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ISU
vs
Southwest Missouri St
February 3rd
SMS came out strong jumping to a 5-0 lead with Kevin Ault scoring all their points and quickly took a surprisingly decent sized crowd out of the game. Moments later the score was Kyle Cartmill 8 Ault 5 and the first rowdy crowd of the year went wild. From that point on it was all ISU as they capped off a 16-2 run. A technical on Kevin Stallings after a terrible call gave Victor Williams his third foul of the game looked to possibly be a momentum swing but SMS came away with only 2 points. Seconds later, SMS coach Steve Alford was called for a technical after Kenneth Pierson was fouled on a defensive rebound. What could have been a dagger to the Bears only turned out to be 2 points for the Birds. KP missed the front end of a 1 and 1, Cartmill hit both free throws but they failed to score on the possession.
SMS stepped up their defense in the second half and made a couple of runs at the Birds, but could get no closer than 7. ISU went on to win 62-54. The Birds have been the only team to contain SMS's Danny Moore this season. After holding him to his only single digit scoring game ( 8 points ) of the season at SMS the Birds once again held him well below his average (17.6 ppg ) allowing him to score only 10, with no free throws. They also contained their second leading scorer, Kevin Ault (12.1 ppg ) after his early outburst. He finished with 7 points and didn't score after 18:31 left to go in the first half.
Tarise Bryson, turned an unbelievable effort considering his fractured shin. He scored a team high 19 points and grabbed 5 rebounds. He also took out the Gatoraid jug at the end of the SMS bench chasing a loose ball. Kyle Cartmill was the difference in the Birds tonight. After scoring the Birds first 8 he went on to score 18, grabbed a team high 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 steal. Victor Williams played well despite early foul trouble limiting him to only 15 minutes. He scored 4 points, grabbed 3 rebounds, a team high 5 assists, 1 steal and only 2 turnovers. Sean Riley scored 4 and shared team high honors with 7 rebounds. LeRoy Watkins played 33 minutes, scored 6 points , grabbed 3 rebounds and had team highs of 3 blocks and 2 steals. Both Sean and Leroy played great defense against Moore tonight and turned him into a non-factor.
ILLINOIS STATE 62, SW Missouri State 54
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE (16-6)
Stringer 0-1 0-0 0, Brakebill 2-10 1-2 5, Moore 5-10 0-0 10,
Fontleroy 3-7 2-2 8, Ault 2-9 3-3 7, Miller 4-7 2-3 12,
Bettenhausen 0-2 0-0 0, Bruton 0-1 1-2 1, Phillips 4-10 1-2 11,
Rueter 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-59 10-14 54.
ILLINOIS STATE (13-10)
Crowley 0-1 2-2 2, Watkins 2-7 2-2 6, Riley 1-8 2-2 4, Williams
1-2 2-2 4, Cartmill 5-11 4-4 18, Brown 0-0 0-0 0, Bryson 6-8 4-4
19, Jeppson 2-7 0-0 4, Pierson 2-3 1-3 5, Hein 0-0 0-0 0,
Mazanowski 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-47 17-19 62.
Halftime-Illinois St. 35, SW Missouri 23. 3-Point goals-SW
Missouri 4-22 (Brakebill 0-2, Fontleroy 0-3, Ault 0-6, Miller
2-5, Phillips 2-6), Illinois St. 7-16 (Williams 0-1, Cartmill
4-8, Bryson 3-4, Jeppson 0-3). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-SW
Missouri 32 (Brakebill 8), Illinois St. 37 (Riley, Cartmill 7).
Assists-SW Missouri St. 13 (Ault 4), Illinois St. 13 (Williams
5). Total fouls-SW Missouri 16, Illinois St. 16. Technicals-SW
Missouri bench, Illinois St. bench.
Attendance-7,310.