EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Troy Taylor grabbed 19 rebounds, and Egidijus Mockevicius scored 18 points to help Evansville beat Missouri State 62-59 in overtime Wednesday night.
Among Taylor's rebounds were 14 on the defensive end. Mockevicius was 6 of 6 from the field. Lewis Jones added 14 points, and Colt Ryan had 13.
Evansville (8-6, 1-1, Missouri Valley) led 21-15 at halftime. Missouri State led by four at 3:01 in the second half.
Anthony Downing had 17 points and nine rebounds to lead the Bears (3-11 1-1, Missouri Valley). Nathan Scheer added 10 points.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Missouri State (3-11) | 15 | 36 | 8 | 59 |
| Evansville (8-6) « | 21 | 30 | 11 | 62 |
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| Missouri State Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Wilson, F | 15 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Kirk, F | 12 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| A. Downing, G | 43 | 6-17 | 4-5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| M. Marshall, G | 37 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| D. Williams, G | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Pickens | 33 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| N. Scheer | 30 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| G. Thurman | 30 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| T. Aromona | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B. Marshall | 2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 8-14 | 37 | 11 | 17 | 59 | |
| 40.4% | 57.1% | ||||||
| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 36 | 4-9 | 5-6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| C. Ryan, F | 36 | 5-18 | 3-3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 32 | 6-6 | 6-9 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| T. Taylor, G | 42 | 2-7 | 2-2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| N. Cox, G | 40 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 14 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Nelson | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jahr | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Sawvell | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Moore | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-61 | 16-20 | 43 | 13 | 15 | 62 | |
| 36.1% | 80% | ||||||
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