FRIDAY'S SCORES
@Central Michigan 89,
Jacksonville State 83
@#15 Indiana 88,
Eastern Illinois 49
@Eastern Kentucky 107, Coppin State 80
@Dayton 84,
Southeast Missouri 53
Tennessee State 86, @Loyola (Md.) 71
@Morehead State 87, Cincinnati Christian 51
@Oklahoma State 91,
UT Martin 57
@Murray State 105, Harris-Stowe 55
@#18 Vanderbilt 80,
Austin Peay 41
Belmont 83, @Marquette 80
@SIUE 79, Arkansas State 70
CENTRAL MICHIGAN 89, JACKSONVILLE STATE 83
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - The Jacksonville State men's basketball team erased an early deficit but couldn't hold off the defending champion and preseason favorites in the Mid-American Conference in an 89-83 loss at Central Michigan.
The Gamecocks turned an early 18-point Chippewas lead into a five-point game in the second half, but the home team was able to pull away for its 17th win in 18 home games over the past two years. Rayshawn Simmons and Braylon Rayson put CMU on their backs to score 30 and 28 points, respectively.
JSU entered the game with nine newcomers, tied for the seventh-most in Division I this season. The Gamecocks didn't let a pair of runs put them away, as they pulled as close as four late in the game before time ran out on them.
JSU got a career-high 26 points from sophomore Malcolm Drumwright, while freshman Jared Hamilton added 16 and junior Erik Durham scored 10 in their collegiate debuts. Drumwright, a native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., scored 17 twice in his freshman season, and his 26 on Friday were the most by a Gamecock in a season opener since Brandon Crawford scored 28 at South Carolina to open the 2008-09 season.
CMU got to the free throw line 41 times and took advantage, making 31 of those attempts. A year after a record-breaking year from 3-point range, the Chippewas picked up where they left off by connecting on 8-of-19 attempts from behind the arc. JSU struggled early from outside, going 6-for-19 from 3-point range after making three of its first 13 attempts from outside.
JSU won the battle on the glass, outrebounding CMU 35-33, thanks to nine boards from Hamilton and seven from senior Jeremy Watson, who also scored seven points. The Gamecocks forced 13 turnovers and committed just eight.
The Gamecocks exchanged blows with the Chippewas early before a scoring drought allowed CMU to pull away. The home team led by as many as 18 in the first half but Drumwright and Hamilton started bringing the Gamecocks back into it.
The duo combined for 21 points in the first 20 minutes, with Drumwright leading the way with 11, and JSU was able to cut it to a 43-32 game at the intermission. Simmons led CMU with 14 points, while Rayson added 10.
The Gamecocks kept nipping at the deficit to start the second half, pulling to within five on a JaQuail Townser jumper that made it a 45-40 game with 17:03 on the clock.
Rayson went on a run for the Chippewas, scoring 10 in a row for his team to stretch the CMU lead back to double digits at 59-48 with 13:30 to play. They led by as many as 19 with just over five minutes to play, but the Gamecocks scored nine in a row to cut the deficit to 81-71 with three minutes to play.
JSU never gave in, pulling as close as six at 83-77 with 1:15 left and then making it a four-point game at 87-83 with 13 ticks left on the clock. CMU connected from the stripe to put the game out of reach.
#15 INDIANA 88, EASTERN ILLINOIS 49
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana closed the first half with a 27-3 run over the final 8:48 as the 15th ranked Hoosiers beat Eastern Illinois 88-49 in the 2015 season opener.
The Panthers took a 3-2 lead as Trae Anderson converted a three point play with 18:57 to play. Anderson finished with 12 points for EIU.
James Blackmon Jr., answered with a 3-pointer that put the Hoosiers back in front. Indiana was 4-of-10 from 3-point range in the first half and 9-of-27 for the game behind the arc.
The Hoosiers slowly increased their lead in the first half leading 18-11 with 11:54 to play and 25-14 with a media time out at 7:40 to play.
Cornell Johnston knocked down a 3-pointer for EIU at the 8:48 mark. Anderson would hit a free throw and Joe Kuligoski converted a lay-up to account for EIU’s final three points of the half.
Blackmon had 12 points to lead IU in the first half as they led 49-17. Indiana held a 26-6 rebounding advantage in the first half with ten offensive boards.
The Panthers continued to fight early in the second half as the Panthers opened with a pair of 3-pointers by Casey Teson with a 10-6 run taking the Panthers to the first media time out of the second half.
Indiana shot 53 percent for the game opening the first half at 57 percent. The Hoosiers finished with 26 second chance points and a 51-17 rebound advantage. Thomas Bryant led IU with nine rebounds.
A.J. Riley led the Panthers with 13 points.
IU had six players finish in double figures with Blackmon leading the way with 17.
EASTERN KENTUCKY 107, COPPIN STATE 80
RICHMOND, Ky. - The Dan McHale era began with a bang as the Eastern Kentucky University men’s basketball team put its foot on the gas and never let off in a 107-80 season-opening win over Coppin State on Friday night at McBrayer Arena.
Senior Jarelle Reischel, a transfer from Rhode Island, led five Colonels in double figures, scoring a game-high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field and 3-of-5 shooting from beyond the arc. The native of Frankfurt, Germany also grabbed three rebounds and came up with three steals.
Junior wing JaVontae Hawkins chipped in 19 points and dished out a team-best five assists. Senior wing Ja’Mill Powell, meanwhile, poured in 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting and had five rebounds.
EKU shot an impressive 53.3 percent overall from the field (40-of-75) and dominated in the paint, outscoring Coppin State, 60-to-38. The Colonels were also unselfish, assisting on 24 of their 40 makes. EKU’s high-octane offense resulted in 26 fast break points on the night.
The EKU defense forced Coppin State into 20 turnovers, and the Colonels converted 23 points off them. Freshman Nick Mayo tallied all three of Eastern’s blocked shots.
Coppin State was led in scoring by Christian Kessee, who had 18 points.
EKU led by only 10 at halftime, 49-39; however, the Colonels used a quick 11-2 run, kick-started by a Reischel three, to push the lead to 20 points. EKU forced the Eagles into four turnovers during that stretch.
A dunk by Mayo at the 4:30 mark in the second half sparked a 9-2 run over the next 1:29 to push the Eastern led to 28, the largest of the game.
EKU never trailed in the game.
DAYTON 84, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 53
DAYTON, Ohio - Southeast Missouri (0-1) dropped its season-opener to Dayton (1-0), 84-53, Friday night at UD Arena.
Southeast, which met preseason Atlantic 10 favorite Dayton for the first time, never led in the game and fell into a big hole early.
The Redhawks struggled offensively, shooting just 25.9 percent (7-of-27) from the field and turned the ball over 12 times in the first half.
Both teams went scoreless for the opening 2:39 of the game before Scoochie Smith scored the first basket on a layup.
Smith later had back-to-back steals and added four more points before Darrell Davis buried a 3-pointer and followed that up with a layup to put UD ahead, 11-0, with 14:07 left to play.
Southeast went 0-of-7 from the field and committed seven turnovers during that stretch.
Six minutes and nine seconds in, Marcus Wallace scored Southeast's first point of the season on a free throw at the 13:51 mark.
A layup and jumper by Tony Anderson and jumper by Isiah Jones later cut UD's lead to 16-7 with 11:48 remaining, but that was as close as Southeast would get.
The Flyers then put together a 17-4 run to expand their lead to 33-11.
Wallace's 3-pointer was the last basket for Southeast, which went scoreless for the final 4:51 of the first half before going into the locker room down, 46-16.
Southeast had just three turnovers and played much better in the second half.
The Redhawks began the final period with an 11-2 run as Joel Angus III, Antonius Cleveland, Jones, J.T. Jones and Wallace each scored. Wallace's jumper cut UD's lead to 48-27 with 15:16 left to play.
UD answered by scoring 18 of the next 25 points and went ahead, 66-34, on a 3-pointer by Ryan Mikesell with a little over 10 minutes remaining.
The Flyers built their largest lead to 36 before nailing down their first win.
Mikesell came off the bench to drop in a game-high 21 points in 26 minutes. He shot 7-of-9 from the field and hit five of UD's eight 3-pointers. Mikesell had eight rebounds, four assists and a block, as well.
Darrell Davis followed with 15 points and eight rebounds, while Kendall Pollard added a game-high 10 rebounds and three blocks to go along with eight points.
UD shot 51.9 percent (27-of-52) from the field and outrebounded Southeast, 52-36. In addition, the Flyers bench held a hefty 49-19 advantage.
Wallace led all Southeast scorers with 12 points and seven rebounds. Walk-on Kyle Gullett dropped in nine points in 21 minutes off the bench. He knocked down three 3-pointers, all in the second half.
Angus and Anderson made their first career starts at Southeast. Angus had six points and three boards, while Anderson pitched in four points and pulled down six rebounds.
Meanwhile, freshman Eric McGill logged a game-high 30 minutes.
Southeast shot 31.3 percent (20-of-64) from the field, 20 percent (5-of-25) from 3-point range and 34.8 percent (8-of-23) at the free throw line on the night.
The Redhawks dropped to 9-16 all-time in season-opening games since moving to the NCAA Division I level in 1991-92.
TENNESSEE STATE 86, LOYOLA (MD.) 71
BALTIMORE, Md. - Wayne Martin put on a dominating performance with 27 points and 21 rebounds to carry the Tennessee State men’s basketball team to an 86-71 road win over Loyola Maryland at Reitz Arena to open the 2015-16 season.
For the Tigers (1-0), junior Tahjere McCall scored 23 points, while senior Keron DeShields chipped in with 15 points in front of his hometown friends and family. The victory over Loyola (0-1), was the first road win for the Tigers since a 70-68 victory at Morehead State on Feb. 27, 2014.
In a back-and-forth contest that featured 14 ties and eight lead changes, the Tigers used a 21-6 run over the final six minutes to pull away for the victory.
In the first half, the Tigers jumped out to a fast start, taking a 7-5 lead 1:30 into the game on a corner three from Johnny Woodard. The momentum quickly shifted, however, as the Greyhounds reeled off 13 of the game's next 15 points for an 18-9 lead.
TSU went just over six minutes between buckets with Martin ending the scoring drought with a spinning layup with 12:03 to cut the deficit to 18-11. The basket spurred an 11-4 run by the Tigers to put the visitors down just two at 22-20.
Later in the half, the Tigers regained the lead at 33-31 on Martin’s layup from a long outlet pass from Christian Griggs-Williams with 1:45 to go before halftime, and the teams went into the locker rooms tied at 36-36. Griggs-Williams finished with six points and four assists in his TSU debut.
Martin completed the first half with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 14 minutes on the court.
In the second half, Marcus Roper broke a 62-62 tie with an elbow three with just under eight minutes to go. After the score was again tied at 65 apiece, TSU went on a 13-2 run capped by a McCall three pointer for a 78-67 lead with 1:17 left. McCall scored seven points during the stretch.
The Tigers went 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the final 33 seconds in the win.
Tyler Hubbard led four Greyhounds scoring in double figures with 21. Jarred Jones collected a team-best seven boards for the home side, and added 14 points on the offensive end.
TSU’s bench outscored Loyola’s bench, 37-0, and the Tigers held a 36-33 rebounding edge on the night.
MOREHEAD STATE 87, CINCINNATI CHRISTIAN 51
MOREHEAD, Ky. - The Morehead State men's basketball team shot 54 percent and turned 23 Cincinnati Christian turnovers into 26 points en route to an 87-51 season-opening victory at Johnson Arena Friday night.
Twelve MSU players got into the scoring column, and the Eagles outscored the CCU Eagles 46-18 in the paint. Fifty-two of the 87 points came from the non-starters.
Senior guard Brent Arrington led the way with 14 points in 20 minutes of action, while junior transfer Ronnye Beamon came off the bench for 12 points.
Senior guard Corban Collins contributed nine points, a team-best eight rebounds and six assists. Freshman guard Malik Maitland handed out nine assists in his collegiate debut.
Morehead State shot 56 percent (15-of-27) in the opening half and built a 43-27 cushion at the half before nailing 53 percent (16-of-30) from the field in the final half. The Eagles built as much as a 36-point lead late in the contest.
D.J. McCommons hit a trio of treys and led all players with 15 points for CCU, which shot just 33 percent (16-of-48).
The hosts held a 39-27 edge in rebounding with junior Dejuan Marerro grabbing five.
OKLAHOMA STATE 91, UT MARTIN 57
STILLWATER, Okla. - Newcomer Jacolby Mobley tossed in 19 points off the bench for the University of Tennessee at Martin men’s basketball team but Oklahoma State took control midway through the second half for a 91-57 win in the season opener for both teams this evening.
A 6-0, 160-pound transfer out of Chattanooga, Mobley sank seven of his 11 shot attempts – including a 3-for-5 effort from three-point range – and also made a pair of free throws in 32 minutes. He was joined in double-figures by Twymond Howard, who had 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds in 24 minutes of play.
Malik London added six points and seven rebounds in 19 minutes off the bench for UT Martin, who only trailed by a 40-31 margin at the halftime break before shooting 31 percent (9-for-29) from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
Oklahoma State was led by Phil Forte’s 24 points while Chris Olivier (14 points) and Leyton Hammonds (10 points) also pitched in double-digits in the scoring column. The Cowboys, coming off three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, was able to put the game out of reach in large part to a 44-22 scoring differential in the paint.
Two free throws by Howard at the 19:04 mark officially opened the season’s scoring for the Skyhawks. Howard would later add a jumper before Mobley knocked down back-to-back jumpers, the last of which gave UT Martin an 8-7 lead with a shade under 15 minutes to go in the first half.
The Skyhawk lead remained at one point until Oklahoma State used a 10-0 run to go on top by a 19-10 margin. Mobley sank a three-pointer on UT Martin’s next trip down the floor and would later add five straight points before a Jalen Variste jumper sliced the Skyhawk deficit to 27-26 with 5:53 to go in the first half.
London would account for the final four points of the half for UT Martin but the Cowboys closed out the first half on a 13-5 run over the final 5:36.
Mobley’s 12 first-half points led the Skyhawks, as UT Martin displayed excellent poise with just two turnovers in the first 20 minutes. Forte tossed in 14 points at the break for an Oklahoma State squad that shot 51.9 percent (14-for-27).
The Skyhawks began the second half on a 6-2 run, as buckets by Howard, Fatodd Lewis and Variste whittled UT Martin’s deficit to six points (43-37). Oklahoma State was able to push its lead back out to double-digits until two more Howard free throws made the score 50-41 at the 13:37 mark.
UT Martin then went cold from the floor, as the Cowboys scored eight unanswered points to fuel a 14-4 run over a span of 3:48. Myles Taylor converted a pair of free throws at the 8:37 mark to temporarily stop Oklahoma State’s run but the Cowboys came right back with a 12-0 run to take a 76-47 lead with five minutes to play.
Mobley and Richard Lee then swished three-pointers on back-to-back possessions for the Skyhawks but Oklahoma State concluded the game on a 15-4 run.
MURRAY STATE 105, HARRIS-STOWE 55
MURRAY, Ky. - The Murray State Racers scored a 50-point win in their home and season opener Friday with a 105-55 victory over the Harris-Stowe Hornets at the CFSB Center in Murray, Ky.
Led by Damarcus Croaker and Gee McGhee with 21 and 20 points, the Racers made sure rookie head coach Matt McMahon was victorious in his first game guiding the Racer bus.
In a game that was never in doubt from the start, the Racers took a lead of 31-10 with 7:33 remaining in the half and led the Hornets by 30 at intermission. MSU kept the pressure on defensively through several different lineups and pushed the lead to 40 with 9:42 left.
The Racers held HSSU to 29 percent shooting on 15-of-52 shots, while making 57 percent on 38-of-66.
MSU forced the Hornets into 27 turnovers and produced 27 assists.
Wayne Langston added 16 points, while A.J. Patty and Justin Seymour scored 11 and 10 to give the Racers five in double-figure scoring.
#18 VANDERBILT 80, AUSTIN PEAY 41
NASHVILLE (AP) - The 18th-ranked Vanderbilt Commodores know how to start off a season strong, and tuning up with scrimmages against North Carolina and Virginia certainly helped.
Luke Kornet had 13 points and 13 rebounds and No. 18 Vanderbilt routed Austin Peay 80-41 on Friday night in the opening round of the Maui Invitational and the season opener for both teams. The Commodores opened the game scoring the first 21 points and hit their first nine shots inside the arc.
Vanderbilt came into the season ranked for the first time since the 2011-12 season and only the seventh time ever. Stallings has four starters back from the team that went 21-14 and won 10 of its final 14 games before losing in the NIT quarterfinals.
Wade Baldwin IV led Vandy with 14 points, and Damian Jones added 12. The Commodores will play St. John's in Maui on Nov. 23.
Khalil Davis scored 10 Points for Austin Peay. This was one of two guarantee games for Austin Peay, from the Ohio Valley Conference, this season, and coach Dave Loos said the Commodores putting a pair of 7-footers on the court early affected his Governors.
The last time these teams met in December 2013, Austin Peay just missed a tip-in with a second left in a 58-56 loss. This time, Fisher-Davis hit a 3-pointer within the opening minute, and the Commodores never let it get closer than that.
Austin Peay missed its first 14 shots before Chris Horton finally scored on a layup with 11:39 left.
Stallings was able to go to his bench early, playing three of his four freshmen. Baldwin stole an inbound pass by Austin Peay that appeared thrown to him and scored Vandy's final bucket of the first half. Vandy led 47-15 at halftime. Stallings pulled all but one starter with 9:08 left and a 69-28 lead.
BELMONT 83, MARQUETTE 80
MILWAUKEE, Wis. - 83-80. It's a score Belmont Basketball fans have come to know and love. And after opening night, it's a score they won't soon forget.
With its trademark poise and intestinal fortitude on full display, Belmont University men's basketball defeated Marquette, 83-80, Friday night in the opening game of the Legends Classic.
Two years separated from another signature moment in program history - the Bruins' triumph over six-time National Champion North Carolina by the same score - Belmont would orchestrate another inspired performance at one of college basketball's most storied and respected programs.
Setting the stage, Belmont welcomed back 11 letterwinners to a team that won the OVC Championship and nearly took down ACC Champion Virginia in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Meanwhile, Marquette boasted a highly-touted incoming freshmen class, highlighted by projected NBA lottery pick Henry Ellenson.
Craig Bradshaw set the tone 16 seconds into the game, comfortably burying a jaw-dropping three-pointer from near the midcourt Marquette logo. Another deep Bradshaw three-pointer moments later gave the Bruins a 6-4 lead 2:11 in.
A conventional three-point play from junior Nick Smith - following strong offensive rebounding effort from freshman Dylan Windler extended the Bruin lead to 11-8 at the 15:36 mark. Two more highlight reel three-pointer from Bradshaw pushed Belmont to a 23-17 lead nine minutes in, before consecutive three-pointers from Sandy Cohen III stabilized things for the Golden Eagles.
A driving layin from Haanif Cheatham gave Marquette a 27-25 edge. Freshman Kevin McClain would answer with a remarkable four-point play to help Belmont regain the lead. Marquette led 37-33 following a Duane Wilson layin before the Bruins closed the half on a 14-3 run.
Junior Evan Bradds, who went scoreless the opening 14 minutes of the game, more than made up for lost time by leading a Belmont scoring burst.
After a Smith layin prompted a Marquette timeout, amazingly McClain delivered his second four-point play of his college debut to stretch the Bruin lead to six, 43-37, with 1:31 left in the half. Then after two more Bradds baskets and a defensive stop, Belmont nearly took a double-figure lead to the locker room, but after a Bradshaw set up, Smith rimmed out a transition three-pointer at the horn. Belmont led 47-40 at halftime.
Belmont held Marquette scoreless the first 3:17 of the second half, using baskets from Bradds and Bradshaw to increase the lead to 11, 51-40. After a Smith three-pointer gave the Bruins a 56-45 lead, the hosts answered with an 11-0 run over a 2:22 span. A Wilson basket tied the score at 56. But Smith once again provided a response, sinking a baseline three-pointer.
Marquette worked into the bonus with 13:17 left in regulation, earning a number of free throw opportunities. But with Bradds carrying the offensive torch, Belmont remained well-positioned; neither team led by more than one possession for a six minute stretch.
Following two Bradds free throws, Bradshaw capped a crazy sequence - where he and Taylor Barnette salvaged a seemingly lost transition chance - with a wing three-pointer to give Belmont a 70-65 lead with 6:49 to go. McClain added a clutch teardrop in the lane, and after conseuctive interior baskets from Bradds and sophomore Amanze Egekeze, the Bruins led 76-67 with 4:49 remaining.
Five straight points from Ellenson and a baseline three-pointer from Wilson trimmed the Bruin lead to one, 76-75, with 3:17 left. After Egekeze and Ellenson exchanged empty trips to the free throw line, Barnette buried a deep three-pointer late in the shot clock to push the Belmont lead to 79-75 with 2:13 remaining.
Cohen would answer with a baseline three-pointer of his own, and following a rare Bradds miss, Wilson rimmed home a 12-footer to give the hosts an 80-79 lead with 1:23 to go. Then, Bradshaw would miss a contested drive - and stay down on the baseline in discomfort apparently injured - as Marquette raced into the frontcourt with a 5 on 4 advantage.
In need of a score - and with its leading scorer on the sidelines - sophomore point guard Austin Luke delivered. Luke attacked the lane and drew a Marquette foul with 28 seconds remaining. As the ninth team foul on the Golden Eagles in the second half, Luke was awarded one plus the bonus. He proceeded to calmly sink both free throws to give Belmont an 81-80 lead.
After a Marquette timeout, and strategic substitutions from both sides, the Golden Eagles turned to Ellenson. As the freshman forward drove the right side of the lane, Bradds slide over and drew a charge with 14 seconds remaining. Marquette proceeded to foul Bradshaw, who made one free throw with 12 seconds left to extend the margin to two. Traci Carter raced into the frontcourt, but lost control of possession as he went baseline and possession was awarded to Belmont with seven seconds left.
Another another foul, Luke had an opportunity to push the game away. He calmly made the first free throw, but the second rimmed out.
Wilson's attempt to tie from 28 feet at the horn was long.
All told, Belmont shot 46 percent (30-for-66) from the field, including 12-for-34 from three-point distance. The Bruins handed out 23 assists on 30 made field goals.
Bradds led four Bruins in double figures with a career-high tying 24 points. He added nine rebounds. Bradshaw had 18 points, five assists and four rebounds, while Smith added 14.
Ellenson led Marquette (0-1) with 21 points.
SIUE 79, ARKANSAS STATE 70
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - Four players scored in double figures Friday as SIUE men's basketball defeated Arkansas State 79-70 to deliver Jon Harris his first win as a head coach.
The win marked the first time SIUE has defeated an NCAA Division I opponent to start a season.
Jalen Henry led the Cougars with a career-high 18 points and finished one rebound shy of a double-double. He knocked down a career-best 11 free throws. Burak Eslik scored 13 points and led the team with four assists. Yemi Makanjuola and Grant Fiorentinos each added 11 points. Makanjuola also pulled in seven rebounds.
Tied 37-37 at the half, the visiting Red Wolves pulled out to a quick four-point advantage with back-to-back jumpers by Anthony Livingston. Devin Carter drained a jumper with 16:06 to play to make it 45-41 Arkansas State before the Cougars took over.
Connor Wheeler hit a pair of three-pointers as part of a 12-2 SIUE run which put the Cougars up 53-47.
After seven lead changes and 10 ties in the first half, the Cougars seized control and led for the final 13:44 of the game. Fiorentinos knocked down a pair of free throws at the 3:41 mark to give SIUE its largest lead at 68-59.
Carter hit back-to-back baskets including a three-pointer with 2:33 to play to pull Arkansas State within four points (70-66), but SIUE used a quick 5-0 run to extend the lead back to 75-66 with just 50 seconds to play. Carter led all scorers with 22 points.
Henry capped his career night with a two free throws with 25 seconds left for the final margin.
Wheeler finished with nine points for SIUE. C.J. Carr scored eight points and Alton, Illinois, native Carlos Anderson scored seven points and added seven rebounds.
Donte Thomas and Anthony Livingston also scored in double figures for the Red Wolves. Thomas scored 17 while adding eight rebounds. Livingston scored 14 points and led the team with nine rebounds.
SIUE finished with a slight edge in shooting, hitting 38.2 percent (21-55) of its shots compared to 36.1 percent (26-72) for Arkansas State. The Red Wolves outrebounded the Cougars 47-42, including 19 offensive rebounds leading to 16 second-chance points.
Both teams were strong under the basket, finishing with 26 points in the paint each.
SIUE forced 11 ASU turnovers while committing just seven and only three in the second half.