NCAAB

Evansville Purple Aces at Southern Illinois Salukis

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Evansville Purple Aces
13-14, 2-7 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
75 - 70
Southern Illinois Salukis
14-13, 10-5 Home

Last-place Evansville beats Southern Illinois 75-70

Evansville has won three in a row and four straight in Carbondale.

The Purple Aces led 61-49 with 3:06 left, but it was cut to six points with 1:12 to go after the Salukis' 8-2 run. It was a three-point lead twice in the final nine seconds but Jaylon Brown made 4 of 4 free throws as Evansville held on.

Gibson and fellow starters Brown (14), Ryan Taylor (13), David Howard (12) and Christian Benzon (9) scored all of the points for Evansville (13-14, 4-10 Missouri Valley), which is tied for last in conference play. Gibson scored 10 points in the first half as all five starters had at least six points.

Leo Vincent hit five of his team's six 3-pointers and scored 21 points for Southern Illinois (14-13, 7-7). Sean O'Brien added 18 points with 13 rebounds.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 75 - 70
2nd 0:01 Jaylon Brown made Free Throw. 75 - 70
2nd 0:01 Jaylon Brown made Free Throw. 74 - 70
2nd 0:01 Foul on Mike Rodriguez. 73 - 70
2nd 0:02 Evansville Timeout 73 - 70

Statistics

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27-50 FG 24-60
54 Field Goal % 40
3-6 3PT 6-17
50 Three Point % 35
18-25 FT 16-23
72 Free Throw % 70
36 Rebounds 30
6 Offensive Rebounds 10
30 Defensive Rebounds 20
12 Assists 11
2 Steals 9
2 Blocks 1
15 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 1
15 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 10
2 Fast Break Points 0
42 Points in Paint 28
21 Fouls 21
16 Largest Lead 0

Game Information

Venue: Banterra Center

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
Full Standings