4 MVC games Saturday, Jan. 13

[Da Coach]

There are 4 MVC games Saturday, Jan. 13- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ype/2/group/18

Belmont got smoked by Indiana State 94-64- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601840

Bradley easily beat UIC 77-59- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601842

2 more games tonight-
Missouri State at Evansville at 6:00 pm- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...rs-purple-aces
Drake at SIU at 7:00 pm- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...lldogs-salukis

[bigjimmy]

SIU has won 6 in a row and are 9-1 at home. Drake has lost their last 2 road games. Will be curious to see if SIU can step up. It will be interesting to see how head coach Dana Ford and the Missouri State players responds to being called out by their AD

[Da Coach]

Missouri State wins on the road at Evansville.
Final: Missouri State 74 Evansville 64- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601839

[braves16]

Drake up 11 at half.

[braves16]

Drake up 20 with 16 to go.

[Da Coach]

Drake continues to hold double digit lead over SIU in Carbondale- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601841

[braves16]

Final

Drake-76
SIU-58
Devries with 34.

[bigjimmy]

SIU led 3-0 and that was their only lead. Drake was pretty impressive as they shot 31-55 and held the dogs to 19-52 overall and just 7-29 from 3. Drake outrebounded SIU 35-26 and had 18 assists and only 8 turnovers. DeVries was again outstanding he had 7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 assists to go along with his 34 points on 12-20 shooting. Hopefully SIU will have a repeat performance against us on Wednesday.

[Da Coach]

SIU had won 6 straight games before today's home loss to Drake. However, it might not have been quite as impressive as it appeared on the surface.
The first 4 wins were home games against North Dakota State (8-10), Southern Indiana (5-13), Illinois State (8-9), and Belmont (11-6), and the last 2 wins were road games against Illinois State (8-8 ) and Valparaiso (4-12). So only one of those 6 straight wins was against a team with a winning record.
Today's loss to Drake was on their home court, where they had been 9-1. They are now 12-5 overall and 4-2 in the MVC.
Bradley (4-2) has moved up into a 4th place tie with SIU and Belmont, behind Drake (5-1), Indiana State (5-1) and Murray State (4-1, play Sunday).
2 games Sunday, Jan. 14- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...40114/group/18

[Da Coach]

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2 games Sunday, Jan. 14- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...40114/group/18

Illinois State loses at home to Valparaiso 59-50- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601844

The first MVC win for Valparaiso (1-5). ILSU loses their 5th straight overall, and their 4th straight MVC game to drop to 2-4 in the MVC.
Ugly game for ILSU. They shot 19-59 overall (32%) and 1-18 from three (5.6%)

UNI at Murray State in 2nd half- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601843

[Da Coach]

UNI beats Murray State 70-60 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601843

Murray State drops to 4-2, leaving Drake and Indiana State tied atop the MVC with 5-1 records.
Bradley is 4-2 and in a 4-way tie for 3rd place with Murray State, SIU, and Belmont.

Standings after 6 games- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18