who was known as “Mr. Southern Illinois,” was a 1957 SIU alum and generously donated the fourth-largest gift in Saluki Athletics history. He passed away in August 2019, and SIU’s first home game against a Division I opponent each season is named in his honor.