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Evansville Purple Aces at Illinois State Redbirds

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Evansville Purple Aces
16-7, 5-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
51 - 77
Illinois State Redbirds
15-8, 8-4 Home

Illinois State eases past Evansville 77-51

MiKyle McIntosh had 13 points, Deontae Hawkins 12 and Paris Lee added 11 with seven assists for Illinois State (15-8, 7-4 Missouri Valley Conference).

Lynch scored six early points as Illinois State jumped out to a 12-2 lead and closed the half on a 22-9 run for a 43-24 lead. Lynch and Daishon Knight had nine points apiece in the first 20 minutes. The Redbirds would lead by as many as 36 in the second half.

D.J. Balentine scored 12 for Evansville (16-7, 6-5) on 4-of-12 shooting. The Purple Aces made just 18 of 55 field goals (32.7 percent), including 0 of 10 from 3-point range.

Illinois State moved three games over .500 in conference play for the first time since the 2009-10 season.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 51 - 77
2nd 0:26 Mislav Brzoja Turnover. 51 - 77
2nd 0:32 Mislav Brzoja Defensive Rebound. 51 - 77
2nd 0:32 James Stawarz missed Jumper. 51 - 77
2nd 0:53 David Howard made Jumper. Assisted by Taylor Stafford. 51 - 77

Statistics

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18-55 FG 29-59
33 Field Goal % 49
0-10 3PT 6-19
0 Three Point % 32
15-25 FT 13-18
60 Free Throw % 72
37 Rebounds 39
16 Offensive Rebounds 12
21 Defensive Rebounds 27
9 Assists 16
4 Steals 10
1 Blocks 10
18 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
18 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 27
8 Fast Break Points 6
30 Points in Paint 32
17 Fouls 22

Game Information

Venue: CEFCU Arena

Location: Normal, IL
Attendance: 4,352 | 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
Full Standings