EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - D.J. Balentine scored 16 points off the bench, and Evansville closed the game on a 13-2 run to seal its first victory of the season, 66-56 on Friday at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic.
Balentine, a freshman, was 6 of 11 from the field. Jordan Jahr added 12 points, and Ryan Sawvell and Lewis Jones had 10 apiece for the Purple Aces (1-2).
Justin Sears had 15 points and Austin Morgan chipped in 13 for the Bulldogs (0-3), who erased a 10-point first-half deficit and led 54-53 with 7:25 to play. But two Balentine baskets, sandwiched around two Jones free throws, put the Purple Aces ahead to stay. Later, a Ned Cox 3-pointer made it 62-56 with 3:01 left, and Cox's two free throws in the final minute sealed the win.
Evansville won despite being outrebounded 35-22. Yale committed 19 turnovers to Evansville's six.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Yale (0-3) | 31 | 25 | 56 |
| Evansville (1-2) « | 32 | 34 | 66 |
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| Yale Bulldogs | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Sears, F | 32 | 7-9 | 1-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| B. Sherrod, F | 25 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| A. Morgan, G | 37 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Duren, G | 22 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| A. Cotton, G | 21 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Grace | 21 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Pritchard | 14 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| J. Kreisberg | 10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| G. Kelley | 9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| S. Martin | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 10-13 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 56 | |
| 44.7% | 76.9% | ||||||
| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 27 | 3-7 | 4-8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| R. Sawvell, F | 20 | 3-5 | 4-6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 21 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Taylor, G | 34 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Cox, G | 31 | 2-13 | 4-4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 28 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Moore | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Jahr | 18 | 5-7 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| A. Wing | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-49 | 17-24 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 66 | |
| 46.9% | 70.8% | ||||||
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