NCAAB

Southern Illinois Salukis at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Southern Illinois Salukis
11-8, 3-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
73 - 61
Evansville Purple Aces
10-9, 9-2 Home

Rodriguez has 20, Southern Illinois drops Evansville 73-61

The teams traded punches until the Salukis broke away in the second part of the final period.

Southern Illinois' Thik Bol, who finished with 12 points, opened the game with a dunk and the Salukis took a 33-31 lead into the half. They opened the second period on an 8-3 run to go up 41-34 at the 17:56 mark. The Aces answered with a 9-2 run to tie and took a 47-45 lead after Dru Smith drilled a 3 midway in the second half. The Salukis responded with a 22-8 run and coasted to the win.

Sean Lloyd added 14 points for Southern Illinois (11-8, 4-2 Missouri Valley Conference), which has won five of its last seven.

Ryan Taylor and Jaylon Brown had 19 apiece for Evansville (10-9, 1-5).

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 73 - 61
2nd 0:17 Ryan Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jaylon Brown. 73 - 61
2nd 0:36 Mike Rodriguez made Free Throw. 73 - 58
2nd 0:36 Mike Rodriguez made Free Throw. 72 - 58
2nd 0:36 Foul on Christian Benzon. 71 - 58

Statistics

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23-54 FG 20-50
43 Field Goal % 40
5-16 3PT 4-7
31 Three Point % 57
22-29 FT 17-30
76 Free Throw % 57
37 Rebounds 36
11 Offensive Rebounds 11
26 Defensive Rebounds 25
13 Assists 15
9 Steals 6
9 Blocks 2
16 Turnovers 19
2 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 19
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
23 Points Off Turnovers 12
14 Fast Break Points 8
34 Points in Paint 26
23 Fouls 24
15 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
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