February 11, 2007 EVANSVILLE DOWNS INDIANA STATE EVANSVILLE, Ind. - Hot shooting by Evansville proved to be too much as Indiana State fell to the Purple Aces 76-61 Sunday afternoon at Roberts Stadium. Evansville (13-13, 6-9) shot 52 percent from the field in the second half after starting the game hitting five consecutive three pointers. ISU (12-13, 5-10) got rolling in the first half behind Cole Holmstrom (Bloomington, IN) hot shooting. The freshman hit two three’s and then a jumper to cut the Aces lead to eight 25-17. Mick Yelovich (Mt. Zion, IL) got the lead down to four, 25-21 on a lay-up. Then Bradley Strickland had a tip in and a three by Jason Holsinger pushed the lead to seven, 32-25 at the break. In the second half, the Sycamores got it down to five on a Marico Stinson (Memphis, TN) three pointer that made it 37-32 with 18:38 left. That was a close as ISU would get it as Strickland took over. He had 18 points and 7 rebounds in the second half to finish with a double-double of 24 points and 10 rebounds. Holmstrom was the only Sycamore in double figures with 19, tying his career high with five three pointers. Yelovich came off the bench with a season best nine points and five rebounds. ISU shot 43.3% from the field, including hitting eight three’s in the contest. Indiana State returns to action on Wednesday night, February 14, when they open their final home stand of the season hosting the Redbirds of Illinois State. Tip off is set for 7:05pm.
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