SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Anthony Downing hit a 3-point shot with 43 seconds remaining and Missouri State held on for a 62-61 victory over Evansville on Saturday.
Marcus Marshall led a balanced scoring effort for Missouri State (7-16, 3-6 Missouri Valley) with 14 points, including 9 of 11 from the free-throw line. Christian Kirk and Nathan Scheer scored 12 and 11 points, respectively for Missouri State.
Colt Ryan led Evansville (13-10, 6-5) with 24 points, including 20 in the second half.
Evansville had a chance to win it with 2.9 seconds left in the game, but a shot by Ned Cox fell short. Cox finished with 12 points.
For the first time this season, Missouri State won a game when being outrebounded -- Evansville had a 34-31 edge.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Evansville (13-10) | 24 | 37 | 61 |
| Missouri State (7-16) « | 23 | 39 | 62 |
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| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Ryan, F | 34 | 8-19 | 6-7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
| L. Jones, F | 22 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 27 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| T. Taylor, G | 36 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| N. Cox, G | 35 | 5-14 | 0-1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Wing | 18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Balentine | 15 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| J. Moore | 7 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| R. Sawvell | 6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 10-14 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 61 | |
| 40.4% | 71.4% | ||||||
| Missouri State Bears | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. Thurman, F | 28 | 2-7 | 3-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Wilson, F | 8 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Downing, G | 36 | 4-12 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| M. Marshall, G | 36 | 2-5 | 9-11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| D. Williams, G | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Scheer | 29 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| C. Kirk | 24 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| K. Pickens | 22 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| M. Simpson | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-46 | 19-26 | 31 | 7 | 15 | 62 | |
| 41.3% | 73.1% | ||||||
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