Roby, Agbeko lead Saint Louis over Eastern Illinios 74-69

Posted November 17, 2016 6:00 am

The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Davell Roby and Reggie Agbeko scored 18 points each and Saint Louis rallied for a 74-69 victory over Eastern Illinois on Thursday night.

Cornell Johnston made two free throws to get Eastern Illinois (1-2) within two, 71-69, with eight seconds remaining but Muusa Dama was called for an intentional foul and Saint Louis (2-1) retained possession after Mike Crawford made 1 of 2 free throws before Jermaine Bishop added two more.

Trailing 44-33 at halftime, the Billikens scored the first 15 points, including six each from Agbeko and Elliott Welmer to grab a four-point lead.

The Panthers came back to take a 59-57 lead on Patrick Muldoon's basket with 6:23 left before Roby put the Billikens up for good on a 3-pointer with 5:29 to go.

Welmer finished with 15 points and Bishop 14 points and eight assists for Saint Louis, which made half of its 16 3-point attempts.

Johnson led EIU with 18 points and seven assists. Dama had 15 rebounds.

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