Other MVC Games

[tornado]

SIU leads Wichita 5-4 in early going
Wichita starters did not score for 4 minutes and at the 14 min mark - still have only one basket!!
Another sloppy, low scoring game??

[tornado]

Wichita pulling away 43-35 with under 10 min to go

[tornado]

Shockers win 56-45 - low scoring, low shooting percentages

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400766451

what made a difference - Wichita had trouble pulling ahead more than 6 or 8, so Gregg Marshall put sin a reserve forward Zach Brown & over a 5 minute stretch, Brown got free inside and sunk four shots - helping WSU pull out to a 17 pt lead...


Evansville vs. ISU next

[tornado]

Evasnville leads ISU 24-19 with about 7 min to go 1st half
Aces hitting a high pct of shots (10-15 overall and 3-4 from the arc)

[tornado]

Evansville's Mockevicius picks up foul #2 and will sit the rest (5 min) of the 1st half with Aces ahead 27-20

[tornado]

Evansville 37 - ISU 31 halftime

Mockevicius 7 but only 1 reb
DJ Balentine 7
Deontae Hawkins with 8 for ISU
McCloud subbed in and hit two treys
ISU's McIntosh has 3 fouls
Evansville has a remarkable 11 assists on 13 made baskets in 22 attempts
ISU leading scotrer Daishon Knight just 1-4 in 1st half - Newcomer of the Year Akoon-Purcell also just 1-4

[BUspartan]

Balentine seems really bothered by his injury. Haven't really noticed him too much. It's too bad, he was awesome during last seasons MVC tourney if i remember correctly.

[tornado]

ISU makes a nice 2nd half comeback and wins 71-67
The game featured seemingly a foul every possession - 53 FT's
and 3 key players fouled out...
Every starter except one on each team plus one key sub on each team had 3 or more fouls
Indeed Balentine was not nearly as much of a factor as he needed to be and was just 1-6 from the arc

[tornado]

In that early game, Fred VanVleet had 4 assists..
that gives him a career total of 447 - on pace by the end of his senior year to reach 600 or more...

So how does that compare to the MVC's all time career assist leaders??

Well - here are the TOP FOUR assist guys in MVC history - mouse over to read..
It will take his best season yet to reach these guys....

Bradley- Anthony Manuel 855
ISU- Jamar Smiley 740
Bradley- Jim Les 696 (played just 3 seasons in the Valley!)
Bradley- Daniel Ruffin 644

[Da Coach]

In the late game, Loyola absolutely annhiliated #3 seed Indiana State 81-53. Loyola lead by almost 40 points and they only got 7 points from Milton Doyle in limited playing time.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/gamecast?gameId=400765244&version=mobile&date=20150306&groupId=18

[Vent]

It looks like those hated Redbirds at ISU, that are poorly coached, may have a shot at going to the NIT.

I'm not an ISU fan, but I do hope if they don't go to the NIT, they turn down an invite to one of those, "pay if you want to keep playing tournaments" that mean absolutely nothing.

[tornado]

but Doyle had 6 assists and gives them another offensive weapon

Indiana State's guard trio of Brenton Scott, Tre Bennett, and Devonte Brown (who won multiple All-MVC acclaims) combined for just 6-25

[Braves2006]

I believe Greg Lansing's contract takes him to 2017... But does he only get 1 more year? The Sycamores were a VERY mediocre and underachieving team this year and finish under .500 at 15-16. There's always talk about how great of a coach Greg Lansing is but at some point, the rubber has to consistently hit the road...

[cpacmel]

I'm not an ISU fan, but I do hope if they don't go to the NIT, they turn down an invite to one of those, "pay if you want to keep playing tournaments" that mean absolutely nothing.

ISU would be foolish to turn down one of those tourneys. Especially when you consider how many young guys we start ( 1 freshman, 2 sophs, a first year jr, and a senior).

More games against anyone, can't hurt their progression, IMO.

[Braves2006]

ISU would be foolish to turn down one of those tourneys. Especially when you consider how many young guys we start ( 1 freshman, 2 sophs, a first year jr, and a senior).

More games against anyone, can't hurt their progression, IMO.

I understand that angle cpacmel, but these tourneys are just embarrassing. It's also embarrassing when you play in them/buy into them and there's even only about half of the 3500 fans that attended the games at Redird Arena that show up to watch them.