Southern Illinois vs Northern Iowa — College Basketball, Feb 21, 2026

Southern Illinois beat Northern Iowa 59–57 at Northern Iowa on Feb 21, 2026.

FinalSat, Feb 21Conference game

Southern Illinois Salukis

15-16 · 8-8 on the road

59

Northern Iowa Panthers

22-12 · 12-5 at home

57

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
SIU	33	26	59
UNI	30	27	57

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Southern Illinois Salukis

• Quel'Ron HouseG

  21 pts · 4 reb · 5 ast
  10-17 FG

  0-1 3PT
• Drew SteffeG

  14 pts · 2 reb · 3 ast
  5-7 FG

  4-5 3PT
• Davion SykesG

  6 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
  3-4 FG

Northern Iowa Panthers

• Trey CampbellG

  16 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
  8-16 FG

  0-4 3PT
• Will HornsethF

  14 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
  5-8 FG
• Tristan SmithF

  8 pts · 3 reb · 4 stl
  3-4 FG

Box score◷History

every player+

SIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Quel'Ron House	39	21	4	5	2	0	5	10-17	0-1	1-1	—
Drew Steffe	39	14	2	3	1	1	2	5-7	4-5	0-0	—
Rolyns Aligbe	28	5	6	1	2	2	1	2-6	1-4	0-0	—
Prince Aligbe	19	2	2	0	0	0	1	1-2	0-1	0-2	—
Damien Mayo Jr.	14	0	0	0	2	0	1	0-5	0-2	0-0	—
Jalen Haynes	22	4	4	1	0	0	1	2-6	0-2	0-0	—
Davion Sykes	21	6	3	2	1	0	4	3-4	0-0	0-0	—
Jaheem Webber	12	4	6	2	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-0	—
Max Pikaar	6	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	—
Totals		59	27	15	8	3	16	26-51	6-16	1-3

UNI	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Campbell	37	16	2	2	1	0	6	8-16	0-4	0-0	—
Leon Bond III	30	4	3	2	0	1	1	2-8	0-3	0-0	—
Will Hornseth	28	14	3	2	2	1	2	5-8	0-0	4-5	—
Max Weisbrod	27	6	4	1	1	0	3	2-5	2-4	0-0	—
Ben Schwieger	24	3	2	1	3	1	0	1-6	0-3	1-2	—
Tristan Smith	21	8	3	0	4	0	0	3-4	0-0	2-2	—
Ismael Diouf	12	3	0	1	0	0	1	1-1	1-1	0-0	—
Geon Hutchins	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Kyle Pock	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-2	1-2	0-0	—
RJ Taylor	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		57	20	9	12	3	14	23-52	4-17	7-9

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

SIUUNI

51.0%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 26-51, home 23-52.

44.2%

37.5%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 6-16, home 4-17.

23.5%

33.3%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 1-3, home 7-9.

77.8%

29

Rebounds

26

9

Offensive rebounds

9

15

Assists

9

18

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

14

8

Steals

12

3

Blocks

3

36

Points in the paint

32

2

Fast-break points

6

12

Fouls?Fewer is better.

11

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

SIU offensevsUNI defense

SIU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · UNI defense in 4 (4 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

49.2%

#283

47.2%

Stronger#23

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.8%

#203

16.0%

Stronger#83

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

30.9%

#166

26.3%

Stronger#23

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

21.3%

#308

21.1%

Stronger#49

UNI offensevsSIU defense

UNI offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · SIU defense in 3 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

54.2%

#66slight

49.0%

#69

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

13.3%

#79

16.3%

slight#69

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

22.0%

#352

27.3%

Stronger#49

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

17.9%

#359

21.8%

Stronger#67

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

SIUUNI

+3.2 124thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions48th +11.0

103.9 289thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions187th 109.0

100.7 24thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)10th 97.9

69.9 84thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)357th 63.4

Expected pace: about 67 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  UNI 2-point shooting

  UNI offense 55.3% (51st) vs SIU defense allowing 51.5% (161st)
  +110 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

SIU

EVAN

BRAD

DRKE

UNI

2 days rest

TFSSMTWTFGame

UNI

BEL

DRKE

INST

SIU

2 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

SIU · last 10

15-16 · 2 days rest

• Feb 18 @ DRKEW 66–61
• Feb 15 vs BRADL 60–70
• Feb 12 vs EVANW 86–60
• Feb 9 @ INSTW 80–65
• Feb 6 vs MURL 81–91
• Feb 3 @ ILSTW 54–50
• Jan 31 vs UICL 66–68
• Jan 28 vs UNIW 65–50
• Jan 21 @ VALL 63–69
• Jan 17 vs BELL 68–73

5-5 in these

UNI · last 10

22-12 · 2 days rest

• Feb 18 @ INSTW 81–60
• Feb 15 vs DRKEW 86–62
• Feb 12 @ BELL 86–91
• Feb 9 @ MURW 89–60
• Feb 6 vs BRADW 61–49
• Jan 31 vs EVANW 71–55
• Jan 28 @ SIUL 50–65
• Jan 24 vs MURW 81–76
• Jan 21 @ ILSTL 54–59
• Jan 17 @ VALL 44–54

6-4 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.