Game Date: Jan 7th, 2045
Southern Illinois 79 - Missouri State 82
Date: March 17th, 2044
Game: College [Invitational] [#1050298] 
Arena: Invitational Game Arena
Attendance: 8,137
Player Of The Game: Truman Hennessy (1)
| Team / Score | 1 | 2 | F | |
| Southern Illinois Salukis | 40 | 39 | 79 | |
| Missouri State Bears | 41 | 41 | 82 | |
| Southern Illinois Salukis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 20 | B. Marcus sf | 30 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 17.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 30 | H. Ashley pf | 21 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 3.2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 40 | N. Groff c | 30 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -8 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 | 5 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 23 | O. Blake sg | 29 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 10.8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 50 | A. Paulsen pg | 30 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | -10 | 9.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 12 | H. Connelly sf | 10 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15.0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 1 | J. Rodriquez pg | 10 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +7 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 32 | B. Meyer pf | 29 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 2 | J. Slaughter sg | 11 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -6 | 9.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 34-64 | 3-11 | 8-15 | 79 | 13 | 36 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 17 | -15 | 7.6 | 46 | 12 | 15 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 53.1% | 27.3% | 53.3% | |||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri State Bears | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| # | Player | Min | FG | 3PT | FT | PTS | Off | Reb | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | +/- | DIST | PITP | FBP | FD | Fat | SC | ||
| 45 | S. Hiller sf | 34 | 5-11 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +8 | 9.6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | Mod | 🏀 | ||
| 54 | O. Gray pf | 36 | 6-18 | 1-3 | 7-7 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 41 | B. Cummins c | 36 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 1.8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 10 | R. Shaw sg | 28 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7.0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | Lght | 🏀 | ||
| 33 | T. Hennessy pg | 36 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +5 | 15.0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 53 | J. Coleman sg | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 20 | A. Paul sf | 13 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 🏀 | ||
| 43 | J. Pennington sg | 17 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 21.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 🏀 | ||
| Total | 200 | 28-55 | 8-16 | 18-19 | 82 | 3 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 15 | +15 | 11.0 | 28 | 11 | 17 | - | 🏀 | |||
| Percentages | 50.9% | 50.0% | 94.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
Player of the Game
Missouri State: Truman Hennessy
Head Coaches
Southern Illinois: Hal Shepard
Missouri State: Charley Landry
Offensive Efficiencies
Southern Illinois: At the rim (8/10 80.0%) Inside (15/24 62.5%) Mid-range (8/19 42.1%) Beyond the Arc (3/11 27.3%)
Missouri State: At the rim (7/9 77.8%) Inside (7/17 41.2%) Mid-range (6/13 46.2%) Beyond the Arc (8/16 50.0%)
Defensive Tactics
Southern Illinois: Man-To-Man (48.1%) Zone (29.6%) Pressure (7.4%) 2nd Chance (3.7%) Transition (8.6%) Int. Foul (2.5%)
Missouri State: Man-To-Man (36.4%) Zone (31.8%) Pressure (9.1%) 2nd Chance (12.5%) Transition (10.2%) Int. Foul (0.0%)
Weighted Skill Index (SI) & Team Power Index (TPI)
Southern Illinois: 139.7 / 148.3
Missouri State: 152.7 / 143.9
Injuries
Southern Illinois: none
Missouri State: none
Overworked
Southern Illinois: none
Missouri State: none
Game Information
Date: Thursday, March 17th, 2044
Game Type: College [Invitational]
Arena: Hardwood Invitational Game Arena
City: Honolulu, HI
Attendance: 8,137
Version: 1.034
Simulated: Sat Mar 29 2025 @ 9:36:53 am PDT
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Starting Line-Ups
Southern Illinois: PG-Paulsen (6' 2"), SG-Blake (6' 1"), SF-Marcus (6' 3"), PF-Ashley (6' 10"), C-Groff (6' 10½")
Missouri State: PG-Hennessy (5' 11"), SG-Shaw (5' 11½"), SF-Hiller (6' 1½"), PF-Gray (6' 3"), C-Cummins (6' 9½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Southern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Cummins steals the pass from Blake.
19:31 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Hennessy to the right. Shaw lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 2 - 0.
19:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 2 - 2.
19:17 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray outside. Gray shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the offensive rebound.
19:04 - Missouri State: Cummins has the rebound and restarts the offense. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Missouri State 4 - 2.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Ashley to Center. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
18:57 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
18:42 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:40 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Foul! Rodriquez commits a foul away from the ball.
18:36 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Shaw. Shaw hands off the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray at the basket. Gray lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 6 - 4.
18:18 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Rodriquez. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Paul steals the pass from Ashley.
17:56 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Hennessy to the right. Shaw lays it up. Foul! Ashley fouls Shaw on the shot. Shaw makes the first free throw. Shaw makes the second free throw. Missouri State 8 - 4.
17:49 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Blake. Blake drives down the lane. Blake lays it up. It's blocked by Paul! Shaw grabs the rebound.
17:33 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Rodriquez steals the pass from Paul.
17:22 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Blake passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blake. Missouri State 8 - 7.
17:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Shaw charged with the foul while taking the shot over Marcus.
17:00 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hiller steals the pass from Rodriquez.
16:56 - Missouri State: Breakaway! Hiller takes the ball the length of the court. Hiller lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 10 - 7.
16:51 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Cummins to Center.
16:51 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Meyer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cummins.
16:37 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Meyer grabs the rebound.
16:27 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez and Marcus. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez at the basket. Rodriquez lays it up. Foul! Shaw fouls Rodriquez on the shot. Rodriquez makes the first free throw. Rodriquez makes the second free throw. Missouri State 10 - 9.
16:22 - Game Event: Time out. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Shooting Guard.
16:22 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy turns the ball over to the other team.
16:12 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Rodriquez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rodriquez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rodriquez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 11 - 10.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Shaw to Shooting Guard and Paul to Small Forward.
15:59 - Missouri State: Shaw brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Shaw passes the ball to Paul outside. Paul passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the inside. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Blake grabs the rebound.
15:40 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez and Connelly. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez on the perimeter. Rodriquez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blake grabs the offensive rebound.
15:35 - Southern Illinois: Blake has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez. Gray steals the pass from Rodriquez.
15:21 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Pennington. The shot clock winding down. Pennington with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 12 - 11.
14:47 - Game Event: Time out. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard and Pennington to Shooting Guard.
14:47 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy steals the pass from Rodriquez.
14:43 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break with Paul to the right. Pennington lays it up. Foul! Rodriquez fouls Pennington on the shot. Pennington makes the first free throw. Pennington makes the second free throw. Missouri State 14 - 11.
14:36 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard and Shaw to Shooting Guard.
14:36 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Connelly in the paint. Connelly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Missouri State 14 - 13.
14:22 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Paul shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Paul charged with the foul while taking the shot over Connelly.
14:08 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Rodriquez on the perimeter. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 15 - 14.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Ashley to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Pennington to Shooting Guard and Hiller to Small Forward.
13:39 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Ashley commits the foul on Gray.
13:35 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Small Forward.
13:35 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Paul. Paul drives down the lane. Paul passes the ball to Gray at the basket. Gray attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Paul. And Gray is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Gray makes the first free throw. Missouri State 17 - 15.
13:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 17.
12:56 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard. Missouri State substitutes Hiller to Small Forward and Paul to Power Forward.
12:56 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Cummins. Missouri State 19 - 18.
12:34 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul on the perimeter. Paul shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 22 - 18.
11:56 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
11:56 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Missouri State 22 - 20.
11:46 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
11:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 25 - 20.
11:37 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 25 - 22.
11:26 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller passes the ball to Pennington. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins on the perimeter. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington. The shot clock winding down. Pennington shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
10:51 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff. Groff passes the ball to Connelly. Connelly drives to the basket. Foul! Hennessy commits the foul on Connelly.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Gray to Power Forward.
10:28 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
10:15 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break with Hennessy and Hiller. Pennington passes the ball to Hennessy at the basket. Hennessy lays it up. Foul! Marcus fouls Hennessy on the shot. Hennessy makes the first free throw. Hennessy makes the second free throw. Missouri State 27 - 22.
10:10 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:52 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 27 - 24.
9:35 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Groff steals the pass from Hennessy.
9:31 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter drives down the lane. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Slaughter. Missouri State 27 - 26.
9:14 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! Meyer grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen leads the fast break with Slaughter to the right. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 28 - 27.
9:01 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
8:56 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
8:45 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 30 - 27.
8:21 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
7:59 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
7:34 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Meyer tips it in. Southern Illinois 32 - 27.
7:30 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
7:30 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
7:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake. The shot clock winding down. Blake shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Meyer. Southern Illinois 34 - 27.
6:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington outside. Pennington shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 34 - 30.
6:18 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
5:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 34 - 33.
5:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 36 - 33.
5:17 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen steals the pass from Hennessy.
5:11 - Southern Illinois: Breakaway! Paulsen takes the ball the length of the court. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 38 - 33.
5:04 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Paulsen grabs the rebound.
4:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
4:19 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller in the paint. Hiller shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Cummins. Southern Illinois 38 - 35.
3:48 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard.
3:48 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff. Groff with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Hennessy fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the rebound.
3:39 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray drives to the basket. Foul! Groff commits the foul on Gray. In the bonus, Gray is shooting one-and-one. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 38 - 37.
3:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
2:43 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gray. Missouri State 39 - 38.
2:24 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Marcus. Hennessy steals the pass from Marcus.
2:05 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray. Gray shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
1:42 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 40 - 39.
1:11 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins. Cummins shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Blake grabs the rebound.
0:58 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
0:36 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 41 - 40.
0:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake drives to the basket. Foul! Hiller commits the foul on Blake.
0:14 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Blake. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Southern Illinois 40, Missouri State 41
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Groff must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Ashley to Power Forward and Meyer to Center. Hennessy must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Missouri State. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Cummins. Cummins drives down the lane. Cummins lays it up. The shot misses. Pennington grabs the offensive rebound.
19:44 - Missouri State: Pennington has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pennington passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
19:31 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hiller steals the pass from Paulsen.
19:25 - Missouri State: Breakaway! Hiller takes the ball the length of the court. Hiller lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 43 - 40.
19:21 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard.
19:21 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff blocking out to get the rebound.
19:10 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Ashley. Ashley passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots from the block. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
18:54 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. Air ball! Groff grabs the rebound.
18:34 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
18:22 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ashley steals the pass from Hennessy.
18:17 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 43 - 42.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Ashley to Center. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
17:52 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Blake grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez to the right. Blake lays it up. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
17:34 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break with Hiller to the right. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller at the basket. Hiller attempts to dunk it. Foul! Marcus fouls Hiller on the shot. Hiller missed the first free throw. Hiller makes the second free throw. Missouri State 44 - 42.
17:30 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
17:19 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Missouri State 46 - 42.
17:01 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus drives down the lane. Marcus lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Marcus on the shot. Marcus makes the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Missouri State 46 - 44.
16:46 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Cummins to Center.
16:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 46 - 46.
16:02 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
16:02 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul on the perimeter. Paul passes the ball to Gray outside. Gray shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez drives down the lane. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hennessy grabs the long rebound.
15:32 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw at the basket. Shaw lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 48 - 46.
15:27 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Paul to Small Forward and Cummins to Center.
15:27 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gray steals the pass from Rodriquez.
15:20 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Paul outside. Paul passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Ashley commits the foul on Gray.
15:02 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard, Shaw to Small Forward and Paul to Center.
15:02 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Ashley steals the pass from Paul.
14:46 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake drives by Pennington. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez at the basket. Rodriquez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blake. Tied 48 - 48.
14:30 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Shaw to Shooting Guard, Paul to Small Forward and Cummins to Center.
14:30 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Hennessy steals the pass from Blake.
14:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Rodriquez steals the pass from Cummins.
14:09 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Rodriquez leads the fast break with Connelly and Blake. Rodriquez passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 51 - 48.
14:05 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard.
14:05 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw. Foul! Blake commits the foul on Shaw.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Ashley to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard.
13:57 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Paul. Paul passes the ball to Hennessy outside. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
13:35 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen attacks with the ball on the fast break. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:28 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard.
13:28 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
13:11 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 53 - 48.
13:11 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard and Slaughter to Shooting Guard. Missouri State substitutes Hiller to Small Forward and Paul to Power Forward.
12:57 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 53 - 50.
12:45 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff turns the ball over to the other team.
12:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Offensive foul! Shaw commits the foul away from the ball.
12:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley on the perimeter. Ashley passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 54 - 50.
12:06 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
12:06 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins drives by Groff. Cummins lays it up. Foul! Ashley fouls Cummins on the shot. Cummins makes the first free throw. Cummins makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 54 - 52.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 4 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard and Meyer to Power Forward. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard, Hiller to Small Forward and Gray to Power Forward.
11:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:45 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Paulsen to the right. Slaughter attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 56 - 52.
11:29 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Southern Illinois 56 - 55.
11:13 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Power Forward.
11:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 58 - 55.
11:01 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Ashley to Power Forward and Meyer to Center. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Coleman to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
11:01 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Shaw commits the foul on the drive.
10:43 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 4 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Pennington to Shooting Guard, Hiller to Small Forward and Gray to Power Forward.
10:43 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 60 - 55.
10:31 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 60 - 58.
10:20 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:15 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Meyer fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Tied 60 - 60.
10:05 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter in the paint. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
9:34 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pennington passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Missouri State 62 - 60.
9:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 64 - 60.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard.
8:44 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 64 - 62.
8:33 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. It's blocked by Paulsen! Groff grabs the rebound.
8:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
7:54 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray on the perimeter. Gray shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Missouri State 67 - 62.
7:43 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
7:43 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 67 - 64.
7:29 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Groff fouls Cummins blocking out to get the rebound.
7:19 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray drives down the lane. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy at the basket. Hennessy lays it up. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! Groff grabs the rebound.
7:07 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Blake shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:34 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound. Marcus shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Hiller! Meyer grabs the offensive rebound.
6:32 - Southern Illinois: Meyer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the block. Foul! Gray fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Missouri State 67 - 66.
6:11 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard.
6:11 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
6:03 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Offensive foul! Slaughter commits the foul.
5:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and Ashley to Power Forward.
5:52 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. Air ball! Groff grabs the rebound.
5:21 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Paulsen and Marcus. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen at the basket. Paulsen lays it up. Foul! Hiller fouls Paulsen on the shot. Paulsen missed the first free throw. Paulsen missed the second free throw. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
5:14 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound. Groff shoots from the low post. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the rebound.
5:12 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy in the paint. Hennessy shoots from the low post. Foul! Paulsen fouls Hennessy on the shot. Hennessy makes the first free throw. Hennessy makes the second free throw. Missouri State 69 - 66.
4:57 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 69 - 68.
4:45 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 71 - 68.
4:35 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Missouri State is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake outside. Blake drives down the lane. Blake lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 71 - 70.
4:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Gray. Gray with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the offensive rebound.
3:50 - Missouri State: Gray has the rebound. Gray shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Ashley! Ashley grabs the rebound.
3:48 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 72 - 71.
3:28 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray. The shot clock winding down. Gray with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 73 - 72.
2:55 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Blake grabs the offensive rebound.
2:28 - Southern Illinois: Blake has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blake shoots from the block. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
2:21 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break with Shaw and Hiller. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 76 - 72.
2:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Ashley shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
1:39 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Groff is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Groff makes the first free throw. Missouri State 76 - 75.
1:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 78 - 75.
1:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley on the perimeter. Ashley passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Hiller! Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
0:55 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Missouri State 78 - 77.
0:53 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 80 - 77.
0:41 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Blake. Blake shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Missouri State 80 - 79.
0:21 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Southern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Paulsen commits the intentional foul on Gray. In the bonus, Gray is shooting one-and-one. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Missouri State 82 - 79.
0:15 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the long rebound.
0:02 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Southern Illinois 79, Missouri State 82
Starting Line-Ups
Southern Illinois: PG-Paulsen (6' 2"), SG-Blake (6' 1"), SF-Marcus (6' 3"), PF-Ashley (6' 10"), C-Groff (6' 10½")
Missouri State: PG-Hennessy (5' 11"), SG-Shaw (5' 11½"), SF-Hiller (6' 1½"), PF-Gray (6' 3"), C-Cummins (6' 9½")
1st Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Tip-off! Southern Illinois gains possession on the jump ball...
19:55 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Cummins steals the pass from Blake.
19:31 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Hennessy to the right. Shaw lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 2 - 0.
19:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Tied 2 - 2.
19:17 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray outside. Gray shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the offensive rebound.
19:04 - Missouri State: Cummins has the rebound and restarts the offense. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Missouri State 4 - 2.
18:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Ashley to Center. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
18:57 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
18:42 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Tied 4 - 4.
18:40 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Foul! Rodriquez commits a foul away from the ball.
18:36 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Shaw. Shaw hands off the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray at the basket. Gray lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 6 - 4.
18:18 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against a zone defense. Blake passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Rodriquez. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Paul steals the pass from Ashley.
17:56 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break with Hennessy to the right. Shaw lays it up. Foul! Ashley fouls Shaw on the shot. Shaw makes the first free throw. Shaw makes the second free throw. Missouri State 8 - 4.
17:49 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Blake. Blake drives down the lane. Blake lays it up. It's blocked by Paul! Shaw grabs the rebound.
17:33 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Rodriquez steals the pass from Paul.
17:22 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Marcus to the right. Blake passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blake. Missouri State 8 - 7.
17:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. Offensive foul! Shaw charged with the foul while taking the shot over Marcus.
17:00 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hiller steals the pass from Rodriquez.
16:56 - Missouri State: Breakaway! Hiller takes the ball the length of the court. Hiller lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 10 - 7.
16:51 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Cummins to Center.
16:51 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. Offensive foul! Meyer charged with the foul while taking the shot over Cummins.
16:37 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Meyer grabs the rebound.
16:27 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez and Marcus. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez at the basket. Rodriquez lays it up. Foul! Shaw fouls Rodriquez on the shot. Rodriquez makes the first free throw. Rodriquez makes the second free throw. Missouri State 10 - 9.
16:22 - Game Event: Time out. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Shooting Guard.
16:22 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy turns the ball over to the other team.
16:12 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Rodriquez leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Rodriquez tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Rodriquez with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 11 - 10.
15:59 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Shaw to Shooting Guard and Paul to Small Forward.
15:59 - Missouri State: Shaw brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Shaw passes the ball to Paul outside. Paul passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the inside. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Blake grabs the rebound.
15:40 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez and Connelly. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez on the perimeter. Rodriquez shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Blake grabs the offensive rebound.
15:35 - Southern Illinois: Blake has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez. Gray steals the pass from Rodriquez.
15:21 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Pennington. The shot clock winding down. Pennington with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 12 - 11.
14:47 - Game Event: Time out. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard and Pennington to Shooting Guard.
14:47 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy steals the pass from Rodriquez.
14:43 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break with Paul to the right. Pennington lays it up. Foul! Rodriquez fouls Pennington on the shot. Pennington makes the first free throw. Pennington makes the second free throw. Missouri State 14 - 11.
14:36 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard and Shaw to Shooting Guard.
14:36 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Connelly in the paint. Connelly shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Missouri State 14 - 13.
14:22 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against pressure defense. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Paul shoots from the inside. Offensive foul! Paul charged with the foul while taking the shot over Connelly.
14:08 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Rodriquez on the perimeter. Rodriquez passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 15 - 14.
13:39 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Ashley to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Shaw must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Pennington to Shooting Guard and Hiller to Small Forward.
13:39 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Ashley commits the foul on Gray.
13:35 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Meyer to Power Forward. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Small Forward.
13:35 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Paul. Paul drives down the lane. Paul passes the ball to Gray at the basket. Gray attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Paul. And Gray is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Gray makes the first free throw. Missouri State 17 - 15.
13:27 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 18 - 17.
12:56 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard. Missouri State substitutes Hiller to Small Forward and Paul to Power Forward.
12:56 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Cummins. Missouri State 19 - 18.
12:34 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
12:16 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul on the perimeter. Paul shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 22 - 18.
11:56 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward.
11:56 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Missouri State 22 - 20.
11:46 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward.
11:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 25 - 20.
11:37 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 25 - 22.
11:26 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller passes the ball to Pennington. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins on the perimeter. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington. The shot clock winding down. Pennington shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Connelly grabs the rebound.
10:51 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff. Groff passes the ball to Connelly. Connelly drives to the basket. Foul! Hennessy commits the foul on Connelly.
10:28 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Gray to Power Forward.
10:28 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
10:15 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break with Hennessy and Hiller. Pennington passes the ball to Hennessy at the basket. Hennessy lays it up. Foul! Marcus fouls Hennessy on the shot. Hennessy makes the first free throw. Hennessy makes the second free throw. Missouri State 27 - 22.
10:10 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long offensive rebound.
9:52 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound and restarts the offense. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 27 - 24.
9:35 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Groff steals the pass from Hennessy.
9:31 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Slaughter drives down the lane. Slaughter passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Assisted by Slaughter. Missouri State 27 - 26.
9:14 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! Meyer grabs the rebound.
9:01 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen leads the fast break with Slaughter to the right. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 28 - 27.
9:01 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
8:56 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
8:45 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer goes for the dunk. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 30 - 27.
8:21 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
7:59 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter outside. Slaughter tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Slaughter with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
7:34 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Meyer tips it in. Southern Illinois 32 - 27.
7:30 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
7:30 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
7:08 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake. The shot clock winding down. Blake shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Meyer. Southern Illinois 34 - 27.
6:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington outside. Pennington shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 34 - 30.
6:18 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
5:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 34 - 33.
5:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 36 - 33.
5:17 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen steals the pass from Hennessy.
5:11 - Southern Illinois: Breakaway! Paulsen takes the ball the length of the court. Paulsen lays it up. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 38 - 33.
5:04 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Paulsen grabs the rebound.
4:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
4:19 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Pennington leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Pennington passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller in the paint. Hiller shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Cummins. Southern Illinois 38 - 35.
3:48 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard.
3:48 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff. Groff with a fadeaway jumper. Foul! Hennessy fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the rebound.
3:39 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray drives to the basket. Foul! Groff commits the foul on Gray. In the bonus, Gray is shooting one-and-one. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 38 - 37.
3:19 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
2:43 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Gray. Missouri State 39 - 38.
2:24 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against pressure defense. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Marcus. Hennessy steals the pass from Marcus.
2:05 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Shaw leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray. Gray shoots a jumper. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the rebound.
1:42 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Southern Illinois 40 - 39.
1:11 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins. Cummins shoots a jumper from the elbow. The shot misses. Blake grabs the rebound.
0:58 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
0:36 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 41 - 40.
0:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake drives to the basket. Foul! Hiller commits the foul on Blake.
0:14 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Blake. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Southern Illinois 40, Missouri State 41
Half-Time
2nd Half:
20:00 - Game Event: Groff must sit with 2 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Ashley to Power Forward and Meyer to Center. Hennessy must sit with 2 fouls. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard.
20:00 - Game Event: Possession arrow favors Missouri State. They receive the ball...
19:55 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Cummins. Cummins drives down the lane. Cummins lays it up. The shot misses. Pennington grabs the offensive rebound.
19:44 - Missouri State: Pennington has the rebound and restarts the offense. Pennington passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
19:31 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hiller steals the pass from Paulsen.
19:25 - Missouri State: Breakaway! Hiller takes the ball the length of the court. Hiller lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 43 - 40.
19:21 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard.
19:21 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff blocking out to get the rebound.
19:10 - Southern Illinois: The ball is inbounded to Ashley. Ashley passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots from the block. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
18:54 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Shaw with a fadeaway jumper. Air ball! Groff grabs the rebound.
18:34 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
18:22 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Ashley steals the pass from Hennessy.
18:17 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 43 - 42.
17:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard, Meyer to Power Forward and Ashley to Center. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
17:52 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Meyer rotates over and blocks the shot! Blake grabs the rebound.
17:41 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Rodriquez to the right. Blake lays it up. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
17:34 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break with Hiller to the right. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller at the basket. Hiller attempts to dunk it. Foul! Marcus fouls Hiller on the shot. Hiller missed the first free throw. Hiller makes the second free throw. Missouri State 44 - 42.
17:30 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley. Ashley with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
17:19 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Missouri State 46 - 42.
17:01 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus drives down the lane. Marcus lays it up. Foul! Gray fouls Marcus on the shot. Marcus makes the first free throw. Marcus makes the second free throw. Missouri State 46 - 44.
16:46 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Cummins to Center.
16:46 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
16:19 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Tied 46 - 46.
16:02 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Center.
16:02 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Paul on the perimeter. Paul passes the ball to Gray outside. Gray shoots from well beyond the arc. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
15:46 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Rodriquez drives down the lane. Rodriquez passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Hennessy grabs the long rebound.
15:32 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy attacks with the ball on the fast break. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw at the basket. Shaw lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 48 - 46.
15:27 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Connelly to Small Forward. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Paul to Small Forward and Cummins to Center.
15:27 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Gray steals the pass from Rodriquez.
15:20 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Paul outside. Paul passes the ball to Pennington on the perimeter. Pennington passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Ashley commits the foul on Gray.
15:02 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Coleman to Shooting Guard, Shaw to Small Forward and Paul to Center.
15:02 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Coleman. Coleman passes the ball to Paul in the paint. Ashley steals the pass from Paul.
14:46 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake drives by Pennington. Blake passes the ball to Rodriquez at the basket. Rodriquez lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Blake. Tied 48 - 48.
14:30 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Shaw to Shooting Guard, Paul to Small Forward and Cummins to Center.
14:30 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins turns the ball over to the other team.
14:26 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against pressure defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Hennessy steals the pass from Blake.
14:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Rodriquez steals the pass from Cummins.
14:09 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Rodriquez leads the fast break with Connelly and Blake. Rodriquez passes the ball to Connelly on the perimeter. Connelly shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 51 - 48.
14:05 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard.
14:05 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw. Foul! Blake commits the foul on Shaw.
13:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard, Ashley to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard.
13:57 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Paul. Paul passes the ball to Hennessy outside. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
13:35 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Paulsen attacks with the ball on the fast break. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
13:28 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard.
13:28 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the rebound.
13:11 - Southern Illinois: Rodriquez brings up the ball against a zone defense. Rodriquez passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Rodriquez. Southern Illinois 53 - 48.
13:11 - Game Event: The momentum has shifted to Southern Illinois!
12:57 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard and Slaughter to Shooting Guard. Missouri State substitutes Hiller to Small Forward and Paul to Power Forward.
12:57 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the block. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 53 - 50.
12:45 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff turns the ball over to the other team.
12:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Offensive foul! Shaw commits the foul away from the ball.
12:28 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley on the perimeter. Ashley passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the inside. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 54 - 50.
12:06 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Rodriquez to Point Guard. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
12:06 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins drives by Groff. Cummins lays it up. Foul! Ashley fouls Cummins on the shot. Cummins makes the first free throw. Cummins makes the second free throw. Southern Illinois 54 - 52.
11:49 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 4 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Paulsen to Point Guard and Meyer to Power Forward. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard, Hiller to Small Forward and Gray to Power Forward.
11:49 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
11:45 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Meyer grabs the rebound.
11:35 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Slaughter leads the fast break with Paulsen to the right. Slaughter attempts to dunk it. Slam dunk! Southern Illinois 56 - 52.
11:29 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Southern Illinois 56 - 55.
11:13 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Paul to Power Forward.
11:13 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Paulsen drives down the lane. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer at the basket. Meyer lays it up. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 58 - 55.
11:01 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Ashley to Power Forward and Meyer to Center. Missouri State substitutes Pennington to Point Guard, Coleman to Shooting Guard and Shaw to Small Forward.
11:01 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against a zone defense. Pennington passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw drives to the basket. Offensive foul! Shaw commits the foul on the drive.
10:43 - Game Event: Time out. Ashley must sit with 4 fouls. Southern Illinois substitutes Marcus to Small Forward, Meyer to Power Forward and Groff to Center. Missouri State substitutes Hennessy to Point Guard, Pennington to Shooting Guard, Hiller to Small Forward and Gray to Power Forward.
10:43 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Southern Illinois 60 - 55.
10:31 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Southern Illinois 60 - 58.
10:20 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen turns the ball over out of bounds.
10:15 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots from the low post. Foul! Meyer fouls Gray on the shot. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Tied 60 - 60.
10:05 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter in the paint. Slaughter passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Slaughter shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Gray grabs the rebound.
9:34 - Missouri State: Pennington brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Pennington passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hiller. Missouri State 62 - 60.
9:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer on the perimeter. Meyer passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the rebound.
8:53 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 64 - 60.
8:44 - Game Event: Time out. Missouri State substitutes Shaw to Shooting Guard.
8:44 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Paulsen with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 64 - 62.
8:33 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. It's blocked by Paulsen! Groff grabs the rebound.
8:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter. Slaughter shoots a jumper from the base line. The shot misses. Shaw grabs the rebound.
7:54 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray on the perimeter. Gray shoots from the corner. The shot goes in! Missouri State 67 - 62.
7:43 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard.
7:43 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff shoots in the paint. The shot goes in! Assisted by Paulsen. Missouri State 67 - 64.
7:29 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Gray shoots in the paint. The shot misses. Foul! Groff fouls Cummins blocking out to get the rebound.
7:19 - Missouri State: The ball is inbounded to Gray. Gray drives down the lane. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy at the basket. Hennessy lays it up. Groff rotates over and blocks the shot! Groff grabs the rebound.
7:07 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. The shot clock winding down. Blake shoots from beyond the arc. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the offensive rebound.
6:34 - Southern Illinois: Marcus has the rebound. Marcus shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Hiller! Meyer grabs the offensive rebound.
6:32 - Southern Illinois: Meyer has the rebound and restarts the offense. Meyer passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus passes the ball to Meyer in the paint. Meyer shoots from the block. Foul! Gray fouls Meyer on the shot. Meyer makes the first free throw. Meyer makes the second free throw. Missouri State 67 - 66.
6:11 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Slaughter to Shooting Guard.
6:11 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. The shot misses. Marcus grabs the long rebound.
6:03 - Southern Illinois: Slaughter brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Slaughter passes the ball to Paulsen outside. Paulsen passes the ball to Slaughter on the perimeter. Offensive foul! Slaughter commits the foul.
5:52 - Game Event: Time out. Southern Illinois substitutes Blake to Shooting Guard and Ashley to Power Forward.
5:52 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Gray. Gray passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Hiller on the perimeter. Hiller shoots from the three point line. Air ball! Groff grabs the rebound.
5:21 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break with Paulsen and Marcus. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen at the basket. Paulsen lays it up. Foul! Hiller fouls Paulsen on the shot. Paulsen missed the first free throw. Paulsen missed the second free throw. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
5:14 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound. Groff shoots from the low post. Foul! Cummins fouls Groff on the shot. Groff missed the first free throw. Groff missed the second free throw. Gray grabs the rebound.
5:12 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hennessy in the paint. Hennessy shoots from the low post. Foul! Paulsen fouls Hennessy on the shot. Hennessy makes the first free throw. Hennessy makes the second free throw. Missouri State 69 - 66.
4:57 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Blake with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 69 - 68.
4:45 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against pressure defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 71 - 68.
4:35 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Missouri State is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake outside. Blake drives down the lane. Blake lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 71 - 70.
4:18 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Hennessy on the perimeter. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Shaw in the paint. Shaw passes the ball to Gray. Gray with a fadeaway jumper. The shot misses. Gray grabs the offensive rebound.
3:50 - Missouri State: Gray has the rebound. Gray shoots from the low post. It's blocked by Ashley! Ashley grabs the rebound.
3:48 - Southern Illinois: Fast break opportunity! Blake leads the fast break, but decides to slow it down and run the half-court offense. Blake passes the ball to Marcus on the perimeter. Marcus passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Southern Illinois 72 - 71.
3:28 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. Cummins passes the ball to Hiller. Hiller passes the ball to Hennessy. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray. The shot clock winding down. Gray with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 73 - 72.
2:55 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake on the perimeter. Blake passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Marcus. Marcus shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot misses. Blake grabs the offensive rebound.
2:28 - Southern Illinois: Blake has the rebound and restarts the offense. Blake shoots from the block. The shot misses. Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
2:21 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot misses. Cummins grabs the rebound.
2:19 - Missouri State: Fast break opportunity! Hennessy leads the fast break with Shaw and Hiller. Hennessy passes the ball to Shaw on the perimeter. Shaw shoots from the three point line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Hennessy. Missouri State 76 - 72.
2:15 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against a zone defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Paulsen in the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake. Blake passes the ball to Groff in the paint. Groff passes the ball to Ashley in the paint. The shot clock winding down. Ashley shoots from the inside. The shot misses. Groff grabs the offensive rebound.
1:39 - Southern Illinois: Groff has the rebound and restarts the offense. Groff shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! And Groff is fouled on the shot, will shoot an added free throw. Groff makes the first free throw. Missouri State 76 - 75.
1:32 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against a zone defense. Hennessy drives down the lane. Hennessy lays it up. The shot goes in! Missouri State 78 - 75.
1:22 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Ashley on the perimeter. Ashley passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen passes the ball to Blake in the paint. Blake passes the ball to Marcus in the paint. Marcus shoots from the inside. It's blocked by Hiller! Ashley grabs the offensive rebound.
0:55 - Southern Illinois: Ashley has the rebound. Ashley shoots from the low post. The shot goes in! Missouri State 78 - 77.
0:53 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball against man-to-man defense. Hennessy tries to drive to the basket, but is stopped. Hennessy with a fadeaway jumper. The shot goes in! Missouri State 80 - 77.
0:41 - Southern Illinois: Paulsen brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Paulsen passes the ball to Marcus outside. Marcus passes the ball to Blake. Blake shoots a jumper from the foul line. The shot goes in! Assisted by Marcus. Missouri State 80 - 79.
0:21 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Southern Illinois is fatigued and are showing low defensive energy. Hennessy passes the ball to Gray in the paint. Foul! Paulsen commits the intentional foul on Gray. In the bonus, Gray is shooting one-and-one. Gray makes the first free throw. Gray makes the second free throw. Missouri State 82 - 79.
0:15 - Southern Illinois: Blake brings up the ball against man-to-man defense packed inside the paint. Blake passes the ball to Paulsen on the perimeter. Paulsen shoots from the corner. The shot misses. Hiller grabs the long rebound.
0:02 - Missouri State: Hennessy brings up the ball while the defense tries to foul. Hennessy passes the ball to Cummins in the paint. And the shot clock expires!
0:00 - Game Event: Time expires!
Southern Illinois 79, Missouri State 82
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