2 MVC games Thursday, Feb. 20

[Da Coach]

2 MVC games Thursday, Feb. 20

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20200220

[KMart]

It appears that Williams for Evansville is back tonight. Will that be enough for Evansville to finally get their first conference win tonight?

[Da Coach]

Indiana State pounding UNI at halftime 40-23-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401173590

We've seen UNI come back from larger deficits a couple times this year, so this game is certainly not over yet. But UNI is shooting only 25.8% (8-31) in the first half and 14.3% from three (2-14).


Evansville at SIU starts at 7 pm.

[Tommy]

It appears that Williams for Evansville is back tonight. Will that be enough for Evansville to finally get their first conference win tonight?

That will be interesting to see, KMart!

As for UNI, it sounds like maybe that broken nose might be having an adverse effect on Green who is 3-7 so far ( though he’s 2-4 from 3).

[Da Coach]

The Evansville-SIU game just started, and DeAndre Williams in his first game since January 4 (he has missed their last 12 games).
He started but picked up 2 quick fouls in the first 2 minutes and is now on the bench. He is scoreless and has no rebounds.

https://siusalukis.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Indiana State extended their lead to 21 points over UNI early in the 2nd half before A.J. Green sank a 3-pointer to make the score 55-37-

https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

[Da Coach]

DeAndre Williams back in for Evansville, despite 2 early fouls. He is still scoreless. Evansville and SIU tied at 18 midway through 1st half-

https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

And with under 7 minutes left in the game, Indiana State leads UNI 59-43-

https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

[Da Coach]

Just as I expected, UNI has made a run and Indiana State has gone cold and suddenly developed the most porous defense I've seen in a long time. After trailing the entire game by as much as 21 points, UNI is now on an 21-4 run over 6:52, and they are only down by 6 points with about 3 minutes left in the game, 59-53-

https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Evansville and SIU in a close game at halftime. SIU leads 40-37-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401173550

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa was able to come all the way back from a 21 point deficit to get within 1 point of Indiana State, but then they ran out of time and were forced to foul. Indiana State made enough free throws to pull ahead by 3 with 6 seconds left. UNI had a final possession, and Indiana State chose not to foul. A.J. Green got off a pretty good 3-point shot that just missed as time expired. So the Indiana State Sycamore defeat the UNI Panthers 67-64-

https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

UNI drops into a tie with Loyola at 11-4, just ahead of Bradley in 3rd place at 10-5.
Indiana State improves to 8-7.

[Da Coach]

Evansville's DeAndre Williams accumulated 4 personal fouls in just 6 minutes played, and he has contributed just 2 points and 2 rebounds.
With about 10 minutes left in the game at Carbondale, SIU leads 51-46-

https://siusalukis.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

[Da Coach]

SIU pulled away to beat Evansville easily- SIU 70 Evansville 53

https://siusalukis.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

SIU moves back into a tie for 3rd place with Bradley at 10-5 (Bradley does have the tiebreaker), while Evansville drops to 0-15.

[Tommy]

SIU moves back into a tie for 3rd place with Bradley at 10-5 (Bradley does have the tiebreaker), while Evansville drops to 0-15.

Didn't someone say that the tie-breaker is now done by NET ranking? Is that true? If so, we should easily have it over SIU if it comes down to it, but it looks like currently Loyola is ranked 94, while we're at 102 currently.

[Da Coach]

Yes, the secondary tiebreaker after head-to-head is the NET.
Here are the current NET rankings-

http://www.warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/conference/Missouri-Valley

[patrick_o'brian]

Saturday is another big day for us. WE need to handle business at Valpo. MO ST might have a chip on their shoulder after Wednesday and could take LUC out at home. Gosh, this is EXCITING!!!