2 MVC games Tuesday, Jan. 14

[Da Coach]

There are 2 MVC games Tuesday, Jan. 14 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...50114/group/18

[Da Coach]

Belmont beats Valparaiso 71-64 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401722476
Belmont improves to 13-5, 5-2.
Valpo drops to 10-8, 3-4.

Northern Iowa leads Evansville by 13 with 7 minutes left in the game - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401722475

Update:
Final score- UNI 73 Evansville 56 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401722475

[bigjimmy]

Valpo scored 13 of the first 16 points in the first 5 1/2 minutes of the 2nd half to tie it up at 43. For the next 10:00 the game went back and forth and with 5:00 left Valpo was down just 63-61 but Valpo missed their next 8 shots and Belmont made just enough to pull away with a 71-64 win. Both teams shot poorly. Valpo was just 24-66 overall, 9-29 from 3 while Belmont shot 22-61 overall, 6-30 from 3. FT's once again was the difference in a Mo Valley game as Belmont was 21-30 while Valpo was just 7-9. Cooper Schwieger had 12 points and 15 reboundsand Freshman mJustus McNair, who came into this game averaging 4.3 points in 12 minutes a game, led the Crusaders with 19 points. Belmont's starters scored 59 of their 71 points led by Tyler Lundblade with 19. Belmont, after losing 3 in a row, have now won 5 in a row.

[Da Coach]

Northern Iowa beats Evansville 73-56 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401722475
Evansville was without their leading scorer, freshman Gabriel Pozzato, for the 8th straight game. He has been out with an injury.
The Aces shot poorly (36% overall, 18% from three) and were outrebounded by UNI 41-33.
Northern Iowa improves to 11-7, 5-2.
Evansville drops to 6-12, 3-4.

[bigjimmy]

Evansville led 10-8 at the 12:40 mark and went the next 6 + minutes without scoring. In fact they went over 10:00 scoring just 2 points and UNI led 32-18 at the half. In the 2nd half the lead stayed in double digits the rest of the way and won 73-56. UNI didn't shoot it great as they were 22-54 overall, 7-22 from while Evansville shot it much worse as they were 20-55 overall, 4-22 from 3. Once again another wide disparity in FT's as UNI was 22-32 while the Purple Aces were 12-17. Ben Schwieger had 10 points and 11 rebounds for UNI and Tytan Anderson, who I think is one of the leading contenders for POY, had15 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists for the Panthers.