EVANSVILLE, IND. – Southern Indiana connected on 10-of-18 three-pointers en route to handing the University of Missouri-St. Louis men's basketball team an 86-76 setback Saturday afternoon in Great Lakes Valley Conference play.
 
Despite the loss, redshirt freshman Joshua Webster scored a career-high 22 points, while equaling a career-best eight assists.
 
Junior Hunter Reine added 17 points, scoring 10 of UMSL's first 15 points, including six on dunks, to help his team to an early 15-8 advantage. Senior Brandon Marquardt followed with 14 points.
 
UMSL slips to 10-14 overall, including 4-11 in the GLVC, while Southern Indiana moves to 16-9 and 8-7 in the league. The Screaming Eagles have won 13 straight over the Tritons, including 12 in Evansville.
 
The Screaming Eagles followed the Tritons' quick start with seven unanswered points and knotted the score at 15-15 at the 13:09 mark. Webster later gave UMSL a 29-25 lead before the Tritons held on to a 33-32 halftime lead.
 
Southern Indiana then scored the first five points of the second half to take a 37-33 lead it would not relinquish. UMSL pulled within one point four times, including 47-46 at 12:51 on junior Alex Majewski's second consecutive lay-in, but the Tritons would get no closer. The hosts upped their lead to nine with just under eight minutes to play.
 
UMSL shot 49.2 percent and was outrebounded, 36-29, while USI shot 52.9 percent. Sophomore point guard Max Cook pulled down a team-best six rebounds.
 
The Tritons continue their season-ending five-game roadswing next week with games at Missouri S&T on Thursday and at Drury on Saturday.