3 MVC games Sat. Feb. 13

[Da Coach]

Three games today, Sat. Feb 13.
UNI already upset Wichita State 53-50

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20160213

[tornado]

a couple really interesting things about the Wichita/UNI game..

Wichita had the nations longest home court winning streak at 43 straight but it's gone now...

Wichita outrebounded UNI 48-27 ! ..and they beat UNI in OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 20-1!!

both teams shot poorly - and lack of good outside shooting might be the Shockers' Achilles heel
Ron Baker is just 5-20, 25% from the arc in the last 3 games- Frankcamp's slump goes back NINE games during which he's 7-32, 22%

I guess all that silly talk of them blowing thru the entire MVC slate undefeated and how even their 2nd string would easily
be the 2nd best team in the MVC was an exaggeration.

[bigjimmy]

Baker and Van Fleet were a combined 8-31 from the field and Wichita was 7-31 from 3, 13-35 from 2 and were just 3-4 from 1. It's becoming pretty obvious that if Baker and Van Fleet struggle, Wichita struggles as they really haven't had anyone consistently taken the place of Carter and especially Cotton. The Valley keeps getting more interesting.

[tornado]

...obvious that if Baker and Van Fleet struggle, Wichita struggles...

Drake really shook up their starting lineup but it didn't matter much...
they still went down 75-60 to the Salukis.
Beane had 31 pts

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400843825

And Missouri State & Indiana State are going to overtime...
Missouri State's's Camyn Boone has 27 pts, 12 rebs...
Turnovers and missed FTs really hurt Indiana State in the final minute but Brenton Scott hit a 3-pointer with just 9 seconds to go to tie it and send it to OVERTIME.

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=400843923

[tornado]

In Sunday's other game, Evansville is gonna win at Loyola - they're up 10 with ab little over 3 minutes to go
Mockevicius has 24 pts, 16 rebs...
Big E is the MVC POY but I fear the voters will overlook the guy's performances and give it to one of the Shockers

[Da Coach]

Loyola actually came from behind and took a brief 1 point lead in the last 30 seconds, but a jumper by Balentine put Evansville back into the lead with 18 seconds left, and Loyola could not score again.
Evansville 74 Loyola 73

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?a=1&id=104329