Sports

How local players performed

College Basketball

▪ MALCOLM HILL (Illinois, Belleville East): Scored 28 points with 10 rebounds and one assist in the 76-71 win over Minnesota. Scored 20 points with five rebounds in the 103-69 loss to Indiana.

▪ ROOSEVELT JONES (Butler, O’Fallon): Scored 11 points, 10 rebounds and four assists in the 72-64 loss to Creighton. Scored 16 points with four rebounds and five assists in the 71-68 loss to Providence.

▪ GARRET COVINGTON (Western Illinois, Edwardsville): Scored nine points with 10 rebounds in the 65-52 loss to North Dakota State.

▪ ARMON FLETCHER (SIU Carbondale, Edwardsville): Scored six points in the 79-66 win over Indiana State.

▪ DARIUS AUSTIN (Missouri-Kansas City, Cahokia): Scored six points, with three rebounds and three assists in the 85-78 loss to Grand Canyon University.

▪ EMONDRE RICKMAN (Indiana State, Collinsville): Scored six points with three rebounds and one assist in the79-66 loss to Southern Illinois.

Women’s College Basketball

▪ KATIE HEMPEN (Highland, Arizona State): Had four assists in the 61-49 win over Arizona.

▪ KYMBER HILL (Althoff, Massachusetts): Scored two points and four rebounds in the 67-50 loss to George Washington.

▪ AALIYAH COVINGTON (Edwardsville, St. Louis): Scored 14 points and one rebound in the 79-70 win over La Salle.

▪ ERICA BROWN (Nashville, Eastern Illinois): Grabbed four rebounds in the 80-45 loss to Austin Peay.

▪ BROOKE SCHULTE (Mater Dei, DePaul): Scored seven points and six rebounds in the 81-63 win over Creighton.

Compiled by Kyle Ishman, Belleville News-Democrat

This story was originally published January 24, 2016 at 10:02 AM with the headline "How local players performed."

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