Rittenhouse, Sobkowicz lead Illinois State past Southern Illinois 45-10

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- , Tommy Rittenhouse ran for a touchdown and threw for another and Daniel Sobkowicz caught one touchdown pass and threw another as Illinois State pulled away to beat in-state rival Southern Illinois 45-10 in a Missouri Valley Conference contest Saturday night. Rittenhouse raced 36 yards to score the game's opening touchdown, but the Salukis answered with a 93-yard, nine-play drive capped by a 10-yard run by Hunter Simmons early in the second quarter. The Redbirds took the lead for good when Rittenhouse hit Sobkowicz with a 38-yard pass and Ian Wagner kicked a 47-yard field goal to make it 17-7 at intermission. Sobkowicz took a pitch out and fired a 28-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Loyd to start the fourth quarter and Jake Rubley hit Braden Contreras from 20 yards out two minutes later. Seth Glatz capped the scoring with a 26-yard sprint to the end zone with 3:24 left.