Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Drake Bulldogs

Mar 7, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
SIU	25	28	53
DRKE	36	34	70

Game Recap

Howard scores 21 off the bench, Drake defeats Southern Illinois 70-53 in MVC Tournament. Isaia Howard helped lead top-seeded Drake over eighth-seeded Southern Illinois on Friday with a career-high 21 points off of the bench in a 70-53 victory in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Player Stats

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
32Jarrett Hensley	33	1-10	0-7	2-2	7	0	0	0	1	2	4
30Kennard Davis Jr.	38	3-8	1-3	3-4	4	1	1	0	4	4	10
4Davion Sykes	33	1-2	0-0	1-4	8	4	1	0	4	4	3
6Ali Dibba	38	7-14	1-4	4-5	4	3	0	0	1	3	19
21Drew Steffe	37	4-7	3-4	0-1	4	3	1	1	1	1	11
25Jorge Moreno	13	3-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	1	3	3	6
0Rolyns Aligbe	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5Sheridan Sharp	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	19-4542.2%	5-1827.8%	10-1662.5%	30	11	3	2	14	19	53

DRAKE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
54Daniel Abreu	14	1-4	0-1	0-1	3	1	0	0	0	4	2
3Cam Manyawu	26	4-5	0-0	3-5	5	2	1	1	1	3	11
22Mitch Mascari	38	2-7	2-6	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	2	6
14Bennett Stirtz	39	5-12	1-6	4-4	5	5	0	0	2	2	15
4Isaiah Jackson	14	2-3	0-1	1-4	1	3	1	0	0	1	5
24Nate Ferguson	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Isaia Howard	36	8-17	4-9	1-4	4	2	6	1	0	2	21
6Tavion Banks	25	3-8	0-0	4-4	11	0	1	1	0	4	10
11Kael Combs	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	25-5743.9%	7-2330.4%	13-2259.1%	32	15	11	3	4	18	70

Play-by-Play

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1st halfSIUDRKE

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Southern Illinois.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Drake.
(19:43) Drew Steffe missed Jumper.
(19:41) Bennett Stirtz Defensive Rebound.
(19:21) Mitch Mascari missed Jumper.
(19:17) Davion Sykes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:10) Drew Steffe made Layup. Assisted by Davion Sykes.
20
(18:37) Isaiah Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:33) Ali Dibba Defensive Rebound.
(18:19) Kennard Davis Jr. Turnover.
(18:19) Mitch Mascari Steal.
+2 (18:13) Isaiah Jackson made Layup. Assisted by Mitch Mascari.
22
+3 (17:53) Ali Dibba made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Drew Steffe.
52
+2 (17:28) Bennett Stirtz made Layup. Assisted by Cam Manyawu.
54
(17:09) Foul on Daniel Abreu.
+1 (17:09) Jarrett Hensley made Free Throw.
64
+1 (17:09) Jarrett Hensley made Free Throw.
74
(16:42) Foul on Ali Dibba.
(16:28) Tavion Banks missed Layup.
(16:26) Isaia Howard Offensive Rebound.
(16:25) Isaia Howard missed Layup.
(16:25) Daniel Abreu Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:25) Daniel Abreu made Layup.
76
(16:25) Foul on Davion Sykes.
(16:25) Daniel Abreu missed Free Throw.
(16:25) Kennard Davis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:14) Ali Dibba made Layup. Assisted by Drew Steffe.
96
(15:54) Isaia Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:50) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
(15:42) Daniel Abreu missed Three Point Jumper.
+2 (15:39) Tavion Banks made Two Point Tip Shot.
98
(15:39) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
(15:19) Foul on Isaia Howard.
+2 (14:59) Ali Dibba made Layup.
118
+3 (14:27) Bennett Stirtz made Three Point Jumper.
1111
(13:57) Ali Dibba missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:54) Daniel Abreu Defensive Rebound.
(13:44) Bennett Stirtz missed Jumper.
(13:44) Drew Steffe Block.
(13:41) Drew Steffe Defensive Rebound.
(13:37) Foul on Daniel Abreu.
(13:37) Davion Sykes missed Free Throw.
(13:37) Southern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(13:37) Davion Sykes missed Free Throw.
(13:37) Tavion Banks Defensive Rebound.
(13:14) Isaia Howard missed Layup.
(13:11) Drew Steffe Defensive Rebound.
(13:03) Drew Steffe missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:01) Davion Sykes Offensive Rebound.
+3 (12:58) Drew Steffe made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Davion Sykes.
1411
(12:33) Mitch Mascari Turnover.
(12:33) Drew Steffe Steal.
(12:28) Rolyns Aligbe missed Layup.
(12:28) Tavion Banks Block.
(12:25) Bennett Stirtz Defensive Rebound.
(11:59) Bennett Stirtz missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:56) Southern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(11:36) Jarrett Hensley missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:34) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(11:16) Foul on Rolyns Aligbe.
+3 (11:02) Isaia Howard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bennett Stirtz.
1414
(10:38) Ali Dibba missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:36) Bennett Stirtz Defensive Rebound.
(10:18) Isaia Howard missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:16) Drake Offensive Rebound.
(10:14) Isaia Howard missed Free Throw.
(10:14) Drake Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:14) Foul on Rolyns Aligbe.
(10:14) Isaia Howard missed Free Throw.
(10:13) Southern Illinois Deadball Team Rebound.
(10:13) Foul on Tavion Banks.
(10:03) Foul on Mitch Mascari.
(9:52) Davion Sykes Turnover.
(9:52) Isaia Howard Steal.
(9:41) Isaia Howard missed Jumper.
(9:40) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
(9:39) Foul on Ali Dibba.
+1 (9:39) Tavion Banks made Free Throw.
1415
+1 (9:39) Tavion Banks made Free Throw.
1416
+2 (9:21) Ali Dibba made Jumper.
1616
(8:58) Bennett Stirtz missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:56) Tavion Banks Offensive Rebound.
(8:55) Tavion Banks missed Jumper.
(8:52) Jarrett Hensley Defensive Rebound.
(8:49) Foul on Tavion Banks.
(8:32) Drew Steffe Turnover.
+3 (8:07) Isaia Howard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bennett Stirtz.
1619
(7:38) Jarrett Hensley missed Jumper.
(7:37) Drake Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:14) Isaia Howard made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaiah Jackson.
1622
(6:58) Foul on Cam Manyawu.
+1 (6:58) Davion Sykes made Free Throw.
1722
(6:58) Davion Sykes missed Free Throw.
(6:58) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(6:58) Foul on Jorge Moreno.
+2 (6:27) Isaia Howard made Layup.
1724
(6:02) Jorge Moreno Turnover.
(6:02) Isaiah Jackson Steal.
(6:00) Foul on Kennard Davis Jr..
+1 (6:00) Isaiah Jackson made Free Throw.
1725
(6:00) Isaiah Jackson missed Free Throw.
(5:59) Southern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(5:46) Kennard Davis Jr. Turnover.
(5:46) Isaia Howard Steal.
+2 (5:18) Isaia Howard made Layup.
1727
+2 (5:03) Kennard Davis Jr. made Jumper.
1927
+2 (4:44) Cam Manyawu made Layup. Assisted by Isaiah Jackson.
1929
+3 (4:33) Kennard Davis Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
2229
(4:13) Mitch Mascari missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:11) Kennard Davis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(4:02) Kennard Davis Jr. missed Layup.
(4:02) Isaia Howard Block.
(3:58) Isaiah Jackson Defensive Rebound.
(3:55) Bennett Stirtz Turnover.
(3:37) Ali Dibba Turnover.
(3:37) Isaia Howard Steal.
(3:34) Foul on Kennard Davis Jr..
+1 (3:34) Isaia Howard made Free Throw.
2230
(3:34) Isaia Howard missed Free Throw.
(3:34) Davion Sykes Defensive Rebound.
+2 (3:22) Kennard Davis Jr. made Jumper.
2430
+2 (3:03) Bennett Stirtz made Layup.
2432
(2:49) Kennard Davis Jr. Turnover.
(2:49) Isaia Howard Steal.
(2:43) Mitch Mascari missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:41) Jarrett Hensley Defensive Rebound.
(2:29) Davion Sykes Turnover.
(2:29) Isaia Howard Steal.
+3 (2:24) Mitch Mascari made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Isaia Howard.
2435
(1:52) Kennard Davis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:49) Bennett Stirtz Defensive Rebound.
(1:20) Bennett Stirtz missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:18) Drake Deadball Team Rebound.
(1:18) Drake Turnover.
(1:04) Jarrett Hensley missed Layup.
(1:02) Davion Sykes Offensive Rebound.
(0:59) Jarrett Hensley missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:56) Jarrett Hensley Offensive Rebound.
(0:52) Foul on Daniel Abreu.
+1 (0:52) Ali Dibba made Free Throw.
2535
(0:52) Ali Dibba missed Free Throw.
(0:52) Cam Manyawu Defensive Rebound.
(0:30) Kael Combs missed Jumper.
(0:28) Jorge Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(0:20) Davion Sykes Turnover.
(0:20) Kael Combs Steal.
(0:02) Bennett Stirtz missed Jumper.
(0:01) Cam Manyawu Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) Foul on Drew Steffe.
+1 (0:00) Cam Manyawu made Free Throw.
2536
(0:00) Cam Manyawu missed Free Throw.
(0:00) Jarrett Hensley Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SIU

DRKE

53Points70

19-45(42.2%)Field Goal(%)25-57(43.9%)

5-18(27.8%)3-Point(%)7-23(30.4%)

10-16(62.5%)Free Throw(%)13-22(59.1%)

32(10)Rebounds(Offensive)34(14)

11Assists15

3Steals11

2Blocks3

15Turnovers6

19(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

3Largest Lead17

Game Details

Friday, March 7, 2025 · 1:00 PM

Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

capacity: 18,096

tv: ESPN+