Gordon, Hoosiers top SIU

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Eric Gordon overcame a slow start to score 22 points and No. 15 Indiana beat Southern Illinois 64-51 on Saturday night, snapping the Salukis' 15-game home winning streak.

D.J. White added 10 points and 12 rebounds for the Hoosiers (6-1) in their only road nonconference game of the season.

Randal Falker had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Salukis (3-2), who missed all 13 of their 3-point shots before Matt Shaw hit one with 1:03 to play. The Salukis shot 37.5 percent (21-of-56) from the field overall.

Gordon, the freshman guard who entered the game averaging 27 points, eventually picked at a Salukis defense among the nation's stingiest, holding opponents this season to just 57 points a game.

Gordon became the first to score at least 20 points against Southern this season and just the third since the start of last season, when only Western Kentucky's Courtney Lee (23) and Evansville's Matt Webster (21) accomplished the feat.

Gordon needed time to find his groove, missing his first two shots before finally knocking down a 3-pointer that tied it at 14.

Shaw and Bryan Mullins had nine points apiece for Southern.

Wesley Clemons had eight points, going 4-of-9 from the field in his first action for the Salukis this season after missing four games with an ankle sprain.

The home loss was just the Salukis' fourth in 84 games since the 2001-02 season.