NORMAL, Ill. (AP) Quel'Ron House's 22 points helped Southern Illinois Salukis defeat Illinois State Redbirds 54-50 on Tuesday night.

House shot 9 of 16 from the field and 4 of 4 from the free-throw line for the Salukis (10-13, 4-8 Missouri Valley Conference). Rolyns Aligbe scored 12 points while shooting 5 for 10, including 1 for 5 from beyond the arc and added 12 rebounds.

Chase Walker led the way for the Redbirds (15-8, 7-5) with 12 points. Landon Wolf added 11 points for Illinois State. Johnny Kinziger finished with 10 points, four assists and three steals.

House scored eight points in the first half and Southern Illinois went into the break trailing 24-22. Southern Illinois used a 7-0 second-half run to take the lead at 44-41 with 4:53 remaining in the half. House scored 14 second-half points.

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