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Carlton Fay scored 15 points to lead Southern Illinois past Evansville 67-55 Tuesday night.
Mykel Cleveland added 11 points for the Salukis (10-9, 4-4 Missouri Valley), who have beaten the Purple Aces 10 straight times in Carbondale.
Pieter van Tongeren had 18 points for Evansville (9-9, 3-5), which was attempting to win consecutive conference road games for the first time since 1998-99.
Down 13-10 with 9:11 left in the first half, Southern Illinois scored 17 straight points to take the lead for good. Gene Teague scored seven of his nine points during the run.
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The Salukis led by 16 before going into halftime up 31-24.
The Purple Aces used a 13-4 run to pull to within 47-43 with 8:06 to play but couldn't get any closer.
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