EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Evansville got 26 points from Colt Ryan and had an overall strong shooting effort on Saturday night, earning an 85-68 victory over Southern Illinois.
Evansville (9-6, 2-1 Missouri Valley) shot 57.7 from the floor, 50 percent from 3-point range (9 of 18) and 88.9 percent from the free-throw line (16 of 18).
Ryan hit three 3-pointers and dished out six assists.
Ned Cox scored 17 points, including five 3-pointers, and Lewis Jones had 11 points. Troy Taylor had an effective all-around game with 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Jeff Early scored 18 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to pace Southern Illinois (7-7, 0-3). Anthony Beane scored 15 points and Desmar Jackson had 10.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Southern Illinois (7-7) | 31 | 37 | 68 |
| Evansville (9-6) « | 37 | 48 | 85 |
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| Southern Illinois Salukis | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Drinkard, F | 24 | 4-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Early, G | 34 | 4-9 | 10-14 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| A. Beane, Jr., G | 33 | 6-12 | 2-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| K. Brown-Surles, G | 27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| T. Lindsay, G | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Jackson | 24 | 4-10 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Swan | 19 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Pendleton | 16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| C. Long | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-51 | 14-21 | 24 | 12 | 16 | 68 | |
| 51% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 27 | 2-5 | 6-6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| N. Cox, G | 34 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 17 |
| C. Ryan, G | 33 | 8-13 | 7-7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 26 |
| T. Taylor, G | 29 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Moore | 18 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| D. Balentine | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Jahr | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Wing | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| J. Nelson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Sawvell | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Cesnulevicius | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-52 | 16-18 | 31 | 22 | 18 | 85 | |
| 57.7% | 88.9% | ||||||
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