4 MVC games Saturday, Jan. 16 & 4 Sunday, Jan. 17

[Da Coach]

There are 4 games involving MVC teams today, Saturday, Jan. 16, including one non-conference game that was added between Valparaiso and DePaul at 3:00 pm on FS1. DePaul is a 9.5 point favorite.-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba.../date/20210116

MVC Conference games-
Evansville at Bradley at 3 pm on ESPN3 - Bradley 8.5 point favorite
Indiana State at Illinois State at 3 pm on ESPN3 - Indiana State 4.5 point favorite
Northern Iowa at Loyola at 5 pm on ESPN2 - Loyola 10 point favorite

[Tommy]

Wow! Loyola 10 point favorites over Northern Iowa. The oddsmakers are really high on Loyola it would seem!

[bigjimmy]

Indiana State beats Illinois State 73-65. The game was close for the first 23 minutes then the Sycamores went on a 13-2 run that the Redbirds did not recover from. Neither team shot the ball well. ISU Blue was 23-55 overall, 5-17 from 3 while ISU Red was 24-60 overall, 7-26 from 3. The 2 big difference were the Sycamores had a 43-27 rebound advantage and were 22-24 from the FT line while the Redbirds were just 10-17.

[bigjimmy]

DePaul beat Valpo 77-58. Former Valpo star Javon Freeman-Liberty struggled against his former team with just 7 points on 3-9 shooting.

[Da Coach]

Box scores-
Indiana State (5-7, 2-5) 73 Illinois State 65 (4-7, 1-4)- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401267005
DePaul (2-4) 77 Valparaiso (3-8, 0-2) 58- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401277015
Bradley (8-4, 2-1) 69 Evansville (6-7, 4-3) 60- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401267004

In progress-
Loyola (8-3,3-1) vs. Northern Iowa (3-8,2-4)- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401267006

MVC Standings-

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

[bigjimmy]

Loyola and UNI were in a hard fought game for 29 minutes but the Ramblers dominated the last 11, outscoring the Panthers 22-8 to win 72-57. UNI outrebounded Loyola 38-29 but they also turned the ball over 18 times as Loyola turned up the defensive pressure in those last 11 minutes. Tate Hall had an unbelievable game for Loyola as he was 8-12 from the field for 24 points.

[Da Coach]

There are 4 MVC games Sunday.1/17, including a non-conference game that Missouri State just added because they weren't scheduled to play again until Jan. 26.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20210117

3:00 pm games-
Indiana State (5-7, 2-5) at Illinois State (4-7, 1-4) on ESPN3 (INSU -5.0)
Evansville (6-7, 4-3) at Bradley (8-4, 2-1) on ESPN3 (BU -9.0)

4:00 pm game
Northern Iowa (3-9, 2-5) at Loyola (9-3, 4-1) on ESPN (Loyola -10.5)

5:00 pm game
Missouri University of Science & Technology (3-9) at Missouri State (8-1, 5-0) - no TV- (exhibition game for Missouri S&T)

[Da Coach]

Bradley clobbers Evansville 86-55-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401267008

Indiana State beat Illinois State 74-68-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401267009

Loyola leads UNI at halftime 39-24-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401267010

Missouri State hosting Missouri S&T-

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

[Da Coach]

Loyola is putting on a shooting exhibition at home vs. UNI. They went 16-26 in the first half to lead 39-24 at halftime. And so far, they haven't missed a shot in the 2nd half. They have gone 11-11 so far in the 2nd half (27-37 overall [73%], and 10-15 [67%] from three) to pull away to a 69-36 lead with 11:28 left in the game.

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=324653

[bigjimmy]

Loyola won their 15th straight home conference game just crushing UNI 88-46.The Ramblers had 10 guys score at least 6 points, 4 of them in double figures. They shot 33-53 overall, 62%, and were 11-20 from 3.They next play at Valpo on Wednesday before coming to Peoria on Sunday and Monday.

[Da Coach]

Loyola wins by 42. Their shooting cooled off a little, but they ended up shooting 62.3% for the game, and 55% from three.
Final score Loyola 88 UNI 46-

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=324653

UNI shot only 21% from three for the game, and Trae Berhow was 0-7 from the field.

[Da Coach]

MVC Standings as of 1/17/21 (does not include the Missouri State-Missouri S&T non-conference game)

There are no MVC games tomorrow (Mon. 1/18 )

[bigjimmy]

It's looking pretty clearly like we have a top 4 in the Mo Valley this season. Drake, Missouri State, Loyola and BU are definitely a level or two better than the other 6. They are the top 4 in scoring margin (Drake #1 at 24 points, Loyola #2 at 17.5 points, MSU #3 at 13.6 and BU #4 at 13.5) and rebound margin, (Drake #1 at 9.9, BU #2 at 7.9, MSU #3 at 6.3 and Loyola #4 at 3.9). Drake goes about 9 deep averaging from 12 to 25 minutes, have 7 guys who average at least 6.5 points a game and 4 guys who average over 5 rebounds a game. The guy who has been their biggest difference maker is ShanQuan Hemphill a senior transfer from UW-Green Bay. He's averaging 14.2 points and 5.2 rebounds a game. Loyola goes about 9 deep averaging from 10 1/2 to 28 1/2 minutes and have 10 guys who average over 5 points a game. Cameron Krutwig has been Loyola's leading rebounder all 4 years and has averaged 15 points a game in his last 3 years. Missouri State has 7 guys who average over 20 minutes a game with 4 of them averaging over 30. 2 sophmores have made a big jump from their freshman year. Isiaih Mosley averaged 8.3 points last year. This year he is #1 in the Mo Valley, #3 in the nation, in scoring at 23.7 points a game. Ja'Monte Black averaged 3.2 points a game last year and he's averaging 13.4 this season. Senior Gage Prim could be the leading contender for Mo Valley POY as he's 2nd in points with 17.4, 1st in rebounds with 9.1, 4th is assists with 4.0 and 1st in blocks with 1.8. Last but most definitely not least is Bradley. We have 9 guys who average over 15 minutes a game, 7 guys who average over 5 1/2 points a game with 3 of them in double digits. Elijah Childs leads BU at 14.6 points and 7.7 rebounds a game but 2 of the newcomers, Terry Nolan and Sean East, have been big contributors. Nolan averages 11.9 points a game and is 2nd in the MVC with 1.7 steals. East averages 8.6 points and is #2 in the MVC with 4.4 assists and is #1 in assist/turnover ratio at 3.2. Drake, after being off for over 3 weeks, goes to Missouri State on the 26th and 27th. The Bears, because of being in Missouri, have allowed a lot more fans in than the other 9 teams combined as they have been averaging about 6400 fans a game. That gives them a huge advantage. Loyola goes to MSU on the 31st and February1 and we go there on February 13 and 14. Loyola comes to us next weekend and have to go to Drake on February 13 and 14. Drake comes to us on February 26 and 27.