(St. Louis, MO) – It is Christmas week and our three Valley conferences are giving the gift of ‘player of the week’ honors to three first time recipients. One of them doubled his pleasure by also winning the ‘newcomer of the week’ too!
UT Martin’s Deville Smith made some history with his Ohio Valley Conference ‘POW’ & ‘NOW’ double. The senior transfer from UNLV won the dual awards because of a very rare feat. Smith became the first player since the 1999-00 season to record at least 25 points, five assists, five rebounds, five blocks and three steals in a single game. The 6’0 guard turned the trick in an overtime win against Illinois-Chicago.
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Smith was named co-player of the week. Sharing the award was Eastern Kentucky’s Corey Walden. The senior guard scored 18 points in the Colonel’s win over # 18 Miami (FL). It was the second top 25 win in EKU history.
Evansville junior Egidijus Mockevicius picked up the hardware in the Missouri Valley Conference. Mockevicius recorded double-doubles in back-to-back victorious efforts. The 6’10” center went for 16 & 10 in a win over Ohio and followed that with 25 & 12 against Alabama State.
Jordan Loyd is this week’s Great Lakes Valley Conference ‘player of the week’. Loyd helped Indianapolis stay undefeated (9-0) with a pair of victories. The UIndy junior averaged 24 points and 7.5 rebounds for the Greyhounds.
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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
