TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) - Manny Arop scored 19 points and Jake Odum added 17 on Saturday night, helping Indiana State defeat Evansville 72-62.
Evansville (11-8, 4-3 Missouri Valley) led most of the first half and had a 42-40 lead with 11:49 left in the game.
But a layup by Jake Kitchell with 10:56 remaining put Indiana State (12-6, 5-2) ahead to stay.
Indiana State had a 21-7 scoring advantage off the bench and a 28-18 edge in points in the paint.
Colt Ryan scored 11 points to lead Evansville. Troy Taylor and Ned Cox each scored 11.
Evansville had a 36-29 rebounding advantage.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (11-8) | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Indiana State (12-6) « | 26 | 46 | 72 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 18 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| C. Ryan, G | 37 | 6-14 | 6-8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| N. Cox, G | 34 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| T. Taylor, G | 30 | 4-9 | 3-3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| L. Jones, G | 20 | 4-12 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Wing | 20 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| D. Balentine | 15 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Moore | 14 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| R. Sawvell | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jahr | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Nelson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-59 | 14-19 | 36 | 14 | 21 | 62 | |
| 39% | 73.7% | ||||||
| Indiana State Sycamores | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Arop, F | 27 | 7-9 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
| R. Mahurin, F | 21 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| J. Gant, C | 26 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Odum, G | 31 | 4-5 | 9-12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| D. Brown, G | 22 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Eitel | 23 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| D. Cummings | 19 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| K. Smith | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Kitchell | 14 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Totals | 24-46 | 19-28 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 72 | |
| 52.2% | 67.9% | ||||||
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