Crown Polars at Western Illinois Leathernecks
· NCAA Men's Basketball
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
53 - 91
53 - 91
Coverington's 26 leads Western Illinois past Crown 91-53
Dalan Ancrum had 13 points to lead four other Leathernecks in double figures. Covington had eight rebounds and C.J. Duff had seven points and seven assists.
Western Illinois (2-3) had a 16-2 run to open a 29-16 lead and then outscored the Storm 22-4 over the final eight minutes to lead 53-24 at the half.
Austin VanDerHeyden led Crown, which used the game as an exhibition, with 17 points and Timothy Wendel had 13. Crown shot 28 percent for the game (16 of 58) and made just 14 of 22 free throws while getting outrebounded 45-35.
Covington has scored at least 15 points in every game this season and has reached double figures in 14 straight and 33 of 34 to move into 11th on the school scoring list with 1,436 points.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 53 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:25 | Mika Allison made Jumper. Assisted by Trey Peace. | 53 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Jordan Hughes made Free Throw. | 51 - 91 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Jordan Hughes made Free Throw. | 51 - 90 |
| 2nd 0:34 | Foul on Mika Allison. | 51 - 89 |
Statistics
 CRWN |
 WIU |
|
|---|---|---|
| 16-58 | FG | 33-63 |
| 28 | Field Goal % | 52 |
| 7-24 | 3PT | 6-12 |
| 29 | Three Point % | 50 |
| 14-22 | FT | 19-22 |
| 64 | Free Throw % | 86 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 38 |
| 14 | Assists | 17 |
| 6 | Steals | 9 |
| 1 | Blocks | 8 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 12 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 7 | Points Off Turnovers | 25 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
| 18 | Points in Paint | 50 |
| 21 | Fouls | 19 |
| 4 | Largest Lead | 44 |
Game Information
Venue: Western Hall
Location: Macomb, IL
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Location: Macomb, IL
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2025-26 Ohio Valley Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State | 15-5 | - | 23-10 |
| Morehead State | 15-5 | - | 20-13 |
| Southeast Missouri State | 14-6 | 1 | 20-13 |
| UT Martin | 13-7 | 2 | 22-11 |
| SIU Edwardsville | 12-8 | 3 | 19-13 |
| Lindenwood | 11-9 | 4 | 18-15 |
| Little Rock | 9-11 | 6 | 12-20 |
| Tennessee Tech | 8-12 | 6 | 13-18 |
| Eastern Illinois | 8-12 | 7 | 13-20 |
| Southern Indiana | 4-16 | 11 | 7-23 |
| Western Illinois | 1-19 | 14 | 5-26 |