NCAAM teams
VAL

59

12-14
Final
EVAN

63

16-10
RecapBox Score
1 2 T
VAL 32 27 59
EVAN 31 32 63
Ford Center, Evansville
Associated Press 6y

Evansville beats Valparaiso for 21st straight time

Men's College Basketball, Evansville Purple Aces, Valparaiso Crusaders

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Ryan Taylor scored 31 points on 10-of-23 shooting for his fifth 20-point game in a row, and Evansville beat in-state foe Valparaiso 63-59 on Wednesday night for its 21st straight series win dating to 1969.

K.J. Riley added nine points with six boards and Taylor had seven rebounds for the Purple Aces (16-10, 6-7 Missouri Valley Conference), who shot 46.8 percent from the floor in winning four of their last five.

Taylor scored seven straight points, including a go-ahead jumper, and Evansville led 53-47 on Dainius Chatkevicius' back-to-back dunks with 4:24 left. Valparaiso closed to 56-54 on Markus Golder's jumper and trailed 60-57 on his 3 with 30 seconds to go. Max Joseph's layup drew them to 62-59 with 2 seconds left but Noah Frederking's free throw iced it.

Mileek McMillan's back-to-back 3s helped Valparaiso to a 32-31 lead at halftime.

Golder and Bakari Evelyn scored 15 points apiece for the Crusaders (12-14, 3-10), who have lost seven of their last eight.

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