MVC games Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, Jan. 9, 10, and 11

[Da Coach]

Weekend #3 of the MVC schedule will finally see Bradley play their first games-

3 games Saturday, Jan. 9-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20210109

5 games Sunday, Jan. 10-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20210110

2 games Monday, Jan. 11-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20210111

The Bradley women play 2 games at home against Southern Illinois- Friday at 6:00 pm and Saturday at 4:00 pm. Both games are on ESPN+ and on WIRL radio, 1290 AM.
Links to ESPN streams-
Friday, Jan. 8, 6:00 pm game- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...5-7f2a5aa08767
Saturday, Jan. 9, 4:00 pm game- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...b-27d75ee6bbce

[Da Coach]

Weekend #3 of the MVC schedule will finally see Bradley play their first games-

3 games Saturday, Jan. 9-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../date/20210109

With the SIU-Indiana State games getting cancelled, there are now 2 games today (Sat. 1/9)-

Illinois State at Evansville is on ESPN3 - Evansville leads ISU 36-35 early in the 2nd half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266997

Valparaiso at Missouri State is on ESPN+ - Missouri State leads 53-48 early in the 2nd half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266996

Missouri State is shooting 62.5%, and 50% on threes, and is outrebounding Evansville 23-14.
MVC's leading scorer Isaiah Mosley of Missouri State already has 20 points on 8-10 shooting, with about 16 minutes left in the game.

[Da Coach]

The ILSU-Evansville game stayed close for the first half, but then Evansville pulled ahead at the start of the 2nd half and controlled the game the rest of the way.
Final score- Evansville 57 Illinois State 48
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266997

Evansville improves to 6-5 overall, and 4-1 in the MVC. ILSU drops to 3-6 overall, and 0-3 in the MVC. They play again tomorrow at 1:00 pm.

[Da Coach]

The Valpo-Missouri State also stayed close in the first half, but after the first media timeout, Missouri State scored 11 straight points, built an 18 point lead and coasted to an 81-68 win over Valparaiso-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266996

Missouri State is now 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the MVC. Valparaiso is 3-6 overall, and 0-1 in the MVC.
They play tomorrow at 1:00 pm.

MVC standings-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/18

[bigjimmy]

The ILSU-Evansville game stayed close for the first half, but then Evansville pulled ahead at the start of the 2nd half and controlled the game the rest of the way.
Final score- Evansville 57 Illinois State 48
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266997

Evansville improves to 6-5 overall, and 4-1 in the MVC. ILSU drops to 3-6 overall, and 0-3 in the MVC. They play again tomorrow at 1:00 pm.

ISU led 24-14 with 5:49 left in 1st half then Evansville went on a 12-3 run to close out the half down 27-26. In the last 9:00 of the game the Purple Aces scored 6 points while the Redbirds scored 5.

[bigjimmy]

The Valpo-Missouri State also stayed close in the first half, but after the first media timeout, Missouri State scored 11 straight points, built an 18 point lead and coasted to an 81-68 win over Valparaiso-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401266996

Missouri State is now 7-1 overall and 4-1 in the MVC. Valparaiso is 3-6 overall, and 0-1 in the MVC.
They play tomorrow at 1:00 pm.

MVC standings-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

Missouri State shot 17-24 from the field, 71%, in the first half. For MSU Mosley led all scorers with 29 points while his teammate Gage Prim had 17 points and 16 rebounds. For Valpo Donovan Clay and Ben Krikke, who had 17 in the 1st half, each had 21 points. MSU had a 40-24 rebound advantage and was 13-15 in the 2nd half from the FT line. For the game they shot 29-53 overall with their starters being 27-51.

[Da Coach]

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The Bradley women play 2 games at home against Southern Illinois- Friday at 6:00 pm and Saturday at 4:00 pm. Both games are on ESPN+ and on WIRL radio, 1290 AM.
Links to ESPN streams-
Friday, Jan. 8, 6:00 pm game- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...5-7f2a5aa08767
Saturday, Jan. 9, 4:00 pm game- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...b-27d75ee6bbce

The Bradley women won again tonight, beating SIU for the second straight day.
Final score- Bradley 80 SIU 68

https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/wbball/media

Lasha Petree was the leading scorer with 24 points. She scored 23 yesterday, and leads the MVC in scoring with an average of 21.5 ppg, more than 5½ ppg ahead of the 2nd highest scorer.

Yesterday's final score was 77-55-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/womens-basketball/stats/2020-21/southern-illinois/boxscore/19506

[Da Coach]

Illinois State at Evansville was close for the first 36+ minutes, and was tied 60-60 with about 4 minutes left in the game. But then ILSU got hot and made 7 straight shots while Evansville had a cold spell to open a 10 point lead. Evansville closed the margin a little with a couple three pointers in the last 30 seconds, but ISU won 73-68. ILSU shot 62.5% for the game, and set an MVC record with 63.6% shooting from three.
Evansville is now 6-6, 4-2, and ILSU is 4-6, 1-3.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401267002

Missouri State lead Valparaiso most of the way, and had a 16 point lead in the 2nd half.
Final score- Missouri State 78 Valparaiso 68
MSU improves to 8-1, 5-1, and Valpo drops to 3-7, 0-2.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401267001

[Da Coach]

One other MVC game tonight (Monday, 1/10)-
Loyola 33 Indiana State 29 early in 2nd half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401276334

[Da Coach]

Loyola beats Indiana State 58-48 for a split in Terre Haute-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401276334

Standings after week 3-