EVANSVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Ray’Sean Taylor scored 20 points and No. 2 seed SIU Edwardsville beat top-seeded Southeast Missouri 69-48 on Saturday night to win its first Ohio Valley Conference Championship title and secured its first trip to the NCAA Tournament.
It was also the first appearance in the title game for SIU Edwardsville (22-11), which entered with a 3-8 tournament record.
Taylor shot 3 of 9 from the floor and made 13 of 16 free throws and is now the Cougars' all-time career scoring leader with 1,952 points. He surpassed Jason Holmes (1993-1997), who finished with 1,949 career points.