Senior guard Anthony Beane dribbles toward the basket during SIU’s 83-71 loss to Evansville on Saturday at the Ford Center. Beane scored 22 points and had four rebounds in the game.
Northern Iowa used a strong second-half shooting performance to down the Salukis in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals, 66-60.
SIU tied the game with 2:16 left in the game off an and-one from freshman guard Armon Fletcher after being down by as much as 10 in the second half. He finished with 11 points and five rebounds.
Four straight free throws by UNI gave the team a lead that would stand the rest of the game.