UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros at Chicago State Cougars
· NCAA Men's Basketball
87 - 81
Dixon sparks UT Rio Grande Valley past Chicago State 87-81
Winn totaled 17 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and two steals to help the Vaqueros (11-11, 3-3 Western Athletic) hand the Cougars (2-21, 0-6) their 17th straight defeat. Xavier McDaniel Jr. scored 13 points and Javon Levi handed out seven assists for Rio Grande Valley, which shot 51 percent and ended a three-game WAC slide.
Glen Burns paced Chicago State with 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting, Fred Sims Jr. scored 20 and Deionte Simmons delivered 14 points and eight rebounds.
Chicago State jumped out to an 18-8 lead, but the Vaqueros battled back and used an 8-2 spurt to close out the half for a 37-32 lead at intermission. Simmons hit 1 of 2 free throws to pull the Cougars within 69-68 with 7:23 remaining, but Dixon sandwiched a pair of 3-point plays around a Winn layup to push the Vaqueros' lead to 77-70 and they stayed ahead from there.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 87 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Chicago State Deadball Team Rebound. | 87 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:02 | Terry Winn missed Dunk. | 87 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Chicago State Timeout | 87 - 81 |
| 2nd 0:11 | Anthony Harris made Layup. | 87 - 81 |
Statistics
 RGV |
 CHST |
|
|---|---|---|
| 31-61 | FG | 28-58 |
| 51 | Field Goal % | 48 |
| 4-12 | 3PT | 5-13 |
| 33 | Three Point % | 38 |
| 21-30 | FT | 20-26 |
| 70 | Free Throw % | 77 |
| 34 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 11 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
| 23 | Defensive Rebounds | 21 |
| 21 | Assists | 13 |
| 12 | Steals | 8 |
| 1 | Blocks | 4 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 16 | Total Turnovers | 15 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 18 | Points Off Turnovers | 16 |
| 12 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| 40 | Points in Paint | 44 |
| 22 | Fouls | 21 |
| 10 | Largest Lead | 6 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, IL
Attendance: 463 | Capacity:
2025-26 Southland Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen F. Austin | 20-2 | - | 28-6 |
| McNeese | 19-3 | 1 | 28-6 |
| UT Rio Grande Valley | 14-8 | 6 | 19-14 |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 13-9 | 7 | 18-15 |
| LSU New Orleans | 12-10 | 8 | 15-18 |
| Nicholls | 12-10 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Houston Christian | 8-14 | 12 | 12-20 |
| Northwestern State | 8-14 | 12 | 10-22 |
| Incarnate Word | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| Lamar | 7-15 | 13 | 12-19 |
| East Texas A&M | 6-16 | 14 | 11-21 |
| SE Louisiana | 6-16 | 14 | 9-22 |
2025-26 Northeast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Island University | 15-3 | - | 24-11 |
| Central Connecticut | 12-6 | 3 | 18-12 |
| Mercyhurst | 10-8 | 5 | 17-17 |
| Le Moyne | 10-8 | 5 | 15-17 |
| New Haven | 9-9 | 6 | 14-17 |
| Wagner | 8-10 | 7 | 14-17 |
| Stonehill | 8-10 | 7 | 12-21 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 8-10 | 7 | 11-21 |
| Saint Francis | 5-13 | 10 | 7-24 |
| Chicago State | 5-13 | 10 | 7-25 |