SUNDAY'S SCORES
SIUE 82, Northern Colorado 72 (Las Vegas, Nev.)
SIUE 82, NORTHERN COLORADO 72
LAS VEGAS - SIUE men's basketball got a balanced scoring effort Sunday as the Cougars wrapped up a four-game, seven-day road trip with an 82-72 win over Northern Colorado to close out the Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic at Orleans Arena.
SIUE improved to 3-8 with the win. Northern Colorado fell to 6-5.
Tyresse Williford led the way with 25 points to tie his career high. He was 6-15 shooting and knocked down 10 of 14 free throws. David McFarland scored 17 points and has scored in double figures in all four games in the tournament. Brandon Jackson and Christian Ellis each added 11 points. Cameron Williams scored nine points and grabbed a career-high eight rebounds.
McFarland averaged 19.5 points in four tournament games and was named to the All-Tournament Team.
Northern Colorado got 28 points from leading scorer Jordan Davis, who was 13-14 from the free throw line and 6-15 from the field.
SIUE led 38-35 at the break, but Northern Colorado pulled in front in the second half. The Bears led by as many as nine points when a Trent Harris three-pointer made it 58-49 with 13:03 to play. A 6-0 SIUE lead allowed the Cougars back into the game.
The teams traded leads several times before the Cougars went on top for good on a pair of Williford free throws put SIUE up 70-69 with 2:40 left.
SIUE outrebounded Northern Colorado 37-30 and won the turnover battle by forcing 17 from the Bears while committing just 10 of their own.