TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Indiana State was led in scoring by 18 points from senior Everett Clemons but it was not enough as the Sycamores fell 74-68 to visiting Southern Illinois in front of 3,922 fans inside Hulman Center,

Indiana State fell to 10-18, 4-12 MVC while Southern Illinois improved to 15-14, 8-8 MVC. SIU has now four of the last meetings in the series.

Everett Clemons led the way with 18 points as he hit 8-of-11 shots from the field and added five rebounds and four assists. Brenton Scott added 12 points as he hit a trio of 3-pointers while off the bench TJ Bell tallied 12 points to go with six rebounds, one assist, one blocked shot and two steals.

Scott became just the third Sycamore all-time to record at least 200 career 3-pointers as he now owns 202 during his three-year career. The only others to accomplish the feat are Michael Menser and Jordan Printy. Scott needs 13 more to tie Printy for the second-most in the program's history.

SIU hit 53.3 percent of their shots in the first half and finished the game with a 28-of-58 mark (48.3 percent). ISU was limited to just 10-of-27 shooting (37 percent) in the second half and hit 42.4 percent during the game. The Sycamores did connected on 10 3-pointers in the contest and had 17 assists on 25 made field goals. Indiana State committed 13 turnovers which resulted in 18 Salukis points. SIU held a 38-28 lead in the paint while Indiana State scored 16 points off SIU turnovers.

Clemons got the Sycamores going early with a jumper on the opening possession. A 3-pointer by Scott -- the 200th of his career -- came with 17:13 left in the first half and staked the Sycamores to a 7-3 lead. Seven points in a row from the Salukis gave them a 10-7 advantage before Clemons scored on a driving lay-up at the 14:10 mark to cut the SIU advantage down to 10-9. It started 7-0 Sycamore counter attack which netted a 14-10 edge for ISU with 13:09 on the clock when Clemons scored again inside. Indiana State used another 7-0 run capped by a Clemons lay-up with 6:58 remaining for a 28-21 lead. SIU slowly worked their way back into the game as a pair of Mike Rodriguez free throws with 2:16 left tied the game at 34. A 3-pointer from Matt Van Sycoc with 28 seconds remaining pushed the Sycamores ahead 38-36 before Thik Bohl had a dunk with five seconds remaining to send the two teams to the locker room tied at 38. Clemons led the way with 12 points at the break for the Sycamores.

Bol would score again to open the second half of play before Emondre Rickman countered with a jumper in the paint to knot the score at 40 with 17:57 to go. It started aa 6-0 run which continued with a Clemons and Bell lay-up for the 44-40 lead. After Sean O'Brien scored inside, Scott drained a 3-pointer with 15:32 on the clock for the 47-42 edge. Six points in a row for the Salukis gave them a one point lead before Clemons hit a pair of free throws for the 49-48 lead.

A 3-pointer from Rodriguez gave the Salukis a four point advantage, but Laquarious Paige countered with a trifecta of his own to get ISU within a point and then he hit another with 8:12 to go which pushed Indiana State ahead 55-53. The Salukis punched back with eight points in a row as they took a six points lead before Paige hit his third 3-pointer of the second half to claw the Sycamores within 61-58 with 5:34 remaining.

But back-to-back layups from O'Brien and Bol stretched the lead back out to seven points. When Bol hit 1-of-2 free throws with 1:28 remaining, SIU led 68-63 before Clemons scored inside to make it a one possession game before Rodriguez connected on a runner with 49 seconds to go for the 70-65 SIU lead. Van Scyoc drilled a 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining to get within two points, but ISU would not score again and SIU hit their free throws to walk out with a 74-68 victory.

Thik Bol led the Salukis with 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Indiana State will honor its four seniors: Everett Clemons, TJ Bell, Matt Van Scyoc and Niels Bunschoten prior to tip-off and postgame against Northern Iowa on Wednesday, February 22. Tip-off is set for 7 pm (ET) inside Hulman Center.