CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Marcus Bartley and Sean Lloyd Jr. combined to score 35 points and Southern Illinois roared back from a halftime deficit to hand Howard its first loss of the season, 83-69 Monday night in a Las Vegas Holiday Invitational campus game.
Down by six, 39-33 at intermission, the Salukis tied the game four minutes into the second half, 46-46, on Lloyd's 3-pointer as part of a 21-4 run that put them up 64-51 midway through the second half.
Southern Illinois limited its opposition to 37 percent shooting from the field, including 22 percent from behind the 3-point line in its first three games and checked the Bison on 38.