NCAAB

Illinois State Redbirds at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Illinois State Redbirds
11-8, 1-5 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
78 - 70
Evansville Purple Aces
9-10, 8-3 Home

Yarbrough scores 27, Illinois State defeats Evansville 78-70

Matt Chastain scored 13 points for the Redbirds (11-8, 4-2 Missouri Valley), Zach Copeland had seven assists and Yarbrough collected eight rebounds.

Evansville (9-10, 3-3) fell to 8-3 at home. K.J. Riley scored 19 points with six assists and John Hall had 18 points with 11 rebounds.

After two free throws by Riley cut the Illinois State lead to 71-67, the Purple Aces went on to miss five 3-pointers and their only points were three free throws by Shea Freehan with 48 seconds remaining. Illinois State, which has won eight straight in the series, made 7-of-10 free throws to close out the victory. The game's last field goal was a 3-pointer by Evansville's John Hall with 2:36 to go.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 78 - 70
2nd 0:05 Phil Fayne Defensive Rebound. 78 - 70
2nd 0:05 K.J. Riley missed Three Point Jumper. 78 - 70
2nd 0:07 Evan Kuhlman Defensive Rebound. 78 - 70
2nd 0:07 Keyshawn Evans missed Free Throw. 78 - 70

Statistics

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27-52 FG 21-55
52 Field Goal % 38
10-19 3PT 11-33
53 Three Point % 33
14-20 FT 17-27
70 Free Throw % 63
41 Rebounds 32
5 Offensive Rebounds 6
36 Defensive Rebounds 26
18 Assists 14
3 Steals 7
3 Blocks 2
14 Turnovers 7
0 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 7
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
5 Points Off Turnovers 14
0 Fast Break Points 2
30 Points in Paint 16
23 Fouls 15
14 Largest Lead 3

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 5,731 | 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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