NCAAB

Evansville Purple Aces at Southern Illinois Salukis

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Evansville Purple Aces
18-4, 5-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
85 - 78
Southern Illinois Salukis
18-4, 9-3 Home

Evansville beats Southern Illinois in overtime 85-78

Adam Wing and Brzoja scored four points each in an 8-3 run to open overtime for a lead 79-74 with 1:42 left. Anthony Beane scored four points to get the Salukis within one but the Purple Aces scored the final six points, four by Balentine.

Regulation ended with three 3-pointers in the final 34 seconds with Brzoja tying it before Leo Vincent connected with six seconds left for SIU. But Balentine hit a long fadeway trey to send the game into overtime.

Jaylon Brown added 15 points and Egidijus Mockevicius 10 points and eight rebounds for the Purple Aces (18-4, 7-2 Missouri Valley), who shot 55 percent.

Beane finished with 30 points, Sean O'Brien 16 and Vincent 11 for the Salukis (18-4, 7-2), who saw their four-game win streak end.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 85 - 78
3rd 0:00 End of 1st overtime 83 - 78
3rd 0:01 D.J. Balentine made Free Throw. 85 - 78
3rd 0:01 D.J. Balentine made Free Throw. 84 - 78
3rd 0:01 Foul on Mike Rodriguez. 83 - 78

Statistics

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31-56 FG 30-67
55 Field Goal % 45
8-11 3PT 8-22
73 Three Point % 36
15-19 FT 10-14
79 Free Throw % 71
26 Rebounds 39
2 Offensive Rebounds 14
24 Defensive Rebounds 25
17 Assists 9
5 Steals 5
6 Blocks 2
13 Turnovers 15
1 Team Turnovers 2
13 Total Turnovers 15
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
17 Points Off Turnovers 20
8 Fast Break Points 2
34 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 17
7 Largest Lead 13

Game Information

Venue: Banterra Center

Location: Carbondale, IL
Attendance: 6,345 | 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
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