GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Illinois State 78, Valparaiso 75
Associated Press
NORMAL, Ill. - Antonio Reeves had a career-high 34 points as Illinois State narrowly defeated Valparaiso 78-75 in overtime.
The Redbirds led for all of overtime.
Liam McChesney had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Illinois State (11-14, 4-8 Missouri Valley Conference), which ended its five-game losing streak. Josiah Strong added 10 points.
Kevion Taylor scored a season-high 26 points for Valpo (11-13, 4-8). Kobe King added 14 points. Ben Krikke had 12 points and four blocks.
| Valparaiso | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| B. Krikke | F | 40 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| K. Taylor | F | 37 | 7-14 | 7-7 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 26 |
| K. King | G | 37 | 6-15 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| E. Gordon | G | 34 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Ruedinger | G | 24 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| D. DeAveiro | 22 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| S. Edwards | 21 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| T. Woodyard | 11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals | 226 | 28-64 (.438) |
11-15 (.733) |
8-18 (.444) |
4-31 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 75 | |
| Illinois State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| L. McChesney | F | 35 | 5-8 | 6-6 | 0-1 | 2-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| K. Lewis | F | 30 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| R. Schmitt | F | 16 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| A. Reeves | G | 42 | 13-21 | 3-5 | 5-8 | 0-3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 34 |
| J. Strong | G | 40 | 3-11 | 2-3 | 2-6 | 0-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Freeman | 29 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| A. Ndiaye | 26 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| H. Sissoko | 7 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Totals | 225 | 28-62 (.452) |
15-20 (.750) |
7-19 (.368) |
9-42 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 16 | 78 | |
