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FINAL
Jan 13, 2024

Game Recap

Benson scores 22 as Missouri State downs Evansville 74-64. N.J. Benson's 22 points helped Missouri State defeat Evansville 74-64 on Saturday night.

Box Score

12T
MOST363874
EVAN352964
Missouri State Bears logoMISSOURI STATEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
35NJ Benson3410-140-02-5130032322
5Donovan Clay304-81-15-972122414
1Alston Mason407-172-92-345102218
15Matthew Lee340-50-42-24510122
0Chance Moore210-40-22-24101032
4Cesare Edwards111-30-10-02000022
11Raphe Ayres304-54-52-251000214
TOTAL26-5646.4%7-2231.8%15-2365.2%39143671874
Evansville Purple Aces logoEVANSVILLEMINFG3PTFTREBASTSTLBLKTOPFPTS
11Joshua Hughes317-127-101-120002122
10Yacine Toumi324-130-20-112301148
0Gage Bobe301-51-40-01200013
2Antonio Thomas364-132-55-643000115
20Kenny Strawbridge Jr.343-101-52-510200149
22Sekou Kalle70-10-00-00102130
4Chuck Bailey III160-50-02-22000012
1Tanner Cuff92-31-10-00000245
3Cam Haffner50-00-00-01201100
TOTAL21-6233.9%12-2744.4%10-1566.7%32130481964

Play-by-Play

1st halfmostevan
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (19:42) Alston Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (19:38) Yacine Toumi Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (19:15) Joshua Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (19:11) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (18:56) Gage Bobe missed Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (18:52) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +2 (18:49) Yacine Toumi made Jumper.
    02
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (18:29) Matthew Lee Turnover.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (18:17) Foul on Chance Moore.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (18:17) Antonio Thomas made Free Throw.
    03
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (18:17) Antonio Thomas made Free Throw.
    04
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (17:57) Alston Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (17:54) Gage Bobe Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (17:50) Antonio Thomas missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (17:47) N.J. Benson Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (17:39) Donovan Clay made Jumper. Assisted by Chance Moore.
    24
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (17:13) Joshua Hughes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yacine Toumi.
    27
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (17:01) Donovan Clay missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (16:57) N.J. Benson Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (16:57) N.J. Benson made Layup.
    47
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (16:34) Antonio Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (16:32) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (16:29) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (16:24) Chance Moore Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (16:19) Chance Moore missed Layup.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (16:16) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (16:04) Gage Bobe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Antonio Thomas.
    410
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (15:56) Foul on Yacine Toumi.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (15:56) Donovan Clay made Free Throw.
    510
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (15:56) Donovan Clay made Free Throw.
    610
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (15:56) Tanner Cuff Turnover.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +3 (15:46) Alston Mason made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Matthew Lee.
    910
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (15:15) Antonio Thomas missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (15:10) Donovan Clay Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (14:55) Raphe Ayres missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (14:52) Yacine Toumi Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (14:44) Chuck Bailey III missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (14:39) Donovan Clay Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (14:35) Matthew Lee missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (14:32) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +2 (14:23) Antonio Thomas made Layup.
    912
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (14:03) Foul on Antonio Thomas.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (13:58) Matthew Lee missed Layup.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (13:58) Cameron Haffner Block.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (13:53) Joshua Hughes Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (13:42) Joshua Hughes made Three Point Jumper.
    915
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (13:27) N.J. Benson made Layup.
    1115
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (13:27) Foul on Sekou Kalle.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (13:27) N.J. Benson made Free Throw.
    1215
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (13:06) Sekou Kalle Turnover.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +3 (12:54) Raphe Ayres made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alston Mason.
    1515
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +2 (12:40) Tanner Cuff made Layup. Assisted by Cameron Haffner.
    1517
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (12:24) Alston Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (12:22) Cameron Haffner Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (12:16) Joshua Hughes made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Cameron Haffner.
    1520
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +3 (11:59) Alston Mason made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Raphe Ayres.
    1820
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (11:42) Tanner Cuff missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (11:39) N.J. Benson Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (11:38) Foul on Tanner Cuff.
  • (11:38) Official TV Timeout
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (11:22) Alston Mason missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (11:19) Alston Mason Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (11:19) Alston Mason Turnover.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (10:58) Joshua Hughes missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (10:58) Missouri State Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (10:58) Foul on Tanner Cuff.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (10:40) Donovan Clay made Layup.
    2020
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (10:17) Cameron Haffner Turnover.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (10:02) Donovan Clay made Layup.
    2220
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (9:42) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Turnover.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (9:22) Foul on Kenny Strawbridge Jr..
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (9:22) Donovan Clay made Free Throw.
    2320
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (9:22) Donovan Clay made Free Throw.
    2420
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (8:54) Antonio Thomas missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (8:51) Chance Moore Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (8:47) Foul on Sekou Kalle.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (8:47) Chance Moore made Free Throw.
    2520
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +1 (8:47) Chance Moore made Free Throw.
    2620
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (8:32) Antonio Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kenny Strawbridge Jr..
    2623
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (8:14) Cesare Edwards made Layup.
    2823
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (7:57) Antonio Thomas missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:57) Chance Moore Block.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (7:54) Yacine Toumi Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:54) Foul on Donovan Clay.
  • (7:54) Official TV Timeout
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (7:41) Yacine Toumi missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:38) Donovan Clay Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:38) Donovan Clay Turnover.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (7:31) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:28) Alston Mason Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:23) Foul on Donovan Clay.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (7:23) Donovan Clay Turnover.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (6:57) Yacine Toumi missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (6:54) Cesare Edwards Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (6:40) Cesare Edwards missed Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (6:36) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +3 (6:25) Antonio Thomas made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Yacine Toumi.
    2826
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (6:03) Chance Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (6:00) Yacine Toumi Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (5:58) Foul on Raphe Ayres.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (5:58) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. made Free Throw.
    2827
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (5:58) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. made Free Throw.
    2828
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (5:40) N.J. Benson made Dunk. Assisted by Alston Mason.
    3028
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (5:38) Evansville Timeout
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +2 (5:21) Yacine Toumi made Layup.
    3030
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (4:54) Chance Moore missed Layup.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (4:51) Antonio Thomas Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (4:45) Foul on Matthew Lee.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (4:45) Antonio Thomas missed Free Throw.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (4:45) Evansville Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (4:45) Antonio Thomas made Free Throw.
    3031
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (4:34) Foul on N.J. Benson.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (4:34) N.J. Benson Turnover.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +2 (4:17) Yacine Toumi made Jumper. Assisted by Gage Bobe.
    3033
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (4:04) Cesare Edwards missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (4:00) Evansville Defensive Rebound.
  • (3:59) Official TV Timeout
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (3:50) Chuck Bailey III missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (3:47) N.J. Benson Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (3:25) N.J. Benson missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (3:19) N.J. Benson Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (3:19) N.J. Benson made Layup.
    3233
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (2:58) Yacine Toumi missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:55) Raphe Ayres Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:34) N.J. Benson missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:34) N.J. Benson Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (2:34) Foul on Tanner Cuff.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:34) N.J. Benson missed Free Throw.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:34) Missouri State Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:34) N.J. Benson missed Free Throw.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (2:34) Chuck Bailey III Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (2:22) Gage Bobe missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:20) Raphe Ayres Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:05) Alston Mason missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (2:03) Chance Moore Offensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (1:54) Chance Moore missed Three Point Jumper.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (1:51) Yacine Toumi Defensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (1:39) Yacine Toumi missed Layup.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (1:35) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. Offensive Rebound.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (1:26) Chuck Bailey III missed Jumper.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (1:23) N.J. Benson Defensive Rebound.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (1:04) Alston Mason made Jumper.
    3433
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (0:48) Foul on Chance Moore.
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (0:48) Chuck Bailey III made Free Throw.
    3434
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    +1 (0:48) Chuck Bailey III made Free Throw.
    3435
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    +2 (0:30) N.J. Benson made Layup. Assisted by Alston Mason.
    3635
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (0:24) Evansville Timeout
  • Evansville Purple Aces logo
    (0:03) Kenny Strawbridge Jr. missed Layup.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (0:03) N.J. Benson Block.
  • Missouri State Bears logo
    (0:00) Matthew Lee Defensive Rebound.
  • (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half

Team Stats

74Points64
26-56(46.4%)Field Goal(%)21-62(33.9%)
7-22(31.8%)3-Point(%)12-27(44.4%)
15-23(65.2%)Free Throw(%)10-15(66.7%)
42(8)Rebounds(Offensive)36(11)
14Assists13
3Steals0
6Blocks4
7Turnovers9
18(0)Fouls(Technical)19(0)
16Largest Lead6

Game Details

Saturday, January 13, 2024 · 7:00 PM
Ford Center · Evansville, IN
attendance: 3,978 (39.8%)
spread: MOST -4.5
over/under: 142.5