Edwardsville's 82-76 win against Southern Indiana on Thursday night. Taylor also contributed three steals for the Cougars (13-7, 6-3 Ohio Valley Conference). Brian Taylor II shot 4 of 8 from the field and 6 for 7 from the line to add 15 points.

Southern Indiana takes on the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars after Damoni Harrison scored 26 points in the Screaming Eagles' 78-66 win against the Western Illinois Leathernecks

Southern Illinois faces the UIC Flames after Ali Abdou Dibba scored 21 points in the Salukis' 74-64 loss to the Murray State Racers.

SIU-Edwardsville 6-15 (Polk 2-2, Pickett 1-1, B.Taylor 1-1, Malith 1-2, R.Taylor 1-8, Dillon 0-1). Fouled Out_Mielke. Rebounds_S. Indiana 34 (Olowoniyi, Harrison 8), SIU-Edwardsville 29 (Thompson 6).