Skip to main content

SIU-Edwardsville wins 67-47 over Western Illinois

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Tyler King’s 18 points helped SIU-Edwardsville defeat Western Illinois 67-47 on Thursday.

King had three steals for the Cougars (18-12, 11-8 Ohio Valley Conference). Kyle Thomas scored 15 points while going 6 of 12 from the field, and added eight rebounds. Arnas Sakenis shot 6 of 6 from the field and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points, while adding three steals and four blocks.

Isaiah Griffin led the Leathernecks (5-25, 1-18) in scoring, finishing with 13 points and four steals. Western Illinois also got eight points from Lucas Lorenzen. Danny Stephens also had six points.

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
Read Next Story

Related Stories

Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

UNC-Wilmington women’s basketball coach says she’s fortunate to be alive after nearly drowning

Texas Tech guard Christian Anderson stays in the NBA draft after 2 seasons with Red Raiders