CARBONDALE, Ill. - Without two of its top scorers and rebounders, the University of Evansville women's basketball team dropped a road matchup with Southern Illinois. 105-59, to close its regular season road slate on Saturday afternoon in Carbondale, Ill.

Still missing leading scorer Abby Feit, who was out for the weekend with an injury, Evansville found itself even more short-handed just one minute into the game, when redshirt junior center Barbora Tomancova exited due to an injury. Fifth-year guard Myia Clark led the Aces offensively on the day, finishing with 15 points, while freshman guard Kynidi Mason Striverson came within one point of tying her career high with 13 off the bench. Rounding-out the Aces double-figure scorers, fifth-year guard A'Niah Griffin tallied 12 points. The Salukis were led by Ashley Jones and Promise Taylor, who each went for 20 points in SIU's win. Taylor recorded a triple-double, notching 20 points, 11 boards, and 10 blocks for SIU.

From the start, Evansville was tasked with limiting an SIU offense that got into rhythm early and never lost it. The Salukis jumped-out to a 26-8 advantage in the opening quarter, but the Aces methodically worked themselves back into the contest, trailing 27-12 after the opening period.

The Salukis continued to shoot at a high-rate from the field, following a 69% field-goal percentage in the first quarter with a 52% outing in the second period that helped lift SIU to a 52-33 lead at the halftime break.

Over the course of the second half, Evansville utilized its full bench, playing 10 different players on the day with eight scoring. SIU would finish the game shooting 62.5% (45-72) from the field, helping the Salukis secure the 105-59 win.

Evansville returns to Meeks Family Fieldhouse for the final two games of the regular season on Thursday, March 2 and Saturday, March 4 against Bradley and Illinois State, respectively.
 

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