NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Jackie Carmichael scored 24 points and grabbed 14 rebounds on Saturday night, leading Illinois State to a 67-62 victory over Evansville.
D.J. Ballentine sank a 3-point shot with 11:09 left in the game to give Evansville (12-9, 5-4 Missouri Valley) a 46-42, but Illinois State (12-9, 3-6) caught up and then took the lead for good on a thunderous dunk by Carmichael with 6:53 remaining.
Tyler Brown added 23 points for Illinois State, which had a 26-18 scoring advantage in the paint and 17-10 edge in points off turnovers.
Ned Cox led Evansville with 18 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Colt Ryan scored 17 and Ballentine had 14.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (12-9) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| Illinois State (12-9) « | 31 | 36 | 67 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ryan, F | 36 | 6-15 | 5-6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| N. Cox, G | 34 | 5-10 | 6-6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 18 |
| L. Jones, G | 29 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| T. Taylor, G | 26 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 24 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| J. Moore | 20 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Wing | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| R. Sawvell | 7 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-56 | 11-13 | 34 | 14 | 26 | 62 | |
| 41.1% | 84.6% | ||||||
| Illinois State Redbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Carmichael, F | 36 | 8-10 | 8-12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| J. Wilkins, F | 29 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| T. Brown, G | 33 | 5-13 | 12-17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 23 |
| K. Keane, G | 26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Hill, G | 18 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Allen | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Ekey | 15 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Cousin | 14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| N. Zeisloft | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 21-52 | 21-31 | 36 | 8 | 16 | 67 | |
| 40.4% | 67.7% | ||||||
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