EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. (AP) Tyler King's 18 points helped SIU-Edwardsville defeat Western Illinois Leathernecks 67-47 on Thursday.

King had three steals for the Cougars (18-12, 11-8 Ohio Valley Conference). Kyle Thomas scored 15 points while going 6 of 12 from the field, and added eight rebounds. Arnas Sakenis shot 6 of 6 from the field and 2 of 4 from the free-throw line to finish with 14 points, while adding three steals and four blocks.

Isaiah Griffin led the Leathernecks (5-25, 1-18) in scoring, finishing with 13 points and four steals. Western Illinois also got eight points from Lucas Lorenzen. Danny Stephens also had six points.

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