Southern Illinois Salukis at Evansville Purple Aces
· NCAA Men's Basketball
44 - 75
Taylor with 25, Evansville upsets Southern Illinois 75-44
Taylor was 10 of 18 from the field, including five from distance, for the Purple Aces (17-14, 7-11 Missouri Valley Conference). Dru Smith added 14 points with four rebounds and four assists. Blake Simmons had 12 points and five rebounds.
Kavion Pippen who has averaged 12.6 point a game this season for the Salukis (19-12, 11-7), was held to just two points. Southern Illinois finishes the regular season in second place in the conference standings, four games behind Loyola-Chicago.
Taylor had a dunk and two 3-pointers in the first half, helping the Purple Aces to a 36-17 lead at intermission.
Taylor and Simmons each hit a 3 in a 10-5 run to open the second half, pushing it to 46-22 with 16:57 to play and Evansville cruised from there.
Armon Fletcher led the Salukis with 11 points and five rebounds.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 42 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:26 | Marcus Bartley made Three Point Jumper. | 44 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:32 | John Hall made Jumper. | 41 - 75 |
| 2nd 0:55 | Austin Weiher made Jumper. | 41 - 73 |
| 2nd 1:10 | Brendon Gooch Defensive Rebound. | 39 - 73 |
Statistics
 SIU |
 EVAN |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13-42 | FG | 31-55 |
| 31 | Field Goal % | 56 |
| 5-16 | 3PT | 10-19 |
| 31 | Three Point % | 53 |
| 13-19 | FT | 3-4 |
| 68 | Free Throw % | 75 |
| 24 | Rebounds | 35 |
| 6 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 18 | Defensive Rebounds | 28 |
| 7 | Assists | 18 |
| 7 | Steals | 10 |
| 5 | Blocks | 5 |
| 20 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
| 20 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 2 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| 12 | Points in Paint | 34 |
| 15 | Fouls | 19 |
| 0 | Largest Lead | 36 |
Game Information
Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,312 | 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 |