ST. LOUIS (AP) Isaia Howard helped lead top-seeded Drake over eighth-seeded Southern Illinois on Friday with a career-high 21 points off of the bench in a 70-53 victory in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.
The Bulldogs advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday to play the winner of Illinois State-Belmont on Saturday.
Howard added six steals for the Bulldogs (28-3). Bennett Stirtz scored 15 points while shooting 5 for 12 (1 for 6 from 3-point range) and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line and added five rebounds and five assists. Cam Manyawu had 11 points and shot 4 of 5 from the field and 3 of 5 from the free-throw line.
Ali Abdou Dibba led the way for the Salukis (14-19) with 19 points. Drew Steffe added 11 points for Southern Illinois. Kennard Davis had 10 points.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Dibba | 19 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| D. Steffe | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| K. Davis Jr. | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Hensley | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Sykes | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Moreno | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Aligbe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| D. Mayo Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| T. Bey | – | – | – | – |
| E. Elliott | – | – | – | – |
| A. Massey | – | – | – | – |
| I. Billington | – | – | – | – |
| J. Webber | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 53 | 30 | 11 | 19 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Stirtz | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| C. Manyawu | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| M. Mascari | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| I. Jackson | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Abreu | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| I. Howard | 21 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| T. Banks | 10 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| K. Combs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Alia | – | – | – | – |
| E. Shetlar | – | – | – | – |
| J. Matteoni | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 70 | 32 | 15 |
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