NCAAB Game Recap - Drake at Southern Illinois
Tue Feb 12, 2019 8:00 PM EST

Duke
71
Lou
69
F
LSU
73
KY
71
F
Mich
69
PSU
75
F
Marq
92
DeP
73
F
MSU
67
Wisc
59
F
Purd
56
MD
70
F
KSU
71
Tex
64
F
Buff
76
Akr
70
F
StBon
76
StJos
51
F
Rider
88
Quin
98
F(OT)
NIU
74
W MI
76
F
Pitt
57
BC
66
F
UGA
56
TAMU
73
F
E MI
66
Ohio
57
F
David
79
Ford
69
F
CenMI
72
BGSU
79
F
Drake
72
SIU
69
F
Butl
73
StJon
77
F(OT)
Ark
78
Mizzu
79
F
Bama
62
MissSt
81
F
(N/A)
65
CBU
115
F
AF
72
UNLV
77
F
SDSU
71
ColSt
60
F

Feb 12, 2019, 8:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

T

Drake

42

30

72

Southern Illinois

35

34

69

Wilkins scores 20 to lead Drake over S. Illinois 72-69
Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:37 PM

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) D.J. Wilkins tied his season high with 20 points as Drake narrowly beat Southern Illinois 72-69 on Tuesday night.

Brady Ellingson had 17 points for Drake (19-7, 8-5 Missouri Valley Conference). Nick McGlynn added 10 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks. Tremell Murphy had seven rebounds for the visitors.

Armon Fletcher had 21 points and eight rebounds for the Salukis (13-13, 6-7). Kavion Pippen added 19 points.

The Bulldogs improve to 2-0 against the Salukis for the season. Drake defeated Southern Illinois 82-70 on Jan. 8. Drake matches up against Valparaiso at home on Saturday. Southern Illinois matches up against Indiana State on the road on Saturday.

---

For more AP college basketball coverage: https://apnews.com/Collegebasketball and http://twitter.com/AP-Top25

---

This was generated by Automated Insights, http://www.automatedinsights.com/ap, using data from STATS LLC, https://www.stats.com

Leaders

Drake PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
D. Wilkins 20 0 2 3 0 0
B. Ellingson 17 0 3 4 0 0
Southern Illinois PTS +/- AST REB ST BLK
A. Fletcher 21 0 4 8 2 0
K. Pippen 19 0 1 6 0 1

Team Comparison

Drake SIU
Points For 72 69
Field Goals 26/56-46% 28/64-44%
Three Pointers 7/19-37% 5/15-33%
Free Throws 13/16-81% 8/14-57%
Offensive Rebounds 10 10
Defensive Rebounds 31 20
Rebounds 45 35
Blocks 6 2
Steals 3 7
Turnovers 13 6
Personal Fouls 16 17
Technical Fouls 0 0
Ejections 0 0

2018-19 Reg Season - Drake Leads Series 2-0

Date Result Away Pts Ldr Home Pts Ldr
Tue Jan 8 SIU 70 @ Drake 82 A. Fletcher 21 N. Thomas 24
Tue Feb 12 Drake 72 @ SIU 69 D. Wilkins 20 A. Fletcher 21

Game Information

Stadium: SIU Arena, Carbondale, Illinois
Attendance: 4,075
Game Time: