3 MVC games Wednesday, Jan. 26

[Da Coach]

There are 3 MVC games tonight, Wednesday, Jan, 26-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20220126

One note about the ISU-Drake game- the ISU Redbirds team will be wearing black uniforms for the first time in their history-

https://twitter.com/Redbird_MBB/status/1486062311630675968

https://twitter.com/Redbird_MBB/status/1486064347906519044

In addition to their standard red and white uniforms, they have also worn an alternate gray uniform this season-

https://goredbirds.com/news/2021/12/21/mens-basketball-reeves-double-double-leads-redbirds-to-fourth-straight-win.aspx

And they have worn throwback uniforms in the past-

https://goredbirds.com/news/2018/2/8/mens-basketball-redbirds-to-have-retro-night-against-northern-iowa

I know that whenever this topic comes up there are fans on both sides of the issue. But I would like to see Bradley use an alternate color uniform. Quite a few Division I schools employ alternate color uniforms. And, on several occasions in the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 seasons Bradley wore black alternate-color uniforms (see below).
Most fans are aware that Bradley's official colors are Red and White. But, a little-known fact is that Bradley registered a third official color when they were redesigning their logo a decade ago.
Kaboom Gray is one of Bradley's official colors-

https://teamcolorcodes.com/bradley-braves-color-codes/

Here is a complete history of the alternate color uniforms that Bradley has worn in the past-

https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sports-forums/basketball-fan-talk/490466-history-of-the-bradley-alternate-color-uniforms#post490466

[Da Coach]

UNI lead all but the opening couple minutes at Evansville by as much as 15.
Then Evansville closed to within 3 in the final 2 minutes, but UNI held on for the 64-59 win

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401367375

Drake at Illinois State- close in the 2nd half-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401367374

ISU playing the game without starting forward Sy Chatman, who suffered a torn ACL in their last game.

[braves16]

UNI lead all but the opening couple minutes at Evansville by as much as 15.
Then Evansville closed to within 3 in the final 2 minutes, but UNI held on for the 64-59 win

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401367375

Drake at Illinois State- close in the 2nd half-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401367374

ISU playing the game without starting forward Sy Chatman, who suffered a torn ACL in their last game.

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Only the 7th Panther to reach this milestone. Congratulations on 1,500 career points AJ! #EverLoyal

[bigjimmy]

Drake and ISU Red going into OT tied at 79. 28 lead changes and 19 ties so far.

[Da Coach]

Both teams played extremely well, but Drake pulls off the win at ISU 89-88 in overtime-

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401367374

[bigjimmy]

That was some game! Hard to know where to begin. In the last 16:00 of regulation and 5:00 of overtime ISU led 11 times, Drake led 14 times and they were tied 22 times. The biggest lead in the last 10:00 of the 2nd half and overtime was 2. Both teams missed FT's in the last minute of the 2nd half. Down 2 Liam McChesney missed his 2nd FT and fouled Garrett Sturts on the rebound with :37 left. Sturts then missed the front end of the 1 and 1 which the Redbirds rebounded. After a timeout ISU went quick and Antonio Reeves made a driving layup, which was their 1st made FG in over 5:00, with :23 seconds left to put ISU up by 1. After a Drake timeout Roman Penn drove the lane and got fouled with 9.6 left. Made the first then missed the second which ISU rebounded. Reeves got the ball on the wing a missed a 3 and the game went to OT tied at 79. In overtime there were 6 lead changes and 3 ties and the last points were scored on 2 free throws by Sturts with 1:24 left. ISU had 5 shots to get the lead but failed though I thought there should have been fouls called on the last 2. Reeves put up a 10 footer that ended up hitting the shot clock because his arm got hit on the shot. After Tucker DeVries missed 2 FT's ISU had 1 more chance but Kendall Lewis missed a 2 footer, that again looked like he got hit on the arm, to end the game. 6 guys for Drake were in double figures led by DeVries and D. J. Wilkins with 18. Reeves led ISU with 25. 5 guys played 40+ minutes. I'm tired after writing that.