Southern Illinois Salukis vs. Drake Bulldogs

FINAL

Feb 18, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
SIU	31	35	66
DRKE	36	25	61

Game Recap

Mayo scores 22 as Southern Illinois takes down Drake 66-61. Damien Mayo Jr. had 22 points in Southern Illinois' 66-61 win over Drake on Wednesday to hand the Bulldogs their seventh-straight defeat.

Player Stats

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Rolyns Aligbe	26	1-14	1-6	0-0	8	1	3	1	2	2	3
8Prince Aligbe	17	1-4	0-0	0-1	4	1	0	1	3	0	2
2Quel'Ron House	38	3-14	2-8	7-12	6	5	2	0	2	1	15
10Damien Mayo Jr.	20	8-10	5-6	1-2	1	3	0	0	1	5	22
21Drew Steffe	36	5-10	1-3	0-0	4	1	0	1	0	1	11
35Max Pikaar	7	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
33Jaheem Webber	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
5Jalen Haynes	18	1-3	1-2	2-2	7	0	2	0	1	1	5
3Caden Hawkins	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4Davion Sykes	23	4-8	0-0	0-0	6	1	2	0	0	2	8
TOTAL	-	23-6634.8%	10-2638.5%	10-1758.8%	41	14	10	3	11	13	66

DRAKE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
8Okku Federiko	10	1-4	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	1	3
1Owen Larson	22	2-5	0-2	0-0	3	3	1	0	3	0	4
10Eli Shetlar	37	2-8	1-4	2-4	5	1	0	1	1	2	7
21Andrew Alia	32	2-6	1-5	1-3	5	1	1	0	2	3	6
3Jalen Quinn	38	9-21	3-6	2-4	10	1	2	1	4	4	23
2Griffen Goodbary	16	1-3	0-1	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	0	2
24Isaiah Carr	18	3-4	0-0	0-0	6	2	0	5	1	4	6
22Jaehshon Thomas	17	3-4	1-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	2	7
0Braden Appelhans	10	1-5	1-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3

TOTAL	-	24-6040.0%	7-2528.0%	6-1346.2%	36	10	5	8	14	16	61

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.
+2 (19:45) Drew Steffe makes layup (Damien Mayo Jr. assists).
20
+2 (19:22) Okku Federiko makes driving layup (Owen Larson assists).
22
(19:08) Prince Aligbe misses layup.
(19:07) Drake Defensive Rebound.
(18:49) Owen Larson bad pass turnover.
(18:49) Rolyns Aligbe Steal.
+3 (18:35) Damien Mayo Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Prince Aligbe assists).
52
(18:17) Jalen Quinn misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(18:14) Drake Offensive Rebound.
(18:00) Owen Larson misses 15-foot step back jumpshot.
(17:59) Drake Offensive Rebound.
(17:42) Jalen Quinn bad pass turnover.
(17:42) Quel'Ron House Steal.
(17:35) Quel'Ron House misses 14-foot pullup jump shot.
(17:33) Owen Larson Defensive Rebound.
(17:04) Eli Shetlar misses 14-foot jumper.
(17:04) Prince Aligbe Block.
(17:00) Prince Aligbe Defensive Rebound.
(16:52) Rolyns Aligbe misses 13-foot jumper.
(16:52) Isaiah Carr Block.
(16:47) Rolyns Aligbe Offensive Rebound.
(16:38) Quel'Ron House misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:35) Owen Larson Defensive Rebound.
(16:27) Foul on Rolyns Aligbe.
(16:27) Jalen Quinn misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:27) Drake Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (16:27) Jalen Quinn makes free throw 2 of 2.
53
(16:13) Quel'Ron House misses 15-foot jumper.
(16:10) Isaiah Carr Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:59) Jalen Quinn makes 27-foot three point jumper.
56
+3 (15:49) Damien Mayo Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (Quel'Ron House assists).
86
(15:47) Technical Foul on Damien Mayo Jr..
+1 (15:47) Andrew Alia makes free throw 1 of 2.
87
(15:47) Andrew Alia misses free throw 2 of 2.
(15:47) Drake Deadball Team Rebound.
+3 (15:35) Jalen Quinn makes 25-foot three point jumper (Eli Shetlar assists).
810
(15:18) Rolyns Aligbe misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:14) Jalen Quinn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:50) Eli Shetlar makes 11-foot floating jump shot (Isaiah Carr assists).
812
(14:42) Quel'Ron House misses 9-foot jumper.
(14:42) Isaiah Carr Block.
(14:37) Isaiah Carr Defensive Rebound.
(14:30) Eli Shetlar misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(14:25) Quel'Ron House Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:02) Jalen Haynes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quel'Ron House assists).
1112
(13:40) Braden Appelhans misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:37) Jaheem Webber Defensive Rebound.
(13:19) Davion Sykes misses 10-foot jumper.
(13:15) Griffen Goodbary Defensive Rebound.
(13:03) Jalen Quinn misses 17-foot jumper.
(13:00) Jalen Haynes Defensive Rebound.
(12:40) Davion Sykes misses dunk.
(12:40) Isaiah Carr Block.
(12:38) Davion Sykes Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:38) Davion Sykes makes 0-foot tip in dunk.
1312
(12:21) Okku Federiko misses layup.
(12:19) Drake Offensive Rebound.
(12:12) Eli Shetlar bad pass turnover.
(12:12) Max Pikaar Steal.
(12:02) Quel'Ron House misses 7-foot jumper.
(12:02) Griffen Goodbary Block.
(11:57) Jalen Quinn Defensive Rebound.
(11:50) Owen Larson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(11:46) Max Pikaar Defensive Rebound.
(11:36) Jalen Haynes bad pass turnover.
(11:36) Jalen Quinn Steal.
+3 (11:30) Jalen Quinn makes 26-foot three point jumper.
1315
(11:00) Quel'Ron House misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:55) Jaehshon Thomas Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:41) Eli Shetlar makes 28-foot three point jumper (Griffen Goodbary assists).
1318
(10:20) Max Pikaar bad pass turnover.
(10:20) Jaehshon Thomas Steal.
(10:16) Jaehshon Thomas bad pass turnover.
(10:16) Jalen Haynes Steal.
(10:00) Max Pikaar misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:57) Southern Illinois Offensive Rebound.
(9:39) Damien Mayo Jr. bad pass turnover.
(9:39) Owen Larson Steal.
+2 (9:18) Isaiah Carr makes 10-foot jumper.
1320
(9:10) Rolyns Aligbe misses 16-foot jumper.
(9:07) Drake Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:56) Owen Larson makes driving layup.
1322
+3 (8:36) Drew Steffe makes 27-foot three point jumper (Damien Mayo Jr. assists).
1622
+3 (8:14) Jaehshon Thomas makes 27-foot three point jumper (Isaiah Carr assists).
1625
+2 (8:04) Drew Steffe makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
1825
+2 (7:46) Isaiah Carr makes layup.
1827
(7:31) Prince Aligbe traveling turnover.
(7:21) Foul on Damien Mayo Jr..
+2 (7:11) Jalen Quinn makes driving layup.
1829
(6:52) Rolyns Aligbe bad pass turnover.
(6:52) Andrew Alia Steal.
+2 (6:33) Andrew Alia makes layup (Owen Larson assists).
1831
+2 (6:19) Drew Steffe makes layup.
2031
(5:57) Eli Shetlar misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(5:53) Quel'Ron House Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:48) Damien Mayo Jr. makes 25-foot three point jumper (Quel'Ron House assists).
2331
(5:23) Jalen Quinn misses 9-foot jumper.
(5:20) Quel'Ron House Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:17) Damien Mayo Jr. makes 26-foot three point jumper (Quel'Ron House assists).
2631
(5:07) Andrew Alia misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:04) Drake Offensive Rebound.
(4:56) Jalen Quinn misses 13-foot jumper.
(4:53) Jalen Haynes Defensive Rebound.
(4:49) Rolyns Aligbe misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:44) Prince Aligbe Offensive Rebound.
(4:40) Foul on Jalen Quinn.
(4:33) Rolyns Aligbe misses 6-foot jumper.
(4:33) Prince Aligbe Offensive Rebound.
(4:33) Foul on Andrew Alia.
(4:28) Rolyns Aligbe traveling turnover.
(4:13) Isaiah Carr misses layup.
(4:12) Southern Illinois Defensive Rebound.
(4:01) Drew Steffe misses 17-foot jumper.
(3:58) Jaheem Webber Offensive Rebound.
(3:58) Foul on Isaiah Carr.
(3:52) Prince Aligbe misses layup.
(3:48) Jaheem Webber Offensive Rebound.
+3 (3:46) Quel'Ron House makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaheem Webber assists).
2931
(3:33) Foul on Jaheem Webber.
(3:15) Braden Appelhans misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(3:13) Prince Aligbe Defensive Rebound.
(3:13) Foul on Isaiah Carr.
(2:59) Quel'Ron House misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:55) Jaheem Webber Offensive Rebound.
(2:51) Quel'Ron House traveling turnover.
(2:38) Jalen Quinn misses layup.
(2:35) Drew Steffe Defensive Rebound.
(2:20) Prince Aligbe bad pass turnover.
+2 (2:07) Jalen Quinn makes 10-foot floating jump shot.
2933
(2:00) Quel'Ron House misses 17-foot jumper.
(1:57) Braden Appelhans Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:39) Braden Appelhans makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Quinn assists).
2936
(1:17) Jalen Haynes misses layup.
(1:17) Braden Appelhans Defensive Rebound.
(1:17) Eli Shetlar Block.
(1:12) Andrew Alia bad pass turnover.
+2 (0:48) Davion Sykes makes 2-foot dunk (Quel'Ron House assists).
3136
(0:31) Andrew Alia misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:27) Jalen Haynes Defensive Rebound.
(0:02) Jalen Haynes misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Andrew Alia Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

SIU

DRKE

66Points61

23-66(34.8%)Field Goal(%)24-60(40.0%)

10-26(38.5%)3-Point(%)7-25(28.0%)

10-17(58.8%)Free Throw(%)6-13(46.2%)

44(15)Rebounds(Offensive)43(10)

14Assists10

10Steals5

3Blocks8

12Turnovers14

13(1)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

8Largest Lead13

Game Details

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 · 7:30 PM

The Knapp Center · Des Moines, IA

attendance: 3,152 (44.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: SIU -1.5

over/under: 149.5