6 MVC games Wednesday, Feb. 21

[Da Coach]

There are 6 MVC games Wednesday, Feb. 21 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...40221/group/18

[tomahawk chop]

We need to win on Wed. if we expect to be alone in 3rd place. Hoping we can figure things out and get on another winning streak before the Tour.

[bigjimmy]

Couple of big games tonight besides ours. Murray St plays at SIU. The Salukis won by 2 last month so Murray needs to get that win back or they lose the tiebreaker and they will be 2 games behind SIU. Never a good thing in a multi tiebreaker if your the team that's lost twice to the team you're tied with. Belmont has a chance to make a statement at Drake. Also how does ISU Blue respond to losing 2 in a row. Should be a fun night.

[Da Coach]

MVC scores - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ype/2/group/18

Murray State kept it close at SIU, but faded and SIU wins 72-68 - MVC leading scorer Xavier Johnson was 1-12 for 7 points - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601908
Indiana State 83 Valparaiso 64 - Jayson Kent 23 points - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601910
Illinois State 81 UNI 73 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601906
UIC 88 Evansville 79 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601909
Drake 84 Belmont 69 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401601905

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

[Stryker]

Alright, ISU is starting to scare me, they are hot right now. Glad we already beat them at ISU, hopefully no surprises and we handle them just fine at home saturday evening.

[patrick_o'brian]

SIU is just nipping at us aren’t they? Sneaking by teams and keeping the pressure on. We have to win Saturday so that we can keep that one game cushion and don’t give them an opening to take us out when we play them. Winning Saturday may even give us a little cushion if they do slip up.

[Da Coach]

UIC won last night, beating Evansville. After the game, the players went into the stands to greet and thank the fans for coming.
Nice gesture. But it is sad to see how few fans are there- https://twitter.com/UIC_MBB/status/1760499645724139550
UIC averages 1,942 per game.

And speaking of sad fan support, the attendance at the Bradley game last night at Missouri State was 2,671 - https://missouristatebears.com/sport.../boxscore/6584

I doubt there were even that many people there. They probably count no-shows.
That dropped their average for the season to 2,953, which ranks them 10th in the MVC