Away

Lipscomb Bisons

Home

Final · Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Allen Arena, Nashville, TN · attendance 2,247 · ESPN gamecast · Share this box score

Lipscomb edged SIUE 78-77

By Hardwood Bricks staff · Sat, Nov 7, 2026

Lipscomb edged SIUE 78-77 at Allen Arena.

Devyn Martin led Lipscomb with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Gianni Cobb had 20 points for SIUE.

SIUE covered the closing spread. Our model missed the final margin by 9.7 points.

Scoring · Lipscomb: Devyn Martin 17, Takai Simpkins 14, Mateo Esmeraldo 13, Kennedy Okpara 13, Titas Sargiunas 12, Hugo Tidare 6, Josh Scott 3. SIUE: Gianni Cobb 20, David Wilson 15, Jordan Pickett 12, Dehrio McCaskill 9, Darrion Baker 9, Brennan Miller 7, Corentin Efono 3, Gestin Liberis 2.

What the model said

Projected that morning with only earlier games

SIUE 64, LIP 75model score

-10.7model spread (home)

138.5model total

9.7points off the final margin

FavoriteLIP -8.52.2 Lost Under 143.55.0 Lost

OverUnderFavoriteUnderdogThe colored fill is the gap between the model and the market: a full chip means 6 points or more. The number on each chip is that gap.

Leans are against the DraftKings closing line ESPN carries. Season record on the ratings page.

Line and result

	Spread (home)	Total	ML home	ML away	Source
Close	-8.5	143.5	-355	280	DraftKings via ESPN

Margin +1 (home) ATS SIUE covered Total 155 → over

Travel and rest coming in

Team	Rest days	Miles in	Road streak	Time zone
SIUE	2	252	1	same
LIP	non-OVC team, not tracked

Rest is full days off between games. Miles are an estimate from the travel model (see the travel page).

Team stats

Stat	SIUE	LIP
FG	33-67	24-54
FG%	49	44
3PT	4-15	8-30
3P%	27	27
FT	7-10	22-29
FT%	70	76
Rebounds	31	36
Offensive rebounds	10	10
Defensive rebounds	21	26
Assists	12	14
Steals	5	5
Blocks	6	3
Turnovers	11	13
Points off turnovers	12	15
Fast break points	10	16
Points in paint	58	32
Fouls	20	14
Largest lead	3	13
Possessions (est.)	72.8	70.8
Points per 100 possessions	105.8	110.2

Possessions = FGA − OREB + TO + 0.475 × FTA.

SIU Edwardsville Cougars

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
David Wilson F	31	15	6-10	0-1	3-3	2	5	0	1	0	1	4
Jordan Pickett G	31	12	5-14	2-6	0-0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2
Gianni Cobb G	30	20	10-19	0-3	0-1	0	1	3	3	1	0	3
Dehrio McCaskill G	28	9	3-8	1-1	2-2	1	4	2	2	1	2	0
Darrion Baker F	26	9	4-6	1-2	0-0	0	2	3	0	1	1	4
Brennan Miller	20	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	4	8	0	0	1	2	4
Corentin Efono	11	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Jayden Riley	10	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1
Gestin Liberis	7	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2
Harrison Alexander	4	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Belal Sohaib	2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Iwo Baganc	DNP
Jacob Martin	DNP
Kain McCaskill	DNP
Tyler King	DNP

Lipscomb Bisons

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF
Takai Simpkins G	35	14	3-13	0-6	8-10	1	4	1	1	1	0	0
Mateo Esmeraldo G	32	13	4-6	3-4	2-2	0	2	3	0	0	0	1
Titas Sargiunas F	31	12	3-10	3-10	3-4	1	5	5	2	1	1	1
Devyn Martin F	26	17	5-6	0-0	7-11	4	10	0	2	1	1	0
Hugo Tidare G	14	6	2-4	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Kennedy Okpara	19	13	6-10	1-3	0-0	1	3	1	1	0	0	4
Truman Byrne	15	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	0	5	1	1	0	0	1
Josh Scott	14	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1
Vuk Visnjic	8	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Luke Jack	6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2
Sam Groth	DNP
Sawyer Dotson	DNP
Hendrix Loughridge	DNP
Or Ashkenazi	DNP
Kellen Quinn	DNP
Zion Wells	DNP