3 MVC games Saturday Jan. 12- Illinois State goes to 0-5

[Da Coach]

3 MVC games Sat.-

BU at UNI at 1:00 pm CST
Drake at ILSU at 7:00 pm CST
INSU at SIU at 7:05 pm CST

Scoreboard-

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard?d=2013-01-12&c=mvc

[tornado]

Jim Mattson tweeted that he had talked to ISU coach Dan Muller Friday evening - and that guard Tyler Brown did not practice Thursday or Friday...
but when the Pantagraph's Jim Benson asked if Brown would dress or play Saturday, Muller would not answer...


Benson also reported that ISU guard Geoffrey Allen was in court and plead not guilty to the two charges of selling marijuana - his next court date is February but he will apparently go to trial.
The charges are Class 3 Criminal Felony charges
CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY / CANNABIS
MANUFACTURE / DELIVERY CANNABIS / 30-500 GRAMS

[Da Coach]

ISU leads Drake in 1st half-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=330122287

So far, with 4 minutes left in the first half, Tyler Brown has not played.


In the other game tonight- Southern Illinois leads Indiana State in the first half-

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=330120079

[Da Coach]

Update-
Drake 44
ISU 44 with 16:35 left in game


Indiana State 27
Southern Ill. 31 Halftime

[Tulsa Brave]

Drake up 59-50 with 11 to play.
SIU up 41-33 with 14 to go.

[Tulsa Brave]

Stick a fork in the Deadbirds...67-52 now at the 9 minute mark. 35-11 in the 2nd half.

Sycamores within 3 at 43-40 at the 12 minute mark.

[Da Coach]

Final- Illinois State loses and goes to 0-5 in MVC play, 9-8 overall-
Drake 82
ISU 77

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=201301120269

[Tulsa Brave]

Deadbirds made a run but lost 82-77.
SIU about to close out the Sycamores, and put a huge dent in their at-large hopes..
That will leave the Deadbirds alone in the cellar.

[Braves4Life]

Deadbirds made a run but lost 82-77.
SIU about to close out the Sycamores, and put a huge dent in their at-large hopes..
That will leave the Deadbirds alone in the cellar.

Thank you! This made my night!

[shaunguth]

That will leave the Deadbirds alone in the cellar.

I guess the "experts" were wrong.

[Da Coach]

The other game tonight is final SIU wins-
Indiana State 71
Southern Illinois 76

[Chico]

I guess the "experts" were wrong.

Until we beat them again, I'm not talking.

[shaunguth]

Until we beat them again, I'm not talking.

I know there are people that just "don't care about other teams", but I am rather enjoying the fall of the mighty redbirds from average to cellar.

[Rusty 54]

I know there are people that just "don't care about other teams", but I am rather enjoying the fall of the mighty redbirds from average to cellar.

I am not one of those people. Takes some of the sting off the game today. Not much, but some.

[Bravesfan]

The other game tonight is final SIU wins-
Indiana State 71
Southern Illinois 76

Wow! The more I try to figure this league out, the more confused I get. A potential at-large team in Indiana State loses at SIU. But a middling and sometimes erratic Bradley team wins there last week!

I think now we can consider ANY road win this year a great win!