(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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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
