Evansville Purple Aces vs Northern Iowa Panthers
MVC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - 1st ROUND
16-15, 7-11 MVC
60
16-15, 7-11 MVC
Final
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | 29 | 60 | |
EVAN | 24 | 26 | 50 |
17-15, 7-11 MVC
50
17-15, 7-11 MVC
| TIME | PLAY | UNI | EVAN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19:35 |  | Foul on Dru Smith. | 0 | 0 |
| 19:35 | | Klint Carlson made Free Throw. | 1 | 0 |
| 19:35 | | Klint Carlson made Free Throw. | 2 | 0 |
| 19:20 | | Dainius Chatkevicius missed Layup. | 2 | 0 |
| 19:20 | | Bennett Koch Block. | 2 | 0 |
| 19:19 | | Bennett Koch Defensive Rebound. | 2 | 0 |
| 19:01 | | Hunter Rhodes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bennett Koch. | 5 | 0 |
| 18:44 | | Blake Simmons made Jumper. | 5 | 2 |
| 18:12 | | Klint Carlson made Jumper. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:54 | | Dainius Chatkevicius missed Layup. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:54 | | Klint Carlson Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:34 | | Bennett Koch missed Jumper. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:34 | | Blake Simmons Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:13 | | Blake Simmons missed Jumper. | 7 | 2 |
| 17:13 | | Klint Carlson Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 2 |
| 16:50 | | Tywhon Pickford missed Jumper. | 7 | 2 |
| 16:50 | | Dru Smith Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 2 |
| 16:40 | | Duane Gibson made Jumper. | 7 | 4 |
| 16:13 | | Hunter Rhodes missed Layup. | 7 | 4 |
| 16:13 | | Dainius Chatkevicius Defensive Rebound. | 7 | 4 |
| 16:07 | | Duane Gibson made Layup. Assisted by Dru Smith. | 7 | 6 |
| 15:37 | | Isaiah Brown made Jumper. Assisted by Klint Carlson. | 9 | 6 |
| 15:21 | | Foul on Isaiah Brown. | 9 | 6 |
| 15:21 | Official TV Timeout | 9 | 6 | |
| 15:03 | | Blake Simmons missed Three Point Jumper. | 9 | 6 |
| 15:03 | | Bennett Koch Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:38 | | Bennett Koch missed Jumper. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:38 | | Dru Smith Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:27 | | Blake Simmons missed Jumper. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:27 | | Bennett Koch Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:12 | | Klint Carlson missed Three Point Jumper. | 9 | 6 |
| 14:12 | | Dru Smith Defensive Rebound. | 9 | 6 |
| 13:49 | | Dru Smith Turnover. | 9 | 6 |
| 13:26 | | Austin Phyfe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Spencer Haldeman. | 12 | 6 |
| 13:02 | | Dru Smith missed Layup. | 12 | 6 |
| 13:02 | | Austin Phyfe Block. | 12 | 6 |
| 13:01 | | K.J. Riley Offensive Rebound. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:57 | | Dru Smith missed Three Point Jumper. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:57 | | Tywhon Pickford Defensive Rebound. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:44 | | Austin Phyfe missed Three Point Jumper. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:44 | | Evansville Defensive Rebound. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:22 | | Ryan Taylor missed Three Point Jumper. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:22 | | Noah Frederking Offensive Rebound. | 12 | 6 |
| 12:20 | | Noah Frederking made Layup. | 12 | 8 |
| 12:00 | | Tywhon Pickford made Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 8 |
| 11:47 | | Ryan Taylor missed Layup. | 15 | 8 |
| 11:47 | | Tywhon Pickford Block. | 15 | 8 |
| 11:45 | | Northern Iowa Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 8 |
| 11:42 | Official TV Timeout | 15 | 8 | |
| 11:15 | | Spencer Haldeman missed Three Point Jumper. | 15 | 8 |
| 11:15 | | Duane Gibson Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 8 |
| 10:57 | | Foul on Austin Phyfe. | 15 | 8 |
| 10:57 | | Duane Gibson made Free Throw. | 15 | 9 |
| 10:57 | | Duane Gibson made Free Throw. | 15 | 10 |
| 10:39 | | Wyatt Lohaus missed Jumper. | 15 | 10 |
| 10:39 | | Evansville Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 10 |
| 10:09 | | Blake Simmons missed Jumper. | 15 | 10 |
| 10:09 | | Ted Friedman Block. | 15 | 10 |
| 10:09 | | Bennett Koch Defensive Rebound. | 15 | 10 |
| 9:58 | | Wyatt Lohaus made Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 10 |
| 9:33 | | Foul on Bennett Koch. | 18 | 10 |
| 9:16 | | Duane Gibson made Jumper. | 18 | 12 |
| 8:57 | | Ted Friedman Turnover. | 18 | 12 |
| 8:56 | | Dru Smith Steal. | 18 | 12 |
| 8:35 | | Foul on Wyatt Lohaus. | 18 | 12 |
| 8:24 | | Ryan Taylor missed Three Point Jumper. | 18 | 12 |
| 8:24 | | Hunter Rhodes Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:57 | | Hunter Rhodes missed Layup. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:57 | | Dainius Chatkevicius Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:47 | | Foul on Ryan Taylor. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:47 | | Ryan Taylor Turnover. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:47 | Official TV Timeout | 18 | 12 | |
| 7:29 | | Bennett Koch missed Jumper. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:29 | | Evansville Defensive Rebound. | 18 | 12 |
| 7:00 | | Foul on Hunter Rhodes. | 18 | 12 |
| 6:48 | | Dainius Chatkevicius made Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Taylor. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:18 | | Klint Carlson missed Layup. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:18 | | Bennett Koch Offensive Rebound. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:17 | | Foul on Dainius Chatkevicius. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:17 | | Bennett Koch missed Free Throw. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:17 | | Northern Iowa Deadball Team Rebound. | 18 | 14 |
| 6:17 | | Bennett Koch made Free Throw. | 19 | 14 |
| 6:09 | | Dru Smith Turnover. | 19 | 14 |
| 6:08 | | Isaiah Brown Steal. | 19 | 14 |
| 6:07 | | Isaiah Brown made Dunk. | 21 | 14 |
| 5:51 | | Noah Frederking made Jumper. Assisted by Dru Smith. | 21 | 16 |
| 5:31 | | Wyatt Lohaus made Jumper. Assisted by Austin Phyfe. | 23 | 16 |
| 5:15 | | Noah Frederking missed Jumper. | 23 | 16 |
| 5:15 | | Isaiah Brown Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 16 |
| 4:58 | | Hunter Rhodes missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 16 |
| 4:58 | | Austin Phyfe Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 16 |
| 4:52 | | Wyatt Lohaus missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 16 |
| 4:52 | | Dru Smith Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 16 |
| 4:41 | | Dru Smith made Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 4:26 | | Isaiah Brown missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 4:26 | | Noah Frederking Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:59 | | Dru Smith missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:59 | | Isaiah Brown Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:32 | | Wyatt Lohaus missed Three Point Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:32 | | Ryan Taylor Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:23 | | Ryan Taylor missed Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:23 | | Isaiah Brown Block. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:21 | | Evansville Offensive Rebound. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:19 | Official TV Timeout | 23 | 18 | |
| 3:15 | | Duane Gibson missed Jumper. | 23 | 18 |
| 3:15 | | Bennett Koch Defensive Rebound. | 23 | 18 |
| 2:45 | | Hunter Rhodes made Jumper. | 25 | 18 |
| 2:13 | | Duane Gibson made Layup. Assisted by K.J. Riley. | 25 | 20 |
| 1:53 | | Wyatt Lohaus missed Jumper. | 25 | 20 |
| 1:53 | | Ryan Taylor Defensive Rebound. | 25 | 20 |
| 1:39 | | Duane Gibson made Layup. | 25 | 22 |
| 1:25 | | Foul on Evan Kuhlman. | 25 | 22 |
| 1:10 | | Hunter Rhodes made Three Point Jumper. | 28 | 22 |
| 0:40 | | Foul on Ryan Taylor. | 28 | 22 |
| 0:40 | | Ryan Taylor Turnover. | 28 | 22 |
| 0:40 | | Northern Iowa Timeout | 28 | 22 |
| 0:17 | | Klint Carlson made Layup. | 30 | 22 |
| 0:16 | | Foul on Evan Kuhlman. | 30 | 22 |
| 0:16 | | Klint Carlson made Free Throw. | 31 | 22 |
| 0:16 | | Evansville Timeout | 31 | 22 |
| 0:01 | | Dru Smith made Layup. | 31 | 24 |
| 0:00 | End of 1st half | 31 | 24 | |
Game Information
St. Louis, MO
Referee:Kelly Self
Referee:Tom Eades
Referee:John Higgins
2025-26 Standings
NCAA Division I
| Missouri Valley Conference | CONF | GB | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray State | 8-0 | - | 16-3 |
| Belmont | 7-2 | 1.5 | 17-3 |
| Bradley | 6-3 | 2.5 | 13-7 |
| Illinois State | 5-3 | 3 | 13-6 |
| UIC | 5-4 | 3.5 | 10-10 |
| Northern Iowa | 4-4 | 4 | 12-7 |
| Drake | 3-5 | 5 | 9-10 |
| Valparaiso | 3-5 | 5 | 9-10 |
| Indiana State | 2-6 | 6 | 9-10 |
| Southern Illinois | 2-6 | 6 | 8-11 |
| Evansville | 1-8 | 7.5 | 5-15 |
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