St. Louis, MO – The Missouri Valley Conference picked up its first post-season win Tuesday when Evansville knocked off Tennessee State of the Ohio Valley Conference in CollegeInsider.com Tournament action. The Purple Aces are now 19 and 14 and await the results from other CIT games to find out when and where they play their second round game.
Seniors Colt Ryan and Ned Cox combined for 38 points in the 84-72 win. Ryan scored 22 points and became just the sixth player in MVC history to eclipse the 2,200 point mark (2,203). The Aces led throughout the contest played before more than 2,300 fans at the Ford Center in Evansville.
The Tigers finish their season with a record of 18 and 15 and despite out rebounding Evansville fell behind early and couldn’t recover. They shot just 31% in the first half and trailed by nine at the break.
Tennessee State had three players in double figures, Kellen Thornton (20 & 10 rebounds), Robert Covington (19 & 13 boards) and Patrick Miller (18).
Evansville was 15 of 17 from the free throw line with Ryan hitting nine of 10 from the stripe.
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.@SEMOMBB wins at home and is 2-0, tied with @MSUEaglesMBB atop the @OVCSports. Our prayers are with the @LRTrojans after the death of one of their managers Josh Claxton. Their game with EIU was postponed today.
Good officiating in the @SEMOMBB/@SIUEMBB in a little late game dust up.
BTW, @LindenwoodWBB is 2-0. @CoachAmyEagan has that program headed the right direction.
With @SkyhawkHoops winning on the road and @LUMensBball winning at home, right now, 5 @OVCSports teams are 1-1.
