North Dakota State Bison @ Southern Illinois Salukis

7-6, 2-5 Away

Final

	1	2	T
N Dakota St NDSU	31	32	63
S Illinois SIU	42	34	76

Southern Illinois SalukisS IllinoisSIU

7-4, 6-1 Home

Johnson's 25 lead Southern Illinois past North Dakota State 76-63

Dec 20, 2023, 03:33 am

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- — Xavier Johnson scored 25 points as Southern Illinois beat North Dakota State 76-63 on Tuesday night.

Johnson had five assists for the Salukis (7-4). Jarrett Hensley shot 6 of 10 from the field to add 14 points. Scottie Ebube had 13 points and was 6 of 10 shooting and 1 of 4 from the free throw line.

Boden Skunberg finished with 19 points for the Bison (7-6). North Dakota State also got 10 points and two steals from Noah Feddersen. In addition, Damari Wheeler-Thomas finished with nine points and two steals.

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Game Information

Carbondale, IL

Referee:Craig Murley

Referee:Antinio Petty

Referee:Gary Maxwell

NCAA Division I

Summit League	CONF	GB	OVR
North Dakota State	14-2	-	27-8
St. Thomas	12-4	2	24-10
North Dakota	10-6	4	18-17
South Dakota	8-8	6	16-16
Omaha	8-8	6	16-17
Denver	8-8	7	15-17
South Dakota State	7-9	7	14-18
Oral Roberts	4-12	10	10-23
Kansas City	1-15	13	4-27

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Belmont	16-4	-	26-6
Bradley	13-7	3	21-13
Illinois State	12-8	4	23-13
Murray State	12-8	4	20-13
UIC	12-8	4	19-16
Northern Iowa	11-9	5	23-13
Valparaiso	11-9	5	18-15
Southern Illinois	10-10	6	16-16
Drake	6-14	10	14-20
Indiana State	4-16	12	11-21
Evansville	3-17	13	7-25

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