Evansville 64, Indiana State 59

Jan 23, 2005, 01:49 am

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) -- Matt Webster had 20 points and six

rebounds to lead Evansville to a 64-59 win over Missouri Valley

Conference foe Indiana State Saturday.

Also scoring in double digits for Evansville (10-7, 4-5) were

Lucious Wagner with 12 and Andre Burton with 10.

Evansville was able to overcome a 29-26 halftime deficit to

outscore Indiana State 38-30 in the second period and secure the

win.

The Purple Aces took the lead 38-36 over the Sycamores (7-12,

2-6) with 13:42 left and led by as much as eight points before

Indiana State went back on top 57-55 with 3:34 left.

But about a minute later, Evansville retook the lead and held on

for the win.

Eric Gray came off the bench to score 16 points to lead the

Sycamores, which had two of their starters -- Amani Daanish and

Jerod Adler -- foul out. Also scoring in double digits for Indiana

State were David Moss with 13 and Tyson Schnitker with 12.