Final: Drake sweeps Bradley with 60-54 win in Des Moines

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6 pts in the first 10 min - on a 24-pt pace for the game...

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UNI up 11 over ISU early in their game
Wichita up 5 over Indiana State
SIU 22 - Loyola 23

we're getting our butts handed to us again - 17-6 - embarrassing- SIX points in the first 12 minutes...
Geno simply forgot for the last four years to recruit a scorer.

Dave Snell was setting the stage before the game talking about how the loss of Anthony Fields means we will not have a full roster the rest of the season

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Drake missed four of their first five shots then hit six in a row

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Bradley ties it at 17, 4:35 left

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down 21-17 w/ 3 min to go

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if it makes anyone feel better..
BU back up 22-21 only 1 minute to go to half

and Illinois State is down by 17 at UNI!

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24-21 - BU gonna lead at half!! Tramique with 10

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Halftime scores for all four MVC games


Bradley 24 - Drake 21 - - both teams shooting problems - both Mike Shaw & Warren Jones have not played yet
Wichita State 38 - Indiana State 24 - - Ron Baker is scoreless
UNI 50 - ISU 33 - - - wow, Redbirds give up 50 1st half points!! Tuttle has 18 - only 5 turnovers in the entire game so far (ISU 3, UNI 2)
SIU 34 - Loyola 33 - - Anthony Beane is 0-3 from the field

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if all four games end as they are now, then ISU & Evansville will be tied for 4th (at 7-6) with UNI & Wichita at 12-1, InSU at 8-5 in 3rd.
then Bradley, Drake, SIU, & Loyola will all be tied for 6th (at 4-9) & MSU last at 3-10
Go Braves!

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Barnes with a three

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now down 39-32

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Jermaine Morgan -- this far into the game and he just now gets his first rebound ??

10 min to go we're down 41-37

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Barnes for 3 !!!
43-43


Tramique with 16 pts, 4 asst...
amazing what having a good PG can do...although we're still struggling to beat a bottom dweller - but gotta break that Mississippi River curse

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Nate Wells already has 6 pts, 3 rebs...and only one foul

I know - doesn't sound too impressive but consider that ....
Mike Shaw, Xzavier Taylor, Jermaine Morgan all are in the 2 & 2 or 3 & 3 range with multiple (EIGHT) foulouts so far...
- so Nate's already proving he may be more effective than all three of them, who'da thunkit??

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tied 45-45 with 7 min to go