Northern Iowa Panthers at Southern Illinois Salukis
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Ashton's free throws help N Iowa top S Illinois 58-57
Ashton scored 10 of his 14 in the second half for Northern Iowa (8-11, 3-5 Missouri Valley) and was perfect from the field (3 of 3), the arc (2 of 2) and the free-throw line (2 of 2) in the final 20 minutes.
Trailing 54-42 with 8:23 remaining, the Panthers outscored Southern Illinois 12-1 over the next seven minutes to close it to 55-54. A dunk by Thik Bol with 1:21 left to play put the Salukis in front by three, 57-54, but a layup from Klint Carlson and Ashton's free throws gave Northern Iowa a 58-57 lead with 15 seconds left.
Northern Iowa led 27-26 at halftime, but the Salukis used an 11-2 run to take a 36-29 lead with 16:50 remaining and eventually pushed the lead to lead to 12.
Armon Fletcher had 16 points and six rebounds for Southern Illinois (11-10, 4-4).
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Statistics
UNI |
SIU |
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|---|---|---|
| 21-45 | FG | 22-57 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 8-22 | 3PT | 7-23 |
| 36 | Three Point % | 30 |
| 8-10 | FT | 6-10 |
| 80 | Free Throw % | 60 |
| 30 | Rebounds | 32 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 11 |
| 25 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 6 | Assists | 9 |
| 1 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 1 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 3 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 7 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Points Off Turnovers | 0 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 10 | Fouls | 11 |
Game Information
Location: Carbondale, IL
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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