SIUE Basketball Player Loses Father to COVID-19
January 25, 2021, 2:45 PM
The SIUE men’s basketball team resumed Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) action Thursday, Jan. 21 after an extensive lay-off while following OVC coronavirus protocols. The team was on the road at Tennessee State without guard Jackson Best, whose father, John, died of COVID earlier in the week.
A senior from Edwardsville, Best paid tribute to his father with an Instagram post. KTVI-TV posted this story last Thursday.