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Illinois State Redbirds at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Illinois State Redbirds
15-11, 5-6 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
70 - 60
Evansville Purple Aces
19-7, 12-2 Home

Banyard has 18, Illinois St. beats Evansville 70-60

Illinois State (15-11, 9-4) shocked No. 21 Wichita State 58-53 on Saturday. The Redbirds are three games back of the Shockers in the conference.

Trailing 30-29 at the break, Illinois State's Tony Wills and DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell opened the second period with back-to-back treys for a 35-32 lead. The Redbirds pushed that to 58-45 with 5:52 left.

Akoon-Purcell had 14 points, Paris Lee, who had a career-high 19 points in the Wichita State win, finished with 12 and MiKyle McIntosh added 11 for Illinois State.

D.J. Balentine led Evansville (19-7, 8-5) with 19 points. Egidiju Mockevicius had 16 points and 10 rebounds and Adam Wing chipped in 11 points.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 70 - 60
2nd 0:14 Justin McCloud Defensive Rebound. 70 - 60
2nd 0:14 Mislav Brzoja missed Three Point Jumper. 70 - 60
2nd 0:19 Deontae Hawkins made Free Throw. 70 - 60
2nd 0:19 Deontae Hawkins made Free Throw. 69 - 60

Statistics

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24-59 FG 19-50
41 Field Goal % 38
7-21 3PT 3-13
33 Three Point % 23
15-16 FT 19-30
94 Free Throw % 63
39 Rebounds 35
10 Offensive Rebounds 10
29 Defensive Rebounds 25
16 Assists 9
7 Steals 1
2 Blocks 4
14 Turnovers 18
2 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 18
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
15 Points Off Turnovers 8
0 Fast Break Points 4
28 Points in Paint 26
27 Fouls 17
13 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,195 | 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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