EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Mark Yelovich scored 13 points, grabbed eight rebounds and SIU-Edwardsville erased a 10-point deficit mid-way through the second half to steal a 49-45 victory from Eastern Illinois on Saturday night.
Tied at 23 during the halftime break, the Panthers opened the second half with a 14-4 run capped off by Morris Woods' jump shot to make it 37-27 with 11:29 to go but SIU-Edwardsville (8-11, 4-5 Ohio Valley) answered with a 22-6 run to end the game.
Woods ended his night with 16 points and six rebounds for Eastern Illinois (6-17, 3-7).
Kris Davis had 11 points, Jerome Jones had 10 points and seven rebounds and SIU-Edwardsville shot only 36.2 percent from the field.
The Cougars were out-rebounded 39-36, outscored in the paint 30-14 and watched the Panthers go 1 for 17 from beyond the arc and still, SIU-Edwardsville was able to pull it out.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Illinois (6-17) | 23 | 22 | 45 |
| SIU-Edwardsville (8-11) « | 23 | 26 | 49 |
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| Eastern Illinois Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Blanford, F | 27 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| J. Piper, F | 26 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Akers, G | 33 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Jones, G | 33 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Woods, G | 29 | 8-15 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Austin | 22 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Herron | 14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| K. Anderson | 9 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Harvey | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-56 | 4-11 | 39 | 6 | 13 | 45 | |
| 35.7% | 36.4% | ||||||
| SIU-Edwardsville Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Yelovich, F | 33 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Jones, F | 31 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Shaffer, F | 30 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| M. Messer, G | 34 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| K. Davis, G | 29 | 3-12 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Reed | 12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Johnson | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Lester | 11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| C. Joy | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-47 | 9-14 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 49 | |
| 36.2% | 64.3% | ||||||
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