(St. Louis, MO) – The final week of the regular season for our ‘valley’ conferences was an exciting one and brought us great performances by the particular ‘players of the week’.
Loyola’s Christian Thomas (Clayton High School – St. Louis) averaged a double-double (20.5 points and 10 rebounds as the Ramblers won their final two games. In so doing, Loyola qualified for the quarter-finals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. ‘Arch Madness’ begins in St. Louis on Thursday.
Bellarmine University set a regular season, school record with 25 wins and they were sparked to those final two wins by senior forward Jake Thelen. The 6’7″ forward scored 33 points in the Knights’ win over Southern Indiana. Bellarmine is the number one seed in this week’s Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament. This is the third time this season Thelen was named GLVC ‘player of the week’.
There were two players sharing this week’s Ohio Valley Conference honors. Fittingly those players come from the league’s top two teams. Eastern Kentucky’s Corey Walden and Murray State’s Cameron Payne are the clear favorites in player of the year honors and share the weekly award this time. For Payne it is his fifth such honor and it is Walden’s fourth.
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Flooding, lightning strikes, etc. have cost @RacersHoops two home games. Had to play 'neutral site' tonight instead of at home and Wednesday's goes from home to away. Tough break for the Racers, and the whole area has been hit with difficulties. #FatherHarry
Murray State's scheduled home game Wednesday vs. Southern Illinois being moved to Banterra Center in Carbondale. #ValleyHoops
Gigantic game for @BradleyUMBB today in Des Moines. If they have a chance to catch @DrakeBulldogsMB, they have to win today. The Bulldogs can basically win the title today. @BustingBrackets breaks it all down. #FatherHarry https://bit.ly/3EGiVgi
Not rooting for any particular @ValleyHoops, but chaos is always fun. If things break certain ways, after today there could be a six-way tie for fifth place.
Fun to listen to @MLBLarry on the @SIU_Basketball/@BelmontMBB game tonight. Good job brother. #FatherHarry
