Valley Recruits

[Da Coach]

Drake gets a commitment from another South Dakota high school kid- Griffen Goodbary, a 6'10" forward. He was the South Dakota Class A (small school) Player of the Year. He was also previously committed to South Dakota State and was released following their change of coaches.
>> https://x.com/GriffenGoodbary/status...52932284797225
>> https://247sports.com/player/griffen-goodbary-46154392/
>> https://sports.yahoo.com/article/pla...143600045.html

Updated 2025 commitment list -
2025 MVC commitments-
Belmont- none
Bradley- Matt Zobrist, Montana Wheeler, Dietrich Richardson
Drake- Tate Sage*, Braden Appelhans, Bryson Bahl, Owen Larson, Griffen Goodbary
Evansville- Bryce Quinet
INSU- Enel St. Bernard, Kingston Land, Martin Kaupanger
ILSU- Nick Allen, Isaac Ericksen, Tyreek Coleman, Mason Klebo
Missouri State- who cares?
Murray State- Kaden Rickard*, Trey Simpson*, Tristian Ford*, Mason Miller, Frederick King, K.J. Tenner, Ben Shtolzberg
SIU- Luke Walsh, Daniel Pauliukonis
UIC- Rashund Washington, Andy Johnson, Nano Barrantes, Mekhi Lowery
UNI- Jalen Wilson, Geon Hutchins, Trevin Jirak,
Valparaiso- J.T. Pettigrew, Carter Hopoi, Rakim Chaney
*- players who committed to coach who has since left and been replaced. Unclear if these commitments are still valid.

[Tommy]

Missouri State- who cares?
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exactly!

[Da Coach]

UIC lands a portal transfer- Mekhi Lowery- a 6'7" sophomore G/F from Towson University in Maryland. He has appeared in 67 games in his 2 seasons at Towson, all but 2 were off the bench. His averages as a sophomore were 5.6 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 51.8% overall, and just 1-5 from three. He is originally from Bellwood, Illinois, and attended Oswego East HS. - https://x.com/DushawnLondon1/status/1909733556449952225
Bio- https://towsontigers.com/sports/mens...i-lowery/23666
Stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...6/mekhi-lowery