League Members on a 12-2 Run
(St. Louis, MO) – Missouri Valley teams are heating up. After a sluggish start, league members have won twelve of their last 14 games. Beginning last Friday, MVC teams have defeated teams from the conferences immediately ahead of and behind them in the KenPom rankings.
Valley teams won three of four games Tuesday night. The only loss occurring when Evansville visited Ohio State.
Northern Iowa, Belmont and Missouri State won important nonconference games.
UNI 82 – Western Illinois 56
The Panthers turned a close game into a route over one of the Ohio Valley Conference’s top ranked team. Trey Campbell (18), Tytan Anderson (17) and Ben Schwieger (13) led the offense as UNI improved to 3-2.
Belmont 90 – Oral Roberts 80
Belmont came from behind to defeat ORU. Tyler Lundblade racked up a career high 25 points and Jonathan Pierre added 22 as the Bruins (4-1) won their third straight game. Belmont trailed by 17 points and scored 59 in the pivotal second half. The Golden Eagles are the second Summit League to fall during this streak.
Missouri State 78 – UT Arlington 68
Six Missouri State (3-1) players scored nine or more points during the Bears’ third straight win. Jalen Hampton recorded a double-double (12 points and 12 rebounds) and Zaxton King scored 18 points. Reigning ‘Newcomer of the Week’ Vincent Brady II added 14. UT Arlington hails from the Western Athletic Conference.
Teams from KenPom’s sixth (Mountain West), eighth (American Athletic) and tenth (CUSA) best conferences have fallen to the eleventh ranked MVC. The WAC is just behind the Valley at twelfth.
After Wednesday’s game between Murray State and Maryland Eastern Shore, four MVC teams head to multi-team events.
UIC, Drake, Bradley and Illinois State head south for MTEs.
Valparaiso has a Thursday date with the OVC’s Lindenwood.
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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
