5 MVC games Saturday, Feb 3

[Da Coach]

There are 5 MVC games Saturday, Feb. 3-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20180203

Missouri State at Loyola 1 PM on CBSSports Network - Loyola is 6?? point favorite

Evansville at Illinois State 3PM on ESPN3.com - ISU is 4?? point favorite

Indiana State at Northern Iowa 3 PM on MVC TV Network- NBCSports Chicago PLUS & FoxSports Midwest/ESPN3.com where not blacked out- UNI is 3?? point favorite

Valparaiso at Southern Illinois 7 PM on ESPN3.com - SIU is 6?? point favorite

Drake at Bradley 7 PM on ESPN3.com - Bradley is 8 point favorite

[BUfan39]

There are 5 MVC games Saturday, Feb. 3-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20180203

Missouri State at Loyola 1 PM on CBSSports Network - Loyola is 6?? point favorite

Evansville at Illinois State 3PM on ESPN3.com - ISU is 4?? point favorite

Indiana State at Northern Iowa 3 PM on MVC TV Network- NBCSports Chicago PLUS & FoxSports Midwest/ESPN3.com where not blacked out- UNI is 3?? point favorite

Valparaiso at Southern Illinois 7 PM on ESPN3.com - SIU is 6?? point favorite

Drake at Bradley 7 PM on ESPN3.com - Bradley is 8 point favorite

Go Bears and Valpo! I could see this being a home sweep today...

[tornado]

what is up with Alize Johnson? He just doesn't look like the same player.....ever since we played them..
Today - late in the 1st half and he only has 5 pts, 2 reb
Missouri State as a TEAM has only 3 rebounds so far

[braves16]

Under 8 TO

Loyola-34
MSU-26

Custer with 10 pts.

[tornado]

both teams shooting 70% and over 60% from 3-pt

[braves16]

Half
lu-52
MSU-43

LU was up 50-32 with about 4 to go before half.

[bigjimmy]

Loyola is making it look easy as they lead MSU 91-70 with 3:30 left. 6 guys in double figures for Loyola with Clayton Custer tied his career high at 23 points. The Ramblers are 7-9 from 1, 27-40 from 2 and 10-19 from. They're good.

[Bradley3342]

Loyola looks really good again today. Making our win Thursday look even better. I don't know what has happened to Missouri State but they are not the same team as they were early in the season.

[braves16]

Half
ISUred-34
Evansville-33

ISUblue-33
UNI-33

[tornado]

Half
ISUred-34
Evansville-33

ISUblue-33
UNI-33

it shows how important it is for ISU to keep their "Big Three" of Evans, Fayne & Yarbrough on the floor all the time

ISU jumped quickly to a 10-2 lead, then ran out to 25-12, then...
both Fayne and Yarbrough were taken off by Muller when they each got two fouls.
When that happened, in the final 9:58 of the half, ISU only scored 9 more points and gave up 21

ISU's Keyshawn Evans seemed to injure his knee late in the 1st half but nothing was said...Kurt Pegler is even still saying Evans is starting the 2nd half and is still in there playing but he is NOT. He's on the bench with ice on the knee.
Their beat guy noted it
Evans had to have knee surgery and missed half of ISU's season back in early 2015-2016. He reinjured his knee a month ago and missed their game against Indiana State.
If he has injured anything internally in his knee, it's a risk that he'd be at risk for missing the rest of the season.

[Da Coach]

He actually appeared to hurt his knee in their last game, but did not come out of the game. He limped a bit the rest of the game.

And Evansville's point guard, and 2nd leading scorer, Dru Smith is in street clothes and not playing today.

[Da Coach]

Indiana State beats UNI in Cedar Falls 77-66-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400989727

And Illinois State holds on to beat Evansville 75-71-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400989724

[Da Coach]

MVC scoreboard-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20180203

Standings after 12 games-

[Da Coach]

...
ISU's Keyshawn Evans seemed to injure his knee late in the 1st half but nothing was said...Kurt Pegler is even still saying Evans is starting the 2nd half and is still in there playing but he is NOT. He's on the bench with ice on the knee...

Keyshawn Evans re-injured his left knee in Saturday's game and did not play in the second half of the game. He missed a game earlier in the season with what was called a "bone bruise'.
He underwent an MRI today and was diagnosed with another "bone bruise", but Jim Benson, the ISU beat writer, says it "could be worse".

https://twitter.com/Pg_Benson/status/960644817570140162

They are saying he could miss 1-3 weeks.

[tornado]

that could be read two ways...

"...MRI on Keyshawn Evans' knee shows similar bone bruise as before
but could be worse. Projected out 1 to 3 weeks."

-that it isn't too bad and coulda been worse...

-or that it could be WORSE than it was last time...