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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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
