EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Jerome Jones scored 26 points to help Southern Illinois-Edwardsville win its home opener, defeating Western Illinois 62-50 Wednesday night.
Jones made five of his seven 3-point attempts and led the Cougars (1-1) with six rebounds. His 3-pointer in the opening minute of the second half ignited a 9-0 run that gave Southern Illinois-Edwardsville a 40-28 lead, and eventually the Cougars held a 51-33 advantage.
Mark Yelovich added 13 points for the winners.
Terell Parks had 18 points and eight rebounds for the Leathernecks (1-1). Ceola Clark was the only other Western Illinois player in double figures, with 15 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Illinois (1-1) | 28 | 22 | 50 |
| SIU-Edwardsville (1-1) « | 31 | 31 | 62 |
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| Western Illinois Leathernecks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Parks, F | 35 | 8-12 | 2-7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| A. Link, F | 33 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Houpt, F | 29 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| C. Clark III, G | 35 | 3-8 | 6-7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| J. Hawthorne, G | 14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. McAvoy III | 33 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Foster | 16 | 0-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Ochereobia | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Walker | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-39 | 14-20 | 29 | 10 | 13 | 50 | |
| 41% | 70% | ||||||
| SIU-Edwardsville Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jones, F | 35 | 10-15 | 1-3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 26 |
| M. Yelovich, F | 27 | 5-14 | 3-3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| R. Lester, F | 18 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| K. Davis, G | 32 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Wiltz, G | 20 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Messer | 16 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| R. Reed | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Johnson | 15 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| D. Shaffer | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Z. Schneider | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-54 | 7-10 | 28 | 13 | 18 | 62 | |
| 44.4% | 70% | ||||||
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