NCAAB

Southern Illinois Salukis at Northern Iowa Panthers

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Southern Illinois Salukis
9-5, 2-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
56 - 53
Northern Iowa Panthers
8-5, 6-2 Home

Southern Illinois holds off Northern Iowa 56-53 in MVC

Kavion Pippen led with 14 points, Bartley added 12 and Fletcher eight for Southern Illinois (9-5), which won for the first time in 12 games at Northern Iowa's McLeod Center and the first win at UNI since 2003.

Trailing 25-22 at halftime, Bartley wrapped two of his four 3-pointers around a Northern Iowa turnover as the Salukis scrapped into a 39-35 lead with 9:38 to play. Southern Illinois never trailed again, but didn't get any daylight on the Panthers until Fletcher's 3 made it 55-48 with 58 seconds left.

The lead was just enough as SIU missed five of six free throws in the last 40 seconds.

Tywhon Pickford led UNI (8-5) with 13 points. Northern Iowa had played the nation's second-toughest nonconference schedule.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 56 - 53
2nd 0:00 Tywhon Pickford made Layup. 56 - 53
2nd 0:04 Tywhon Pickford Defensive Rebound. 56 - 51
2nd 0:04 Tyler Smithpeters missed Free Throw. 56 - 51
2nd 0:04 Southern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound. 56 - 51

Statistics

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22-51 FG 21-54
43 Field Goal % 39
9-21 3PT 5-20
43 Three Point % 25
3-10 FT 6-8
30 Free Throw % 75
34 Rebounds 36
7 Offensive Rebounds 8
27 Defensive Rebounds 28
10 Assists 7
3 Steals 4
3 Blocks 1
9 Turnovers 10
1 Team Turnovers 0
9 Total Turnovers 10
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
13 Points Off Turnovers 10
2 Fast Break Points 6
22 Points in Paint 28
14 Fouls 14
8 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Venue: McLeod Center

Location: Cedar Falls, IA
Attendance: 4,933 | 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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