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Winthrop Eagles at Southern Illinois Salukis

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Winthrop Eagles
7-4, 3-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
79 - 71
Southern Illinois Salukis
7-6, 3-3 Home

Ferguson's career day leads Winthrop over Southern Illinois

Ferguson grabbed 10 rebounds for his eighth career double-double and Nych Smith added 19 points for the Eagles (7-4).

Austin Awad hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give Winthrop the lead for good at 25-23 and Ferguson added another trey to make it a 9-0 run. Three minutes later, Ferguson made the first two of four straight Eagles 3-pointers and Winthrop led 45-29 after the 12-0 run.

Southern Illinois (7-6) broke the deficit into single digits with a 6-0 run to get within 62-53 in the middle of the second half. Ferguson and Kyle Zunic answered with back-to-back 3s to push the lead to 15 and the Eagles held off the Salukis until another rally brought Southern Illinois to within 75-68 in the final minute.

Sean Lloyd had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Eric McGill scored 18 for Southern Illinois.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 79 - 71
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 79 - 71
2nd 0:13 Sean Lloyd Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eric McGill. 79 - 71
2nd 0:17 Kyle Zunic made Free Throw. 79 - 68
2nd 0:17 Kyle Zunic made Free Throw. 78 - 68

Statistics

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26-56 FG 22-53
46 Field Goal % 42
15-34 3PT 6-18
44 Three Point % 33
12-14 FT 21-27
86 Free Throw % 78
33 Rebounds 33
10 Offensive Rebounds 12
23 Defensive Rebounds 21
16 Assists 17
6 Steals 7
1 Blocks 3
16 Turnovers 16
1 Team Turnovers 0
16 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Off Turnovers 18
0 Fast Break Points 0
22 Points in Paint 26
17 Fouls 16
18 Largest Lead 7

Game Information

Venue: Banterra Center

Location: Carbondale, IL
Attendance: 5,009 | Capacity:

2025-26 Big South Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
High Point 15-1 - 31-5
Winthrop 13-3 2 23-11
Radford 9-7 6 16-16
Longwood 8-8 7 16-16
UNC Asheville 8-8 7 15-17
Presbyterian 7-9 8 15-18
Charleston Southern 6-10 9 15-17
South Carolina Upstate 5-11 10 13-19
Gardner-Webb 1-15 14 4-29

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
Full Standings