MVC Exhibitions today

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ISU beats Southern Indiana but it was close
88-81 .. as ISU needed to play their starters right to the end -

For ISU
Akoon-Purcell 25
Paris Lee 14
ISU ended up shooting only 4-20 (20%) from the arc and got to the FT line 27 times
Both teams had 20+ turnovers
Deontae Hawkins was not dressed - likely the discipline for screwing up in Europe - but this is all he gets...one exhibition game.
..but Brewer who got a DUI over the summer played - so weird...

For Southern Indiana Bobo Drummond ended with 14 pts, Edwards had 21
Attendance was announced as 4022 but I seriously doubt it was much more than half of that - judge for yourself

http://www.goredbirds.com/galleries/?gallery=1031

The Illini ended up winning 104-69
over the final 12:47, Illini outscored UIS 39-14
Illini had five in double figures...Illini got to the FT line 38 times!
Coleman-Lands 20, Jordan & Thorne 16, Lewis 13, Hill 10

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Evansville beat Wabash 95-65
Balentine 20 pts/8 asst, Mockevicius 11 pts/12 reb - Aces had 15 turnovers...

one piece of bad news...
one of their returning starters who is projected as a starter at the PG position, Duane Gibson, has reinjured his knee and is on crutches.
He had surgery in July and the projected return was October - although that sounded pretty optimistic - and now he's reinjured so I am sure they'll be a little bit more cautious this time around.

Hard to know how much it will affect them as their other guards - DJ Balentine, Mislav Brzoja, Blake Simmons, Jaylon Brown, Ryan Taylor, Adam Wing and Harris Brown give them a pretty deep backcourt

hey -- Just heard from David Molinari's family that David IS ON SCHOLARSHIP at DePaul for his senior season, so let Dave Reynolds know to add David to his list of DI scholarship players!...

btw- Coach Molinari was in Peoria - business & personal - and had nothing but the highest praise and good words for Brian Wardle and all that's happening at Bradley.
He's a great guy and wishes to see Bradley do well...

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hey -- Just heard from David Molinari's family that David IS ON SCHOLARSHIP at DePaul for his senior season...

here's a nice article on David Molinari getting awarded a scholarship

http://www.foxsports.com/college-basketball/story/depaul-blue-demons-walk-on-david-molinari-awarded-scholarship-110515