(St. Louis, MO) – Two road teams won in Wednesday’s Missouri Valley Conference play, giving the league three road winners out of five tries this week.
It wasn’t a huge surprise that nationally ranked Northern Iowa (Tuesday) and Wichita State won, but Loyola snapped a five game losing streak with a rare Rambler road win at Missouri State (53-50).
All of the sudden the Drake Bulldogs have won three straight games. They were the only home winner on Wednesday, and are trying to play their way out of a Thursday night date at Arch Madness in St. Louis.
In that Drake’s (&-16)(4-8) win over Southern Illinois (9-15)(2-9), Chris Caird buried a three-point basket with 2.9 seconds left for the winning (63-61) margin. Caird was four of five from downtown, finishing with 12 points. Freshman Reed Timmer led the Bulldogs 19 points.
Wichita State’s win was a nail-biter as they held on for a three point (62-59) win at undermanned Bradley.
The Shockers and Panthers are tied for first place at 10-1. Indiana State and Illinois State are tied for third place with 7-4 records.
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.@SEMOMBB wins at home and is 2-0, tied with @MSUEaglesMBB atop the @OVCSports. Our prayers are with the @LRTrojans after the death of one of their managers Josh Claxton. Their game with EIU was postponed today.
Good officiating in the @SEMOMBB/@SIUEMBB in a little late game dust up.
BTW, @LindenwoodWBB is 2-0. @CoachAmyEagan has that program headed the right direction.
With @SkyhawkHoops winning on the road and @LUMensBball winning at home, right now, 5 @OVCSports teams are 1-1.
