SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Anthony Downing scored 16 points and Nathan Scheer scored 15, going 5 for 5 from 3-point range, as Missouri State ended an eight-game losing streak by beating Southern Illinois 70-59 Sunday night.
Marcus Marshall added 11 points for the Bears (3-10) in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both schools. Missouri State shot 54 percent in each half.
Kendal Brown-Surles led the Salukis (7-5) with 12 points. Anthony Beane Jr. scored 11.
Scheer had three of his 3-pointers in the first half as the Bears led 39-32 at the break. An 11-0 run in the second half, featuring 3-pointers from Scheer, Downing and Marshall, put the Bears in front 58-46 with 6:16 to play.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Illinois (7-5) | 32 | 27 | 59 |
| Missouri State (3-10) « | 39 | 31 | 70 |
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| Southern Illinois Salukis | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Early, F | 33 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| D. Daniels, F | 20 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| K. Brown-Surles, G | 34 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| A. Beane, Jr., G | 32 | 5-10 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Jackson, G | 26 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Lindsay | 16 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Swan | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Pendleton | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| D. Drinkard | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Long | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-48 | 7-9 | 20 | 11 | 21 | 59 | |
| 45.8% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Missouri State Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Kirk, F | 32 | 1-5 | 4-5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Wilson, F | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Downing, G | 33 | 4-9 | 7-7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| M. Marshall, G | 33 | 3-7 | 3-5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| D. Williams, G | 22 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Scheer | 25 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Pickens | 24 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| G. Thurman | 12 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Marshall | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-37 | 20-23 | 26 | 14 | 12 | 70 | |
| 54.1% | 87% | ||||||
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