21-8, 10-6 MVC

Final

	1	2	T
S Illinois SIU	36	35	71
Evansville EVAN	45	38	83

Evansville Purple AcesEvansvilleEVAN

22-7, 11-5 MVC

Southern Illinois Salukis @ Evansville Purple Aces

Evansville tied for 2nd after 83-71 win over Salukis

D.J. Balentine scored 27 points and Evansville beat Southern Illinois 83-71 on Saturday to move into a second-place tie in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Feb 20, 2016, 06:43 pm - Associated Press

--SIU

--EVAN

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NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	16-4	-	26-6
Bradley	13-7	3	21-13
Illinois State	12-8	4	23-13
Murray State	12-8	4	20-13
UIC	12-8	4	19-16
Northern Iowa	11-9	5	23-13
Valparaiso	11-9	5	18-15
Southern Illinois	10-10	6	16-16
Drake	6-14	10	14-20
Indiana State	4-16	12	11-21
Evansville	3-17	13	7-25

Men's College Basketball News

NCAA loses Kentucky appeals ruling; players remain eligible

A Kentucky Court of Appeals judge denied the NCAA emergency relief on Friday, allowing a group of players including Texas Tech quarterback Thomas Castellanos to remain eligible.

Commissioner Yormark leaving Big 12 after January for job outside college sports

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark is leaving the conference, a decision he made as he prepares to take another job outside of college sports.

Preseason storylines to watch for in every conference

Teams will dominate, players will breakout and at least one storyline will define each conference this season.

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