CARBONDALE, Ill. — Lance Jones scored a season-high 27 points and Southern Illinois beat Northern Iowa 71-68 on Sunday.

Steven Verplancken Jr. had 14 points for Southern Illinois (8-6, 2-6 Missouri Valley Conference), which snapped its six-game losing streak. Anthony DíAvanzo added 11 points and 10 rebounds and Kyler Filewich scored 10.

Southern Illinois posted a season-high 15 3-pointers.

Bowen Born had 16 points for the Panthers (5-11, 3-7) and Trae Berhow and Nate Heise each scored 13. UNI defeated Southern Illinois a night earlier, 74-62.

Southern Illinois 71, UNI 68

At Carbondale, Ill.

N. IOWA (5-11) — Carter 5-9 1-5 11, Phyfe 1-2 0-0 3, Berhow 6-14 1-5 13, Born 4-8 5-7 16, Heise 5-12 2-3 13, Anderson 3-5 0-1 8, Henry 2-2 0-0 4, Mar 0-1 0-0 0, Pickford 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 26-53 9-21 68.

S. ILLINOIS (8-6) — Filewich 4-8 2-2 10, Brown 0-1 0-1 0, Harvey 0-7 0-0 0, Jones 10-15 0-0 27, Verplancken 5-10 0-0 14, Banks 3-5 0-0 8, D’Avanzo 3-8 3-4 11, Dembele 0-0 1-2 1. TOTALS 25-54 6-9 71.

Halftime–SIU 37-24. 3-Point Goals–UNI 7-25 (Born 3-6, Anderson 2-3, Phyfe 1-1, Heise 1-5, Carter 0-4, Berhow 0-6), SIU 15-30 (Jones 7-11, Verplancken 4-8, Banks 2-3, D’Avanzo 2-3, Brown 0-1, Harvey 0-4). Rebounds–UNI 29 (Carter 8), SIU 34 (D’Avanzo 10). Assists–UNI 14 (Carter 4), SIU 16 (Jones 6). Total Fouls–UNI 12, SIU 19.