Austin Peay 74, Evansville 71

Dec 21, 2005, 11:12 pm

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Landon Shipley scored a career-high 24

points as Austin Peay withstood a late rally and beat Evansville

74-71 Wednesday.

Evansville (4-4) led 66-64 with 3:37 left on a jump shot by Kyle

Anslinger, who had 13 points.

A 3-point shot by Maurice Hampton with 2:39 put Austin Peay

(6-4) up 67-66, and the Governors never lost the lead. Austin Peay

sealed the win with a jump shot by Drake Reed and five free throws

by Shipley, Hampton and Zac Schlader.

Austin Peay led 43-35 at the half.

Hampton scored 19 and Reed added another 10 and had 13 rebounds.

For the Aces, Bradley Strickland had 16 points. Matt Webster

added another 16 points, along with nine rebounds.

There were five ties.