Southern Illinois Salukis at Indiana State Sycamores
· NCAA Men's Basketball
76 - 72
Southern Illinois escapes in OT, beats Indiana State, 76-72
The victory sets up a showdown with conference leading Loyola-Chicago Wednesday in Carbondale, but the Ramblers could clinch their first-ever MVC title with a win Sunday at Evansville. Indiana State can improve its seeding into the conference tournament in its final two games of the regular season: at home against Evansville and at Bradley.
The Salukis built a 10-point lead in the first half, leading 42-32 at intermission, but Indiana State charged to start the second half and the Sycamores led by five, 64-59 with 2:36 left in regulation after Brenton Scott hit the first of two free throws.
Lloyd came up with a steal with 1:45 left and Tyler Smithpeters cashed in with two free throws to get the Salukis within three. After Jordan Barnes hit the second of two free throws for Indiana State, Smithpeters found Jonathan Wiley for an open look and the jumper cut the lead to two, 65-63 with just under a minute to play in regulation and Lloyd's layup tied it.
Qiydar Davis hit two free throws to give the Sycamores the lead to start overtime, 67-65, but Aaron Cook tied it with a free throw and Armon Fletcher added two more to put the Salukis in front for good. Lloyd extended it with his 3 with 3:02 left and Cook added a layup with 2:11 to go that made it 74-69.
Cook finished with 18 points for Southern Illinois (19-10, 11-5). Fletcher contributed 14 and Lloyd added 13.
Davis finished with 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead Indiana State (11-17, 6-10). Scott added 13 points.
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| 3rd 0:00 | End of Game | 76 - 72 |
| 3rd 0:01 | Brenton Scott Defensive Rebound. | 76 - 72 |
| 3rd 0:01 | Brendon Gooch missed Free Throw. | 76 - 72 |
| 3rd 0:01 | Brendon Gooch made Free Throw. | 76 - 72 |
| 3rd 0:05 | Brendon Gooch Defensive Rebound. | 75 - 72 |
Statistics
 SIU |
 INST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 25-53 | FG | 22-57 |
| 47 | Field Goal % | 39 |
| 6-16 | 3PT | 6-23 |
| 38 | Three Point % | 26 |
| 20-28 | FT | 22-33 |
| 71 | Free Throw % | 67 |
| 35 | Rebounds | 40 |
| 5 | Offensive Rebounds | 13 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 27 |
| 14 | Assists | 12 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 3 | Blocks | 3 |
| 14 | Turnovers | 18 |
| 2 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 14 | Total Turnovers | 18 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 23 | Points Off Turnovers | 15 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| 28 | Points in Paint | 26 |
| 23 | Fouls | 20 |
| 12 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Terre Haute, IN
Attendance: 3,994 | 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 |