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Evansville Purple Aces at Illinois State Redbirds

· NCAA Men's Basketball
15-12, 4-9 Away
Final
79 - 86
13-14, 8-6 Home

Poindexter puts up 27 in Illinois State's 86-79 victory against Evansville

Evansville Purple Aces vs. Illinois State Redbirds: Game Highlights

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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Recent Plays

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

Venue: CEFCU Arena

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
Full Standings