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Illinois State Redbirds at UAB Blazers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Illinois State Redbirds
4-3, 1-0 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
78 - 74
UAB Blazers
3-6, 3-3 Home

Illinois State holds off UAB 78-74

McIntosh was 7 of 10 from the floor. Daishon Knight had 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting and DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell added 13 points. Reggie Lynch had six blocked shots for Illinois State (4-3).

UAB (3-6) was paced by Robert Brown with a career-high 27 points. He made a career-high seven 3-pointers on nine attempts.

Following Akoon-Purcell's dunk at 11:15 of the first half Illinois State led 22-9. But Brown hit a trio of 3s to lead UAB on a 10-0 run and the Blazers trailed by six at intermission.

They cut the deficit to one with 1:11 left on another Brown 3-pointer but Denzel Watts missed a 3-pointer with 10 seconds left and Tony Wills made four straight free throws to seal the win.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 78 - 74
2nd 0:01 Tony Wills made Free Throw. 78 - 74
2nd 0:01 Tony Wills made Free Throw. 77 - 74
2nd 0:01 Tony Wills made Free Throw. 77 - 74
2nd 0:01 Foul on Tosin Mehinti. 76 - 74

Statistics

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31-57 FG 27-53
54 Field Goal % 51
5-17 3PT 9-18
29 Three Point % 50
11-15 FT 11-19
73 Free Throw % 58
30 Rebounds 28
11 Offensive Rebounds 11
19 Defensive Rebounds 17
16 Assists 19
7 Steals 5
7 Blocks 4
11 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
11 Points Off Turnovers 17
6 Fast Break Points 6
40 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 13

Game Information

Venue: Bartow Arena

Location: Birmingham, AL
Attendance: 2,234 | Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Florida 15-3 - 25-9
Tulsa 13-5 2 30-8
Wichita State 13-5 2 24-12
UAB 11-7 4 20-12
North Texas 9-9 6 19-14
Florida Atlantic 9-9 6 18-15
Charlotte 9-9 6 17-17
Tulane 8-10 7 18-15
Temple 8-10 7 16-16
Memphis 8-10 7 13-19
Rice 7-11 8 13-18
East Carolina 6-12 9 11-20
UTSA 1-17 14 5-25
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