NCAAB

Austin Peay Governors at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Austin Peay Governors
4-6, 0-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
74 - 78
Evansville Purple Aces
9-2, 7-0 Home

Evansville downs Austin Peay 78-74 in OT behind Riley's 22

Blake Simmons scored 18 points for the Purple Aces and his 3-pointer to start the extra session put Evansville (9-2) ahead for good. Evansville entered the game 8-2 for the third time in four years.

Austin Peay's Averyl Ugba made a 3-pointer with three seconds left to force the extra session. Terry Taylor made a jumper to put Austin Peay up 61-60 with 1:48 left. Riley made a pair of free throws with 50 seconds left, and two more with 12 seconds to go, before Ugba's tying shot.

Simmons made a layup with 9:40 to go and gave Evansville a 55-46 lead before Austin Peay (4-6) used a 15-5 run and took the lead on Taylor's jumper. Taylor scored 10 points during the run.

Taylor, a freshman, finished with a career-high 30 points on 12-for-17 shooting. Dayton Gumm added 17 points for the Governors.

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Recent Plays

3rd 0:00 End of Game 74 - 78
3rd 0:01 Evansville Defensive Rebound. 74 - 78
3rd 0:01 Dayton Gumm missed Three Point Jumper. 74 - 78
3rd 0:01 Duane Gibson made Free Throw. 74 - 78
3rd 0:01 Evansville Deadball Team Rebound. 74 - 77

Statistics

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28-62 FG 23-49
45 Field Goal % 47
9-26 3PT 6-12
35 Three Point % 50
9-11 FT 26-32
82 Free Throw % 81
31 Rebounds 33
10 Offensive Rebounds 8
21 Defensive Rebounds 25
15 Assists 13
4 Steals 4
4 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 13
0 Team Turnovers 0
11 Total Turnovers 13
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 20
2 Fast Break Points 2
38 Points in Paint 32
23 Fouls 17
8 Largest Lead 9

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 3,403 | Capacity:

2025-26 United Athletic Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Utah Valley 14-4 - 25-9
California Baptist 13-5 1 25-9
Utah Tech 11-7 2 19-15
UT Arlington 9-9 5 18-14
Southern Utah 6-12 7 10-22
Tarleton State 5-13 9 14-18
Abilene Christian 5-13 9 14-19

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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