S. Illinois pulls away from Drake for an 83-69 victory (Jan 01, 2017)
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) Sean O'Brien scored 16 points and had 13 rebounds and Leo Vincent added 15 points as Southern Illinois pulled away in the second half for an 83-69 win over Drake on Sunday.
Southern Illinois (8-7, 1-1 Missouri Valley) had a 37-32 lead at halftime before Drake used a 15-8 run in the first six minutes of the second half, taking a 47-45 lead on Reed Timmer's layup.
Timmer later hit a 3 pulling Drake to within 56-55, but Sean Lloyd made a layup, Austin Weiher buried a 3, Aaron Cook had a layup as did O'Brien and the lead was at 10 with 8:41 to go.
Nick McGlynn's jumper with 4:04 left was the last time Drake (3-11, 1-1) trailed by single digits. Vincent responded with a 3 making it 75-63.
Timmer led the Bulldogs with 17 points and Ore Arogundade finished with 13 points.
