Missouri held off a late run by Old Dominion to win their semifinal matchup at the South Padre Island Invitational 66-61 Friday night.

The victory set up a championship game Saturday between the Tigers and Richmond, which beat Mississippi State in the other semifinal.

Missouri (4-0) was led by senior guard J.T. Tiller with 12 points and seven assists. Kim English added 11 points.

Senior guard Marsharee Neely of Old Dominion led all scorers with 20 points. Gerald Lee had 13 and Ben Finney 12.

The Monarchs (4-1) cut the lead to four late in the second half but never got any closer.

Old Dominion struggled with Missouri’s aggressive defense, turning the ball over 24 times and creating easy baskets for the Tigers.

Missouri led 32-18 at the break.

Forward Andrew Nicholson recorded a double-double 15 points and 12 rebounds to power St. Bonaventure (3-1) past Southeast Missouri State (1-4), 67-44, Friday night at the Basketball Travelers Classic.

Nicholson, who stands at 6-foot-9 and has a wingspan of 7-foot-4, posted his first double-double of the season.

Southeast went up against Atlantic-10 member St. Bonaventure for the first time and things came apart for the Redhawks in a hurry.

“St. Bonaventure did a good job of shutting off the perimeter and we fell behind early,” said Redhawks head coach Dickey Nutt. “If you had to pick our worst performance of the year, this had to be it.”

St. Bonaventure kept Southeast off the scoreboard for the first 9:42 of the game and allowed only 14 points in the first half. Anthony Allison scored the Redhawks only points during that stretch on a fast-break layup at the 10:18 mark.

Meanwhile, Chris Matthews pitched in eight of the first nine points for the Bonnies, who jumped out to a 15-0 lead. That lead would eventually grow to 22-3 at the 7:40 mark, before St. Bonaventure went into the locker room with a commanding 32-14 advantage.

Southeast scored a season-low 14 points and shot only 20 percent (5-of-25) from the field in the opening stanza. It marked the first time the Redhawks were held under 20 points in the first half since scoring 16 vs. Kansas State on Nov. 16, 2008.

Nicholson nailed down his fourth career double-double in the first half alone, where he scored 11 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Bonnies.

St. Bonaventure led by as many as 32 points in the second half before putting Southeast away.

The Bonnies shot 54.5 percent (24-of-44) from the field and had three players in double figures, with Nicholson leading the way. Matthews followed with 14 points, while Jonathan Hall added 11.

St. Bonaventure also forced 20 turnovers and scored 25 points off those Redhawks miscues.

Kajuan Watson led all Southeast scorers with 12 points off the bench. Watson scored double figures for the first time in his Redhawks career.

The Redhawks bench contributed 28 points, while Southeast’s starters had just 16. Southeast shot 32.1 percent (17-of-53) from the field on the night.

Southeast resumes play at the Basketball Travelers Classic against host Illinois State Saturday. Tip-off is set for 6:05 p.m., CT.

Despite a career-high 18 points by Brian Conklin and a double-double by Willie Reed, the Saint Louis Billikens fell 65-54 to Iowa State in the Chicago Invitational Challenge at UIC Pavilion on Friday afternoon. The loss snaps SLU’s four-game winning streak.

The Billikens took an early 5-3 lead on Brian Conklin’s layup off a feed from Justin Jordan at the 17:16 mark. ISU’s Craig Brackins answered with a 3-pointer, but a layup by Justin Jordan put SLU back on top. The teams traded the lead, and Cory Remekun’s soaring dunk at the 8:32 mark pushed the Billikens to a 17-16 advantage. The Cyclones edged out to a 28-23 margin but consecutive layups by Conklin brought the Billikens to 28-27. The Cyclones scored in the final minute to take a 30-27 lead at the break. The Billiken inside game carried the scoring load as SLU scored 24 of its 27 points in the paint.

The Billikens scored the first four points of the second half on hoops from Christian Salecich and Conklin for a 31-30 lead. However, ISU answered with 13 straight points to surge to a 43-31 lead seven minutes into the second half. Femi John finally scored in traffic to break the SLU drought. Willie Reed’s dunk in transition cut the Billiken gap to single figures at 43-35 with 12 minutes to play. ISU used a 12-2 run to rebuild a 54-37 lead.

Conklin scored five points during a 6-0 SLU burst to closed the 54-43 at the 5:29 mark. The ISU lead was 58-45 before the Billikens made another push. Reed threw down another dunk and sank two free throws as SLU inched to nine at 58-49 with just under two minutes left. Kwamain Mitchell hit a 3-pointer as the Billikens got as close at 60-52 at the 1:13 mark, but the Cyclones hit five of six free throws in the final minute to blunt the Billiken rally.

Conklin hit 8-of-10 shots to tie his career high with 18 points. Reed added 14 points and hauled down a career-best 13 rebounds. The Billikens held the Cyclones to just 37.9 percent shooting and out-rebounded ISU by one. However, the Cyclones hit five more 3-pointers

The Billikens are now 4-1 on the season, while the Cyclones improve to 6-0. The Billikens will play the Notre Dame game at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.