
Evansville Purple Aces at Illinois State Redbirds
· NCAA Men's BasketballPoindexter puts up 27 in Illinois State's 86-79 victory against Evansville

Poindexter shot 7 for 11 (6 for 10 from 3-point range) and 7 of 8 from the free throw line for the Redbirds (13-14, 7-9 Missouri Valley Conference). Myles Foster added 20 points while shooting 10 of 15 from the field, and he also had eight rebounds. Johnny Kinziger had 18 points.
The Purple Aces (15-12, 6-10) were led in scoring by Ben Humrichous, who finished with 21 points. Yacine Toumi added 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals for Evansville. In addition, Kenny Strawbridge had 13 points and six assists.
Illinois State took an 18-7 lead in the first half with an 18-3 run. Led by 13 first-half points from Poindexter, Illinois State carried a 44-36 lead into the break. Illinois State took the lead for good with 5:39 left in the second half on a 3-pointer from Luke Kasubke to make it a 67-66 game.
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2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 79 - 86 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 79 - 86 |
2nd 0:00 | Illinois State Defensive Rebound. | 79 - 86 |
2nd 0:00 | Kenny Strawbridge Jr. missed Three Point Jumper. | 79 - 86 |
2nd 0:03 | Malachi Poindexter made Free Throw. | 79 - 86 |
Statistics
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29-58 | FG | 29-54 |
50.0 | Field Goal % | 53.7 |
13-28 | 3PT | 13-24 |
46.4 | Three Point % | 54.2 |
8-11 | FT | 15-18 |
72.7 | Free Throw % | 83.3 |
27 | Rebounds | 32 |
8 | Offensive Rebounds | 9 |
19 | Defensive Rebounds | 23 |
17 | Assists | 19 |
4 | Steals | 7 |
1 | Blocks | 2 |
11 | Turnovers | 10 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
11 | Total Turnovers | 10 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
13 | Points Off Turnovers | 9 |
2 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
20 | Points in Paint | 30 |
15 | Fouls | 11 |
4 | Largest Lead | 15 |
Game Information
Location: Normal, IL
Attendance: 6,072 | Capacity:
2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Drake | 17-3 | - | 31-4 |
Bradley | 15-5 | 2 | 28-9 |
Northern Iowa | 14-6 | 3 | 20-13 |
Belmont | 13-7 | 4 | 22-11 |
Illinois State | 10-10 | 7 | 22-14 |
UIC | 10-10 | 7 | 17-14 |
Murray State | 9-11 | 8 | 16-17 |
Indiana State | 8-12 | 9 | 14-18 |
Southern Illinois | 8-12 | 9 | 14-19 |
Evansville | 8-12 | 9 | 11-21 |
Valparaiso | 6-14 | 11 | 15-19 |
Missouri State | 2-18 | 12 | 9-23 |