Match summary — NCAA 2025-2026
VALPARAISO defeated EASTERN ILLINOIS 66-63 on in the NCAA 2025-2026. VALPARAISO won by a 3-point margin. Preston Turner led all scorers with 16 points. VALPARAISO shot 37.5% from the field while EASTERN ILLINOIS managed 39.1%. VALPARAISO collected 21 rebounds and EASTERN ILLINOIS grabbed 34. This game was played as part of the NCAA 2025-2026 season in United States. Statistics sourced from official game reports.
Game leaders
Box score
VALPARAISO
66 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Isaiah Barnes | 32:00 | 15 | 4/10 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 6/9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| * Owen Dease | 15:00 | 2 | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| * Shon Tupuola | 09:00 | 2 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Carter Rick Ahoakotau Hopoi | 27:00 | 3 | 1/4 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Justus Mcnair | 12:00 | 5 | 2/6 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Tucker Tornatta | 05:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 100:00 | 27 | 9/24 | 8/14 | 1/10 | 8/16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 31 |
EASTERN ILLINOIS
63 PTS | Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 2FG | 3FG | FT | Reb Def | Reb Off | AST | STL | TOV | BLK | Blk Rcv | PF | Fouls Rcv | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * Preston Turner | 39:00 | 16 | 4/5 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 6/9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| * Zion Fruster | 34:00 | 12 | 4/14 | 4/12 | 0/2 | 4/4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| * Kooper Jacobi | 23:00 | 6 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 |
| * Meechie White | 10:00 | 5 | 1/2 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 3/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| * Naz Fisher | 04:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 |
| Malik Olafioye | 27:00 | 9 | 4/11 | 4/9 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| Terry Mcmorris | 27:00 | 11 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 0/0 | 7/9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Andrew Austin | 18:00 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Prince Johnson | 10:00 | 2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Markus Blackwell | 08:00 | 2 | 1/4 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 |
| Team totals | 200:00 | 63 | 18/46 | 16/37 | 2/9 | 25/31 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 56 |