(St. Louis, MO) – Give the Missouri Valley Conference three more non-conference wins and some outstanding individual performances! Evansville, Missouri State and Southern Illinois won home games last night. Valley schools are now 58-41 in the non-conference schedule and 45-10 at home.
Alize Johnson – missouristatebears.com
Missouri State’s Alize Johnson rung up his third straight double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds as the Bears (6-3) defeated Oral Roberts (2-9) by a score of 86-76. Johnson is one of the top newcomers in the MVC. Paul Lusk’s team hosts the Ohio Valley’s Southeast Missouri on Saturday.
Another outstanding newcomer to the league, Ryan Taylor led Evansville (7-4) to a convincing 85-56 win over Norfolk State (2-9). Taylor connected on six three-pointers on the way to 38 points. He fell one point shy of tying teammate Jaylon Brown for the top scoring performance in the Valley this year. The Purple Aces play at the OVC’s Austin Peay on Saturday.
Armon Fletcher and Sean O’Brien led Southern Illinois to a 70-55 rivalry win over Saint Louis University. Fletcher (Edwardsville High School) recorded a career high 21 points and O’Brien earned his third double-double of the season (13 points and 13 rebounds). SIU (6-5) travels to Las Vegas on Monday for the Valley’s final game of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge, when the Salukis battle the Runnin’ Rebels.
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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
After today's action, @EIUWBB is 8-0 in @OVCSports play. 4 teams @usiwbb @TTUWBB @LRTrojans @LindenwoodWBB are tied at 6-2. Six other teams are under .500. Great race to the finish lies ahead. #FatherHarry
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
