SIU Edwardsville Cougars @ Western Illinois Leathernecks

69–65Final · Feb 1, 2025

SIUE 69 WIU 65 Final

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SIUE15-8	37	32	69
WIU8-15	29	36	65

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The scoring timeline.

Every scoring moment, when the official feed stamped it — and when FirstBuzzer's in-venue spotters buzzed it first. Times are ET.

Massal Diouf made Layup.
0–2
Ring Malith made Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
2–2
Trey Deveaux made Jumper.
2–4
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas.
5–4
Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith.
5–7
Kyle Thomas made Jumper.
7–7
Ring Malith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon.
10–7
Marko Maletic made Layup.
10–9
Brian Taylor II made Dunk.
12–9
Brian Taylor II made Layup.
14–9
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
14–10
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
14–11
Caleb Thompson made Layup.
14–13
Kyle Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
16–13
Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup.
18–13
Julius Rollins made Layup.
18–15
Rodrick Payne made Layup.
18–17
Myles Thompson made Jumper.
20–17
Marko Maletic made Jumper. Assisted by Rodrick Payne.
20–19
Brian Taylor II made Dunk. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
22–19
Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ring Malith.
25–19
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
25–21
Kyle Thomas made Layup.
27–21
Kyle Thomas made Free Throw.
28–21
Julius Rollins made Free Throw.
28–22
Ring Malith made Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon.
30–22
Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Deveaux.
30–25
Ring Malith made Layup.
32–25
Marko Maletic made Layup.
32–27
Marko Maletic made Free Throw.
32–28
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas.
35–28
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
35–29
Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw.
36–29
Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw.
37–29
Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
37–31
Julius Rollins made Free Throw.
37–32
Julius Rollins made Free Throw.
37–33
Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup.
39–33
Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith.
39–36
Kyle Thomas made Free Throw.
40–36
Kyle Thomas made Free Throw.
41–36
Trey Deveaux made Layup.
41–38
Trey Deveaux made Free Throw.
41–39
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper.
44–39
Trey Deveaux made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
44–42
Desmond Polk made Jumper.
46–42
Marko Maletic made Free Throw.
46–43
Marko Maletic made Free Throw.
46–44
Ryan Myers made Jumper. Assisted by Rodrick Payne.
46–46
Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
46–49
Declan Dillon made Free Throw.
47–49
Declan Dillon made Free Throw.
48–49
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Pickett.
51–49
Julius Rollins made Jumper.
51–51
Kyle Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
53–51
Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
53–54
Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ring Malith.
56–54
Julius Rollins made Layup.
56–56
Massal Diouf made Free Throw.
56–57
Ring Malith made Layup.
58–57
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
59–57
Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw.
60–57
Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw.
61–57
Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Julius Rollins.
61–59
Massal Diouf made Dunk. Assisted by Ryan Myers.
61–61
Kyle Thomas made Dunk. Assisted by Brian Taylor II.
63–61
Massal Diouf made Jumper.
63–63
Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor.
65–63
Julius Rollins made Jumper.
65–65
Kyle Thomas made Jumper.
67–65
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
68–65
Ring Malith made Free Throw.
69–65

Play-by-play

P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Massal Diouf made Layup. 0–2
P1 Ring Malith made Jumper. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 2–2
P1 Trey Deveaux made Jumper. 2–4
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Jumper.
P1 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
P1 Massal Diouf Offensive Rebound.
P1 Massal Diouf missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kyle Thomas missed Layup.
P1 Julius Rollins Block.
P1 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sean Smith missed Layup.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kyle Thomas missed Jumper.
P1 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P1 Western Illinois Turnover.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P1 Rodrick Payne Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas. 5–4
P1 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Turnover.
P1 Rodrick Payne Steal.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Brian Taylor II Offensive Rebound.
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Layup.
P1 Rodrick Payne Block.
P1 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith. 5–7
P1 Kyle Thomas made Jumper. 7–7
P1 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sean Smith.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Ring Malith made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon. 10–7
P1 Marko Maletic made Layup. 10–9
P1 Brian Taylor II made Dunk. 12–9
P1 Caleb Thompson Turnover.
P1 Brian Taylor II Steal.
P1 Brian Taylor II made Layup. 14–9
P1 Foul on Ring Malith.
P1 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 14–10
P1 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 14–11
P1 Declan Dillon Turnover.
P1 Caleb Thompson made Layup. 14–13
P1 Myles Thompson missed Jumper.
P1 Declan Dillon Offensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor Turnover.
P1 Trey Deveaux Steal.
P1 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P1 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Julius Rollins.
P1 Foul on Massal Diouf.
P1 Kyle Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 16–13
P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Myles Thompson.
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Declan Dillon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Kyle Thomas Turnover.
P1 Foul on Massal Diouf.
P1 Massal Diouf Turnover.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. 18–13
P1 Julius Rollins made Layup. 18–15
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Layup.
P1 Rodrick Payne Defensive Rebound.
P1 Rodrick Payne made Layup. 18–17
P1 Myles Thompson missed Layup.
P1 Declan Dillon Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Sean Smith.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson missed Free Throw.
P1 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Polk missed Jumper.
P1 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P1 Myles Thompson made Jumper. 20–17
P1 Marko Maletic made Jumper. Assisted by Rodrick Payne. 20–19
P1 Brian Taylor II missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Myles Thompson.
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Block.
P1 Trey Deveaux Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Brian Taylor II made Dunk. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 22–19
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
P1 Julius Rollins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Polk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ring Malith. 25–19
P1 Western Illinois Timeout
P1 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 25–21
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Layup.
P1 Trey Deveaux Block.
P1 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyle Thomas made Layup. 27–21
P1 Foul on Kayden Carter.
P1 Kyle Thomas made Free Throw. 28–21
P1 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P1 Julius Rollins missed Free Throw.
P1 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Julius Rollins made Free Throw. 28–22
P1 Ring Malith made Jumper. Assisted by Declan Dillon. 30–22
P1 Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Trey Deveaux. 30–25
P1 Kyle Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P1 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Offensive Rebound.
P1 Kyle Thomas missed Jumper.
P1 Kayden Carter Defensive Rebound.
P1 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Declan Dillon Defensive Rebound.
P1 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Ring Malith Offensive Rebound.
P1 Ring Malith made Layup. 32–25
P1 Marko Maletic made Layup. 32–27
P1 Foul on Ring Malith.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Marko Maletic made Free Throw. 32–28
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Kyle Thomas. 35–28
P1 Foul on Jordan Pickett.
P1 Trey Deveaux missed Free Throw.
P1 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P1 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 35–29
P1 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw. 36–29
P1 Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw. 37–29
P1 Ryan Myers missed Jumper.
P1 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Myers. 37–31
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Jumper.
P2 Sean Smith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Jumper.
P2 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Jumper.
P2 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P2 Julius Rollins made Free Throw. 37–32
P2 Julius Rollins made Free Throw. 37–33
P2 Ring Malith Turnover.
P2 Sean Smith Steal.
P2 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P2 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Layup.
P2 Massal Diouf Block.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Turnover.
P2 Ryan Myers missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kyle Thomas Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Layup. 39–33
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Layup.
P2 Ring Malith Block.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Sean Smith. 39–36
P2 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P2 Kyle Thomas made Free Throw. 40–36
P2 Kyle Thomas made Free Throw. 41–36
P2 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P2 Trey Deveaux Offensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Layup. 41–38
P2 Foul on Ray'Sean Taylor.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Free Throw. 41–39
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. 44–39
P2 Massal Diouf missed Jumper.
P2 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Julius Rollins Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins. 44–42
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Foul on Sean Smith.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Deveaux Block.
P2 Brian Taylor II Offensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Polk made Jumper. 46–42
P2 Julius Rollins missed Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Desmond Polk.
P2 Marko Maletic made Free Throw. 46–43
P2 Marko Maletic made Free Throw. 46–44
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Layup.
P2 Rodrick Payne Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Trey Deveaux.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P2 Ryan Myers Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Declan Dillon.
P2 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P2 Myles Thompson missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Myers made Jumper. Assisted by Rodrick Payne. 46–46
P2 Desmond Polk missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Julius Rollins. 46–49
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Declan Dillon Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Rodrick Payne.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Declan Dillon made Free Throw. 47–49
P2 Declan Dillon made Free Throw. 48–49
P2 Ryan Myers missed Jumper.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Pickett. 51–49
P2 Julius Rollins made Jumper. 51–51
P2 Kyle Thomas made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 53–51
P2 Marko Maletic made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ryan Myers. 53–54
P2 Jordan Pickett missed Jumper.
P2 Myles Thompson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Myles Thompson missed Jumper.
P2 Western Illinois Defensive Rebound.
P2 Ryan Myers Turnover.
P2 Ring Malith Steal.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Ring Malith. 56–54
P2 Marko Maletic Turnover.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor Steal.
P2 Foul on Trey Deveaux.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Free Throw.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Offensive Rebound.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Free Throw.
P2 Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Julius Rollins made Layup. 56–56
P2 Ring Malith missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Kyle Thomas Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Layup.
P2 Kyle Thomas Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Layup.
P2 Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Kyle Thomas.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Sean Smith missed Jumper.
P2 Massal Diouf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Ring Malith.
P2 Massal Diouf missed Free Throw.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf made Free Throw. 56–57
P2 Ring Malith made Layup. 58–57
P2 Foul on Marko Maletic.
P2 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 59–57
P2 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P2 Kyle Thomas Block.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Julius Rollins missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Massal Diouf.
P2 Kyle Thomas missed Free Throw.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Trey Deveaux Turnover.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor Steal.
P2 Foul on Sean Smith.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw. 60–57
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor made Free Throw. 61–57
P2 Julius Rollins missed Jumper.
P2 Kyle Thomas Block.
P2 Julius Rollins Offensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf made Layup. Assisted by Julius Rollins. 61–59
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Jumper.
P2 Trey Deveaux Defensive Rebound.
P2 Western Illinois Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Massal Diouf made Dunk. Assisted by Ryan Myers. 61–61
P2 Kyle Thomas made Dunk. Assisted by Brian Taylor II. 63–61
P2 Ryan Myers missed Layup.
P2 Massal Diouf Offensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf made Jumper. 63–63
P2 Kyle Thomas Turnover.
P2 Massal Diouf Steal.
P2 Trey Deveaux Turnover.
P2 Desmond Polk Steal.
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Timeout
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Myles Thompson made Layup. Assisted by Ray'Sean Taylor. 65–63
P2 Julius Rollins Turnover.
P2 Ring Malith Steal.
P2 Brian Taylor II missed Jumper.
P2 Massal Diouf Defensive Rebound.
P2 Massal Diouf missed Layup.
P2 Western Illinois Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Ring Malith Block.
P2 Ring Malith Defensive Rebound.
P2 Desmond Polk missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Defensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Jumper.
P2 Marko Maletic Offensive Rebound.
P2 Marko Maletic missed Layup.
P2 Julius Rollins Offensive Rebound.
P2 Julius Rollins made Jumper. 65–65
P2 Western Illinois Timeout
P2 Ray'Sean Taylor missed Layup.
P2 Kyle Thomas Offensive Rebound.
P2 Kyle Thomas made Jumper. 67–65
P2 Western Illinois Timeout
P2 Ryan Myers missed Layup.
P2 Desmond Polk Defensive Rebound.
P2 SIU Edwardsville Timeout
P2 Foul on Julius Rollins.
P2 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 68–65
P2 Ring Malith made Free Throw. 69–65

Box score

SIUE

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Kyle ThomasF	31	15	6-14	0-1	3-4	11	2	2	0	3	4	7	2
Ring MalithG	30	14	5-7	1-2	3-3	7	2	1	2	2	1	6	3
Brian Taylor IIG	33	6	3-11	0-2	0-2	2	2	0	1	0	2	0	0
Ray'Sean TaylorG	32	23	7-17	5-9	4-4	4	4	2	2	0	0	4	1
Desmond PolkG	32	5	2-6	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1
Myles ThompsonF	17	4	2-6	0-0	0-2	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	2
Declan DillonG	15	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	5	2	1	0	0	3	2	2
Jordan PickettG	10	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jo ValrieF
Darrion BakerF
Arnas SakenisC
Cham OkeyG
Jordan HamiltonG
Eddiean TiradoG
Raynard HorryG

WIU

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Trey DeveauxF	33	13	4-11	1-3	4-5	8	1	2	1	2	2	6	2
Massal DioufF	22	11	5-10	0-0	1-2	6	0	1	1	1	3	3	3
Sean SmithG	20	0	0-4	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	3	4
Julius RollinsG	34	11	4-8	0-2	3-4	5	3	1	0	1	3	2	2
Ryan MyersG	31	2	1-10	0-5	0-0	1	3	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rodrick PayneF	15	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	0	1	1	1	2	1
Kayden CarterF	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Caleb ThompsonF	9	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marko MaleticG	33	24	8-19	5-10	3-3	7	0	1	0	0	2	5	3
Ifiok PeterF
Kiyron PowellC
Tay KnoxC
AJ DixonG
Kimahri WilsonG

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