(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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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
