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CARBONDALE, Illinois – Different day, same heartbreaking script for the Missouri State men’s basketball team
For the fourth time this season, the Bears lost a game after holding a double-digit lead.
For the second consecutive game, it ended in overtime. And with a Missouri State loss.
Southern Illinois shrugged off a blistering first-half shooting performance by the Bears, rallying for an 85-84 overtime victory on Saturday night at SIU Arena.
“I don’t think we let it slip away,” Bears coach Paul Lusk said. “We were up by 12, they were going to make a run.