Hickman Goes Down Saturday Night
(West Africa) – As injuries mount for Missouri Valley Conference teams, this may become one of the league’s most significant issues. Saturday afternoon, with the game on the line, Bradley guard Connor Hickman went out of his team’s game with Indiana State with what looked to be an ankle injury.
He joins a growing list of starting Valley players banged up and missing in action.
Indiana State built a huge 19-point, second-half lead only to see the Hickman-led Braves get back within reach and in the midst of the Bradley (6-2, 0-2) rally, Hickman went down. In obvious pain he was helped to the locker room and missed the final 5:03 of the contest.
The Sycamores (7-1, 2-0) held on for a 85-77 road win as Jayson Kent recorded his third, double-double of the young season.
Injuries Mount – Some Better
Missouri State (6-2, 1-1) continues to play without leading scorer Alston Mason. He and Damien Mayo missed the Bears’ conference opener, but Mayo returned for Saturday’s game. Without Mason the Bears offense was stuck in mud. Fourteen turnovers, just six assists and just five three-pointers on 22 attempts sealed the Missouri State fate against league-favorite Drake.
After missing three games, freshman Tyler Bey returned to the Bears lineup Saturday. The 6’8 wing was impressive scoring ten points and grabbing five rebounds.
Northern Iowa’s Bowen Born missed just one game with his injuries but has been battling hip and groin problems and his shot has shown it. Saturday the star guard looked more like himself on the floor and in the shooting category. UNI (2-6, 0-2) lost in overtime at Evansville. Born scored 17 points and handed out four assists.
Belmont’s Cade Tyson missed Saturday’s game against Valparaiso with some sort of stomach problem.
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Three more road wins so far in @ValleyHoops as @BradleyUMBB @BelmontMBB & @UIC_MBB capture road wins. Looks like @DrakeBulldogsMB will do so too. #FatherHarry
Well @RacersWBB followed the men's example and swept Iowa in the @ValleyHoops race! Racers are 6-1 & if @BelmontWBB holds on to their Iowa sweep, the Bruins and Racers will be tied for first. What a trip for those two teams! #FatherHarry
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Really entertaining game between @BelmontMBB & @UEAthletics_MBB. Under four minutes left in a one point game. Gabriel Pozzato back in the Aces' lineup. Rogers is playing like I've expected. Triples are dropping. It's fun and @kylejpeach bringing it on #ThePlus #FatherHarry
