MVC MEN’S MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE UPDATE MVC Contact: Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Office: 314.444.4326 • Cell: 314.435.4779 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM

2018-19 Standings (thru Feb. 2) Non-Conf: 72-57

Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A N L10 t25 Stk. N.E.T. Illinois State 7 3 .700 66.3 62.7 14 9 .609 71.5 71.2 10-2 2-6 2-1 7-3 0-0 W3 168 Loyola Chicago 7 3 .700 65.3 61.5 14 9 .609 66.7 61.0 10-3 3-4 1-2 7-3 0-2 L1 134 Drake 6 4 .600 70.1 66.5 17 6 .739 76.6 70.0 9-2 5-3 3-1 6-4 0-0 W1 137 Southern Illinois 5 5 .500 65.6 66.2 12 11 .522 68.1 67.6 6-5 5-5 1-1 5-5 0-3 W2 155 Valparaiso 5 5 .500 61.4 62.9 12 11 .522 68.7 66.8 7-4 4-5 1-2 5-5 0-0 L4 193 Missouri State 5 5 .500 64.3 61.2 11 12 .478 72.0 69.3 8-2 3-8 0-2 5-5 0-1 L1 164 UNI 5 5 .500 64.4 63.2 10 13 .435 65.5 67.4 7-3 1-7 2-3 5-5 0-1 W1 191 Evansville 4 6 .400 67.8 69.0 10 13 .435 71.7 71.9 9-4 1-9 0-0 4-6 0-0 W1 181 Indiana State 3 7 .300 63.6 70.6 11 11 .500 69.2 71.4 6-4 3-6 2-1 3-7 0-0 L3 189 Bradley 3 7 .300 60.1 65.1 11 12 .478 66.3 66.7 6-6 3-6 2-0 3-7 0-0 L1 206

MVC Home Games: 31-19 Non-Conf.: 72-57 (H: 47-16; A: 11-28; N: 14-13) vs. Top-25: 0-7 (Non-Conf.)

Upcoming Schedule Recent Results

Tuesday, Feb. 5 Tuesday, Jan. 29 *Drake at Loyola CBS Sports Network Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. *Missouri State 55, Valparaiso 54 (ot) *Valparaiso at Illinois State ESPN+ Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30 Wednesday, Feb. 6 *Bradley 81, Evansville 73 *Evansville at Indiana State ESPN+ Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. *Loyola 61, UNI 60 *Southern Illinois at Missouri State MVC TV / ESPN+ Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. *Illinois State 69, Drake 55 *Bradley at UNI ESPN+ Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *Southern Illinois 88, Indiana State 73

Saturday, Feb. 9 Saturday, Feb. 2 *UNI at Drake MVC TV / ESPN+ Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. *Southern Illinois 72, Bradley 68 *Indiana State at Bradley ESPN+ Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Evansville 64, Valparaiso 53 *Evansville at Southern Illinois ESPN3 Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Drake 68, Indiana State 62 *UNI 64, Missouri State 59 Sunday, Feb. 10 *Illinois State 65, Loyola 57 *Illinois State at Missouri State ESPN3 Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. *Loyola at Valparaiso ESPNU Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 *Drake at Southern Illinois ESPN+ Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 *Missouri State at Evansville ESPN+ Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. *Loyola at Bradley MVC TV / ESPN+ Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. *Illinois State at UNI PSN / ESPN+ Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *Indiana State at Valparaiso ESPN3 Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m.

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Only Two Leagues With 10 Rookie Coaches MVC Player of the Week Only two conferences entered Super In the league’s previous 111 seasons, Armon Fletcher Bowl Sunday with all of its members with a total of nine coaches in their first double-digit win totals -- the Big East and years with an MVC team won 24 or more Southern Illinois the Missouri Valley Conference. games. Darian DeVries of Drake has 17 6-5, 210, Sr., Gd. wins in the Bulldogs’ first 23 contests. Edwardsville (Ill.) A Bakers’ Dozen established the league re- Edwardsville High Only three times in the league’s 111- cord for wins by a rookie coach, winning Fletcher averaged 24 points year history have all teams reached 33 games with Indiana State’s 1979 13+ wins, including last year. The MVC on 70 percent shooting in lead- Final Four team. ing Southern Illinois to a 2-0 week. He scored has not had a season in which every A total of 19 MVC coaches won the 34 points in the win over Indiana State, the team reached 14 or more wins. In the league in their rookie season, but it’s most by a Missouri Valley Conference player league’s 111 seasons, the MVC has only happened three times since Hodges this season. Fletcher’s 34-point outburst had all teams reach 11 or more wins 10 won the league with ISU in 1979. was the most for a Saluki in an MVC game in times. Only five times in the MVC’s 111 23 years, when Troy Hudson dropped 39 on seasons have all league teams reached Last Three Rookie Coaches to Win MVC Indiana State in 1996. Fletcher went 11-for- 12 wins (those seasons are below). 2003-04 , SIU (25-5 / 17-1 MVC) 14 from the field and 6-for-8 from the 3-point 2004-05 , SIU (27-8 / 15-3 MVC) line in the game. He followed that up with 14 Season (No.) Date* Last to Reach 12 Wins 2007-08 , Drake (28-5 / 15-3 MVC) points on 5-of-9 shooting in the win at Bradley. 2006-07 (10)+ 1-21-07 Illinois St./Evansville 1955-56 (7)+ 2-18-56 Wichita State Top Win Totals by MVC Rookie Coach 2017-18 (10)+ 2-21-17 Indiana State 2010-11 (10) 2-26-11 Bradley 33 -- Bill Hodges, Indiana State (1978-79) MVC Newcomer of the Week 1954-55 (6) 2-27-55 Oklahoma State 28 -- Keno Davis, Drake (2007-08) 27 -- , Cincinnati (1960-61) Zach Copeland *Date last team reached 12 wins No. - indicates number of league teams that year 27 -- Chris Lowery, Southern Illinois (2004-05) Illinois State +all teams reached 13+ wins in these seasons 26 -- , Louisville (1971-72) 6-4, 185, Jr., Gd. 26 -- , Tulsa (1980-81) 25 -- Matt Painter, Southern Illinois (2003-04) Oakland (Calif.) Only Five Have Done It 25 -- Tim Jankovich, Illinois State (2007-08) Berkeley High Just five MVC coaches have won or 24 -- , Saint Louis (1947-48) [City College of shared the league’s regular-season title San Francisco] after having won an MVC title as a player. Margin Call Illinois State’s and Loyola’s Copeland averaged 15 points per game Loyola has been involved in two league as Illinois State went 2-0 with wins over two have their teams tied for games with a 35-point margin this year, of the top three teams in the MVC stand- first place in the MVC race with eight MVC beating Indiana State, 79-44, and los- ings (with Illinois State being the third of games remaining this season. ing to Missouri State, 70-35. In the those three teams). He also pulled down Coach-Player Regular-Season Champs league’s 112 seasons, there have been six rebounds on the week with three assists and a . He made 52.9 percent of his as Player as Coach 90 league games decided by 35 or more points. Loyola joins just two others to be shots from the field (9-of-17), and half of his J. Craig Ruby, Mizzou 1918, 20 1921, 22 on both sides (a win and a loss) in the 12 three-point attempts. In the first game of the week against Drake, whom the Redbirds George Rody, Okla. St. 1922* 1931 same season. Chris Lowery, S. Illinois 1992 2005, 07 were tied with for second place in the league MVC Teams to Win by 35, Lose by 35, Same Year Dan Muller, Illinois St. 1997, 98 2017 standings, he scored 19 points, hitting 6-of- Porter Moser, Loyola 1989^ 2018 Drake, 1970-71, W-Bradley (35); L-Louisville (42) 11 shots from the field and 4-of-7 from long Drake, 2014-15, L-ILS (36); W-Missouri St. (35) range. He also had three rebounds and gave *played at Kansas; ^played at Creighton Loyola, 2018-19, W-Indiana St. (35); L-MSU (35) out two assists while picking up a steal. Near Misses: Oklahoma, 1919-20, W-Okla. St. (39), L-Mizzou (33) Mid-Term Grades Bradley, 1948-49, W-Tulsa (39), L-Okla. St. (34) Since 1992-93, all 37 MVC teams in the lead (or co-lead) at the break have reached post-season play. The last Valley Tough Shooting Night mid-season leader to not reach the post- Missouri State gutted out a 55-54 over- season was Tulsa, in 1992. Since then, time win at Valparaiso earlier in the week, mid-year leaders Bradley (1994 & 1999), while shooting just 30.9 percent from the Illinois State (1996 & 2017), Wichita floor. In the past 10 seasons, only four State (2005), Creighton (2006), and Mis- MVC teams have recorded a lower FG souri State (2011) played in the NIT, while percentage in a league win (MSU’s was the other 30 mid-way leaders reached the the best in that span in a road win.) NCAA Tournament. The last mid-season leader that failed to win the MVC title was Worst FG Pct. in a Win, MVC Games (Since 2010) Wichita State in 2013. WSU (8-1) held a .273 - Illinois St. vs. Wichita St., 2/6/16 (58-53) .278 - UNI vs. Evansville, 2/13/18 (47-41) one-game advantage over eventual cham- .288 - Indiana State vs. UE, 2/21/18 (58-53) pion Creighton at the midway point. .308 - UNI vs. Illinois State, 2/2/11 (53-51) Loyola (7-2) led the conference race .309 - Missouri St. at Valpo, 1/29/19 (55-54, ot) this year after nine games.

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Shooting Lights Out Shooting a Key for Loyola Top Performances Last Week Southern Illinois shot 60.7 percent in Loyola leads the MVC in FG percent- Elijah Childs, Bradley -- Averaged 18.0 points its win against Indiana State, marking age (49.5 percent), which ranks No. 10 and 8.5 rebounds, while shooting 54.8 percent the second-best performance in a league nationally. Notably, when the Ramblers in a pair of games against Evansville and South- game for the Salukis in the past 10 sea- shoot well, they win. Loyola has hit 50.0 ern Illinois. Had his fourth double-double of the season at UE (18 points, 12 bounds). sons (.638 vs. MSU on 1/27/18). percent or better in a league-high 14 games this year (all wins). The Ramblers Tyreke Key, Indiana State -- Averaged 24.0 Best FG Pct. in a Win, MVC Games (2018-19) points and 3.5 rebounds per game against .634 - Missouri State vs. Loyola, 1/23/19 (70-35) are 0-9 when they don’t shoot 50 percent. Southern Illinois and Drake. He hit 14-of-26 of .633 - Loyola vs. Drake, 1/5/19 (85-74) The Ramblers have hit 50 percent or bet- his shots from the field (53.8 percent) and was .607 - SIU vs. Indiana State, 1/30/19 (88-73) ter 38 times over the past two seasons, 17-of-20 (85 percent) from the line. which ranks second-only to Gonzaga (39). Milik Yarbrough, Illinois State -- Averaged 19 MVC Coaching Wins NCAA Leaders, 50 Pct or Better (Last 2 Years) points per game during a week in which the SIU head coach won his Redbirds went 2-0 with wins over two of the top 39 - Gonzaga three teams in the MVC standings. He also aver- 150th career Missouri Valley Conference 38 - Loyola Chicago aged 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. game on Saturday when SIU topped 34 - Saint Mary’s He converted on 14-of-29 of his shots from the Bradley, 72-68. Hinson became just the 30 - Villanova field (48.3 percent), and he was 5-of-9 (55.6 fourth coach to earn 150 career MVC 29 -- Michigan State percent) from long range. wins, joining , , and Luke McDonnell, UNI -- Ended the week with Eddie Hickey. Hinson also ranks fourth MVC Leaders, 50 Pct or Better (2018-19 only) 28 points, seven assists, and five rebounds to help the Panthers go 1-1 in MVC play. in MVC history in overall wins at an MVC 14 - Loyola Chicago (Record: 14-0) 10 - Drake (Record: 9-1) , Loyola -- Contributed 18.5 school and MVC Tournament wins. points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 8 - Valparaiso (Record: 7-1) Two active MVC coaches rank in the blocks per game, while shooting 70 percent (14- Top 5 all-time (Hinson and UNI’s Ben 7 - Missouri State (Record: 7-0) for-20) from the field and hitting his only three- Jacobson). 7 - Southern Illinois (Record: 7-0) point attempt in two games last week. 6 - Illinois State (Record: 6-0) Nick McGlynn, Drake -- Averaged a double- Most Conference Wins, All-Time in MVC 6 - Indiana State (Record: 4-2) double with 27 points and 20 rebounds in a pair 187 -- Henry Iba, Oklahoma State (1934-57) 5 - Bradley (Record: 5-0) of games against Illinois State and Indiana State 182 -- Dana Altman, Creighton (1994-10) 1 - Evansville (Record: 1-0) while shooting 54.5 percent from the field, 1 - UNI (Record: 1-0) 163 -- Eddie Hickey, CU/SLU (1935-43; 1946-58) Brady Ellingson, Drake -- Scored a team-high 150 -- Barry Hinson, MSU/SIU (1999-08; 2012-pres.) 16 points in the road win at Indiana State … 12 135 -- , UNI (2006-present) More on Rambler Shooting of his points came in the second half as he ral- 134 -- , Wichita State (2007-17) Loyola leads the nation with a 56.9 lied Drake to the come-from-behind win. 126 -- Phog Allen, Kansas (1907-09; 1919-28) percentage in games that it has won. Aher Uguak, Loyola, -- Put up 7.5 rpg, 2.5 However, in nine losses, Loyola is shoot- apg and 1.0 spg in a pair of outings last week. The redshirt sophomore produced two points, Streaking ing just 38.5 percent (175-for-455) from seven rebounds, a career-best four assists and a Bradley visits UNI on Wednesday, look- the field and 23.6 percent (38-for-161) couple of steals in a 61-60 decision over UNI. ing to snap its 11-game losing streak at from three-point territory. Eric McGill, Southern Illinois -- Narrowly missed McLeod . Last week, Valpo lost NCAA Leaders, FG Pct. (In Games Won Only) double-doubles in each game, scoring 10 points with 9 rebounds in the win over Indiana State. at Evansville, extending its 22-game los- .569 -- Loyola Chicago (14 wins) He followed that up with six points and a game- ing streak there. SIU, meanwhile, is in .561 - Chicago State (3 wins) high 11 boards in the road win at Bradley. Springfield this week, looking to extend a .541 - Richmond (8 wins) AJ Green, UNI -- Ended with 22 total points, three-game winning streak at JQH. .540 - Creighton (12 wins) seven assists and shot 42 percent (8-19) last .534 - Ball State (11 wins) week helping the Panthers go 1-1 in MVC play. Longest Current Road Losing Streaks (MVC) .534 - Saint Mary’s (14 wins) Keandre Cook, Missouri State -- Averaged 22 – Valpo at Evansville* 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game to help 12 – Valpo at UNI* lead MSU to a 1-1 week in a pair of league road 12 – Southern Illinois at Illinois State games. Cook posted a game-high 17 points, 11 – Bradley at Illinois State Top Scoring Games in MVC including the game-winning free throws in over- 11 – Bradley at UNI SIU’s Armon Fletcher had 34 points in time, to help the Bears defeat Valparaiso. 10 – Drake at UNI SIU’s win over Indiana State - it’s the most Javon Freeman, Valpo -- Averaged 12 points by an SIU player in 23 years. Only two *includes pre-MVC results and 10.5 rebounds per game last week in players had more in an MVC game in the Valpo’s pair of games. Against Missouri State, Longest Current Road Win Streaks (MVC) past five seasons. the freshman led Valpo with 12 points and set a 5 - Illinois State at Evansville team season best with 15 rebounds - the most Top Scoring Games in MVC (Last 5 seasons) rebounds by a Valpo player since January of 3 - Loyola at Indiana State 39 - Reed Timmer, DU (vs. INS), 2/14/18 2017 and becoming the shortest Valpo player 3 - Missouri State at Indiana State with 15 or more rebounds in at least 30 years. 3 - Southern Illinois at Missouri State 35 - Milton Doyle, LUC (vs. BRAD), 1/7/17 34 - Armon Fletcher, SIU (vs. INS), 1/30/19 3 - Southern Illinois at Indiana State MVC BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 4, 2019 PAGE 4

MVC Players of the Week Home Cooking 1,000-Point Club Player Newcomer Two league schools have homecourt Eight Valley players have eclipsed the N12 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye Keandre Cook, Missouri St. winning streaks that have reached dou- 1,000-point plateau in their careers. N19 Cameron Krutwig, LUC A.J. Green, UNI ble digits. Loyola has won 12-straight Drake’s Nick McGlynn is poised to reach N26 Elijah Childs, Bradley Eric McGill, Southern Illinois that plateau this week as he is just 15 D3 Nick Norton, Drake Nick Norton, Drake at home against MVC foes, while Illinois D10 Sean Lloyd, S. Illinois Shea Feehan, Evansville State’s streak is at 11 in a row. The last points shy of 1,000 points. He’d be just D17 Phil Fayne, Illinois State Nick Norton, Drake time Loyola won 12 straight home league the 25th player in Drake history to do so. D26 Jordan Barnes, Ind. St. Nick Norton, Drake games was February 1, 1984 through Active Leading Scorers in the MVC J2 Wyatt Lohaus, UNI Ryan Fazekas, Valparaiso February 8, 1986, when it came out on J7 Marques Townes, Loyola Ryan Fazekas, Valparaiso the positive end of 12-consecutive home 1457 - Milik Yarbrough, Illinois State^ J14 Tulio Da Silva, Missouri St. Tulio Da Silva, Missouri St. 1354 - Marques Townes, Loyola Chicago+ J21 Brady Ellingson, Drake Brady Ellingson, Drake conference decisions. 1170 - Darrell Brown, Bradley J28 Keandre Cook, MSU Keandre Cook, Missouri St. Homecourt W/L Streaks, MVC Play Only 1157 - Armon Fletcher, Southern Illinois F4 Armon Fletcher, SIU Zach Copeland, Illinois St. 1122 - Phil Fayne, Illinois State Bradley L1 Next: Indiana State (Sat.) 1119 - Jarred Dixon, Missouri State Drake L1 Next: UNI (Saturday) 1098 - , Loyola Chicago* MVC vs. Other Conferences Evansville W1 Next: Missouri St. (F13) 1089 - Jordan Barnes, Indiana State thru regular season Illinois State W11 Next: Valpo (Tuesday) 985 - Nick McGlynn, Drake 975 - Nick Norton, Drake# Conf. W-L Indiana State L1 Next: Evansville (Wed.) Loyola W12 Next: Drake (Tuesday) 946 - Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Bradley America East...... 0-1 Missouri State W2 Next: S. Illinois (Wed.) 897 - Sean Lloyd, Southern Illinois American...... 2-1 UNI W4 Next: Bradley (Wed.) ^includes 530 points with Saint Louis ACC...... 0-2 Southern Illinois W2 Next: Evansville (Sat.) Atlantic Sun...... 1-0 +includes 597 points with Fairleigh Dickinson Valparaiso L2 Next: Loyola (Sunday) *includes 13 points with Iowa State Atlantic 10...... 4-2 Big East...... 0-1 #includes 779 points at UAB Big South...... 0-2 Big Ten...... 1-4 Big 12...... 0-4 Winning with Defense Leading the Nation Big West...... 1-0 Since 2010, every team but one that Evansville’s K.J. Riley leads the nation C-USA...... 3-3 has led the MVC in percentage in free throw attempts, as he has gone Horizon...... 5-3 Ivy...... 0-1 defense has earned a spot in the NCAA to the line 182 times this year. He is Metro Atlantic...... 3-0 Tournament. (Loyola was third in the MVC 11th nationally in FT made, sinking 134 Mid-American...... 3-7 in that statistic last year.) of his 182 tries. Riley is on pace to MEAC...... 2-0 Notably, in the past 14 seasons, the eclipse 250 attempts this season - that Mountain West...... 7-5 Northeast...... 1-0 MVC leader in team defense (PPG al- milestone has been reached just 22 Ohio Valley...... 7-6 lowed in league-only games) has reached times by 19 different players in 111 Pac-12...... 1-3 the NCAA Tournament 10 times and the previous seasons in the MVC. SEC...... 0-4 Southern...... 0-1 NIT three times. Loyola led the league MVC Leaders, FT Attempts in a Season Southland...... 1-0 in scoring defense last year (61.6 ppg 398 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1958-59) SWAC...... 4-0 allowed in league games). UNI, in 2013, Summit...... 3-2 361 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1959-60) Sun Belt...... 2-4 was the only MVC leader in that stat cat- 355 - Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1957-58) West Coast...... 2-0 egory to fail to reach post-season play. 338 - Bob Mattick, Oklahoma State (1953-54) WAC...... 5-1 Nine of 10 teams surrender fewer than 335 - , Bradley (1987-88) Other (Non-Division I)...... 14-0 287 - Bob Mattick, Oklahoma State (1952-53) 70.0 points per game in league play. The 282 - Matt Webster, Evansville (2006-07) TOTAL 72-57 last time all 10 MVC schools were under 297 - Bob Patterson, Tulsa (1954-55) Vs. Top 25 W-L 70.0 points in MVC games was in 2015. 284 - Bill Ebben, Detroit (1956-57) at #2 Kentucky (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 Drake ranked 10th-best that year, allowing 279 - Dave Stallworth, Wichita State (1963-64) #25 Buffalo (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 just 64.8 points per game. That (all 10 276 - Cleo Littleton, Wichita State (1954-55) 275 - Wes Unseld, Louisville (1967-68) vs. #24 Nebraska (Missouri State)...... 0-1 under 70.0 ppg allowed in league play) #5 Nevada (Loyola)...... 0-1 276 - Danny Moore, Missouri State (1996-97) vs. #23 Maryland (Loyola)...... 0-1 has only happened one other time (in 273 - , Creighton (1989-90) at #14 Buffalo (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 2009) in the past two decades. 266 - , Indiana State (1978-79) vs. #21 Iowa (UNI)...... 0-1 Loyola, meanwhile, ranks No. 8 nation- 260 - Devonte Brown, Indiana State (2015-16) 260 - Jim Mudd, North Texas (1959-60) TOTAL 0-7 ally for all games, surrendering 61.0 258 - Guy Sparrow, Detroit (1953-54) points per game for the season. 255 - D.J. Balentine, Evansville (2013-14) MVC Teams in MTEs This Season 252 - , Illinois State (2000-01) NCAA Leaders/FG Pct. Defense (All Games) Bradley (Cancun Challenge) 4-0 251 - Theron Wilson, Bradley (2008-09) Drake (Las Vegas Classic) 4-0 Team Rank FG Def. 250 - , Memphis State (1973-73) Evansville (Maui Invitational) 2-2 Bradley 98 42.2 Illinois State (Cayman Islands) 3-1 Southern Illinois 110 42.5 Indiana State (Diamond Head Classic) 2-2 Drake 116 42.5 Loyola (Fort Myers Tip-Off) 3-1 Missouri State (Hall of Fame Classic) 2-2 MVC Leaders/Scoring Defense (MVC Only) UNI (Paradise Jam) 2-2 Southern Illinois (Las Vegas Classic) 3-1 Team Total PPG Valpo (Myrtle Beach Invitational) 1-3 1. Missouri State 612 61.2 TOTALS 26-14 2. Loyola Chicago 615 61.5 3. Illinois State 627 62.7

BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • UNI • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • VALPARAISO Bradley (11-12, 3-7) Drake (17-6, 6-4) Cardiac Kids 3-Straight on the Road Bradley is going to fight to the final whistle Drake has won three-straight road games and has shown the ability to rally this season. and five of its last six overall games … the The Braves lead the Valley with five wins this Bulldogs last won three-straight games on the season when trailing at the half. BU’s five half- road in 2007-08 when the team won eight- time rallies are the most for the team since straight road games at one point … overall seven halftime comebacks in 2012-13. the Bulldogs are 5-3 on the road this season for the program’s most road win since 2007-08. Finding Its Range Bradley has found its range and has started to knock down the Drake’s Win Pace 3-point shot. BU has made more than half of their 3-pointers in three of Head coach Darian DeVries’ 17 wins are already tied for the third the last seven games, connecting on 40.8 percent during the stretch. most by a first-year head coach at Drake since 1950 and already equal In the season’s first 16 games, Bradley shot over 40 percent only once last year’s win total … the Bulldogs are three wins away from recording (40.9 vs. Chicago State) and made just 32.0 percent of its triples. the sixth 20-win season in program history … the 17 wins are tied for Junior Darrell Brown lead the Braves during the seven-game stretch, the second most by the team in the last decade. making 48.6 of his 3-pointers (17-of-35). McGlynn Approaches 1,000 Points Brown Leads Braves, Again Nick McGlynn is just 15 points away from becoming the 25th Bulldog Darrell Brown has proven to be a leader from the start at Bradley. to record 1,000 career points … His 985 points are the most of any Brown is again leading the team in scoring this season, averaging 14.0 active Bulldog after averaging a double-double last week including points per game. After leading the team in scoring as a freshman (12.6 matching a career-high with 13 points in the win at Indiana State. ppg) and sophomore (13.5 ppg), he is on pace to become just the third Brave in school history to lead his team in points as a freshman, sophomore and junior – joining Paul Unruh (1946-49) and Mitchell Legends Weekend in Des Moines Drake returns home to host UNI Saturday in the Bulldogs’ annual Anderson (1978-1981). Anderson ranks second in school history in ‘Legends Weekend’ with former players returning to campus. Special scoring, while Unruh is now fifth. honor will be paid to the 1969 Final Four team on the 50th anniversary of the team’s Final Four appearance … the Bulldogs have had great success at home this season with a 9-2 record and over the past two 2018-19 Basketball Schedule seasons, the Bulldogs .800 home winning percentage is the third high- Date Opponent Result Record est in the Valley. N7 #UW-Parkside W, 74-58 1-0, 0-0 N10 SE Missouri State W, 68-57 2-0, 0-0 N14 #Jacksonville State W, 74-65 3-0, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N17 at UIC L, 70-71 3-1, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N20 #SMU W, 75-62 4-1, 0-0 N21 #Penn State W, 59-56 5-1, 0-0 N8 Buena Vista W, 98-52 1-0, 0-0 N24 Chicago State W, 86-70 6-1, 0-0 N13 at Colorado L, 71-100 1-1, 0-0 N28 at IUPUI L, 73-85 6-2, 0-0 N17 Texas State W, 75-69 2-1, 0-0 N21 at UMKC W, 66-63 3-1, 0-0 D1 ^New Mexico L, 75-85 6-3, 0-0 N27 ^Boise State W, 83-74 4-1, 0-0 D4 at Little Rock W, 68-62 7-3, 0-0 D15 Eastern Illinois L, 66-73 7-4, 0-0 D1 &vs. North Dakota State W, 95-88 5-1, 0-0 D18 at Georgia Southern L, 74-79 (ot) 7-5, 0-0 D6 at Milwaukee W, 75-61 6-1, 0-0 D22 Southeastern Louisiana W, 63-60 8-5, 0-0 D15 $vs. Iowa State L, 68-77 6-2, 0-0 D17 #SIU Edwardsville W, 79-66 7-2, 0-0 J2 *UNI L, 47-65 8-6, 0-1 D19 #Rider W, 76-58 8-2, 0-0 J5 *at Indiana State L, 60-65 8-7, 0-2 D22 #New Mexico State W, 66-63 9-2, 0-0 J8 *at Valparaiso L, 50-61 8-8, 0-3 D23 #San Diego W, 110-103 (2ot) 10-2, 0-0 J12 *Missouri State L, 64-69 8-9, 0-4 D29 McKendree W, 98-70 11-2, 0-0 J16 *Drake L, 52-69 8-10, 0-5 J20 *at Southern Illinois W, 57-54 9-10, 1-5 J2 *at Evansville L, 72-82 (2ot) 11-3, 0-1 J23 *Illinois State W, 85-68 10-10, 2-5 J5 *Loyola L, 74-85 11-4, 0-2 J26 *at Missouri State L, 37-55 10-11, 2-6 J8 *Southern Illinois W, 82-70 12-4, 1-2 J30 *at Evansville W, 81-73 11-11, 3-6 J13 *at UNI L, 54-57 12-5, 1-3 J16 *at Bradley W, 69-52 13-5, 2-3 F2 *Southern Illinois L, 68-72 11-12, 3-7 J20 *Missouri State W, 74-63 14-5, 3-3 F6 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J23 *Evansville W, 78-66 15-5, 4-3 F9 *Indiana State [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J26 *at Valparaiso W, 70-59 16-5, 5-3 F13 *Loyola [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J30 *Illinois State L, 55-69 16-6, 5-4 F16 *at Illinois State [ESPN2] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F19 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F2 *at Indiana State W, 68-62 17-6, 6-4 F23 *Evansville [ESPN3] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F5 *at Loyola [CBSSN] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F27 *Valparaiso [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F9 *UNI [MVC TV] Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. F12 *at Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. M2 *Bradley at Loyola [TV TBD] Chicago, Ill. TBD F16 *Valparaiso [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F19 *Bradley [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *MVC Games; #Cancun Challenge; ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge F24 *at Illinois State [CBSSN] Normal, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F27 *Indiana State [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 7;00 p.m. M2 *at Missouri State [TV TBD] Springfield, Mo. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *MVC Games; #Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic; $Hy-Vee Classic, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa; ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge; &U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic, U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis, Minn. Evansville (10-13, 4-6) Illinois State (14-9, 7-3) Best in the Nation 20-20 Vision Junior K.J. Riley now leads the nation in This season Phil Fayne has 33 blocked free throw attempts this season. He has a shots and 22 steals, and is one of 73 total of 182 over the course of the Purple student-athletes to have at least 20 in both Aces 23 games. Riley has hit 134 of those categories this season. Of that group, Fayne attempts, ranking 11th in the NCAA. is one of just 14 student-athletes that have accomplished the 20-steal and 20- plateau in each of the last three seasons. The others include: Nicholas Baer (Iowa), Malik Benlevi Finishing With the Advantage (Georgia State), AJ Brodeur (Penn), Ethan Happ (Wisconsin), Kevarrius Evansville’s conference wins this season have come down to their Hayes (Florida), Cameron Jackson (Wofford), Nick Mayo (Eastern Ken- ability to outshoot the opposition. When the Purple Aces are tied or fin- tucky), Zane Najdawi (Citadel), Ed Polite, Jr. (Radford), Nate Renfro (San ish with the advantage in shooting percentage, the squad is 4-1. When Francisco), Tahjai Teague (Ball State), Matissa Thybulle (Washington), being outshot in league play, the Aces are 0-5. and Grant Williams (Tennessee). Turning the Corner Four-Year Wins Freshman Shamar Givance has rebounded from a tough start in This senior group has the chance to go down with one of the win- conference play in 2019. Through his first seven MVC outings, Givance ningest four-year stretches in program history. This group is currently averaged just 2.9 points per game and 14.3 minutes while shooting 78-45 over the last four years and is 13 wins away from tying the 23.5%. In his last three contests, Givance has rebounded in a major school record for wins in a four-year period - 91 held by the 1997-98 way. He has posted 7.7 points in 17.3 minutes per game while shoot- senior class which included current ISU head coach Dan Muller. ing 66.7%. Straight Multiple Three’s 2018-19 Basketball Schedule Keyshawn Evans became the second Redbird student-athlete this season to put together of games with three or more three-pointers Date Opponent Result Record made. Evans’ current streak of four consecutive-such games is tied for N8 #at Illinois L, 60-99 0-1, 0-0 the sixth-longest streak. Teammate Josh Jefferson set a school record N10 #at Xavier L, 85-91 0-2, 0-0 earlier this season by putting together seven of these games in a row. N15 #Ky. Wesleyan W, 92-72 1-2, 0-0 The three-point shot first came to NCAA Division I basketball for the N18 #Texas Southern W, 85-63 2-2, 0-0 1985-86 season. N24 at Ball State L, 72-82 2-3, 0-0 N28 ^Wyoming W, 86-78 3-3, 0-0 D1 Albion W, 65-49 4-3, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule D4 at Arkansas State L, 77-87 4-4, 0-0 D9 Ball State W, 89-77 5-4, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record D15 Jacksonville State L, 50-55 5-5, 0-0 N6 Florida Gulf Coast W, 74-66 1-0, 0-0 D18 at Murray State L, 64-66 5-6, 0-0 D22 Green Bay W, 80-75 6-6, 0-0 N10 at Belmont L, 89-100 1-1, 0-0 D30 at Miami (Ohio) L, 67-70 6-7, 0-0 N13 #Chicago State W, 75-71 2-1, 0-0 N19 #Georgia L, 68-80 2-2, 0-0 J2 *Drake W, 82-72 (2ot) 7-7, 1-0 N20 #Akron W, 74-68 3-2, 0-0 J5 *at Illinois State L, 46-58 7-8, 1-1 J8 *Loyola W, 67-48 8-8, 2-1 N21 #Boise State W, 73-70 4-2, 0-0 J12 *Indiana State L, 66-72 (ot) 8-9, 2-2 N24 Lindenwood W, 79-62 5-2, 0-0 J16 *at Missouri State W, 70-64 9-9, 3-2 N28 BYU W, 92-89 (ot) 6-2, 0-0 J19 *Illinois State L, 70-78 9-10, 3-3 D1 ^San Diego State L, 65-75 6-3, 0-0 J23 *at Drake L, 66-78 9-11, 3-4 J26 *at UNI L, 74-81 9-12, 3-5 D5 at UIC L, 75-94 6-4, 0-0 J30 *Bradley L, 73-81 9-13, 3-6 D8 Ole Miss L, 74-81 6-5, 0-0 D16 Cleveland State W, 88-77 (ot) 7-5, 0-0 F2 *Valparaiso W, 64-53 10-13, 4-6 D21 at UCF L, 56-77 7-6, 0-0 F6 *at Indiana State [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F9 *at Southern Illinois [ESPN3] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J2 *at Valparaiso L, 56-58 7-7, 0-1 F13 *Missouri State [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J5 *Evansville W, 58-46 8-7, 1-1 F17 *UNI [ESPNU/ESPN3] Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. J8 *UNI W, 70-69 9-7, 2-1 F20 *at Loyola [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. J12 *at Loyola L, 64-67 9-8, 2-2 F23 *at Bradley [ESPN3] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. J15 *Southern Illinois W, 59-58 10-8, 3-2 F27 *Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J19 *at Evansville W, 79-70 11-8, 4-2 M2 *at Valparaiso [TV TBD] Valparaiso, Ind. TBD J23 *at Bradley L, 68-85 11-9, 4-3 M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD J27 *Indiana State W, 76-62 12-9, 5-3 *MVC Games; #Maui Jim Maui Invitational -- Mainland (Mainland partici- J30 *at Drake W, 69-55 13-9, 6-3 pants not bracketed); ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge F2 *Loyola W, 65-57 14-9, 7-3 F5 *Valparaiso [ESPN+] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F10 *at Missouri State [ESPN3] Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. F13 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F16 *Bradley [ESPN2] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *at Indiana State [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F24 *Drake [CBSSN] Normal, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F27 *Missouri State [MVC TV] Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. M2 *at Southern Illinois [TV TBD] Carbondale, Ill. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *MVC Games; #Cayman Islands Classic, George Town, Grand Cayman; ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge Indiana State (11-11, 3-7) Loyola (14-9, 7-3) Hitting Double Figures Krutwig Emerges Tyreke Key has reached double figures Sophomore center Cameron Krutwig has scoring in each of his last five games and has scored in double figures in 22 of the last 23 hit at least 50 percent of his shots in each Valley contests and 10 straight games overall. of those games, while taking at least nine Over the last two outings, he is racking up attempts in each of them. Over the last five 18.5 ppg, 11.0 rpg, 4.0 apg and 2.0 bpg and games, Key is averaging 21.4 points per game and has hit 34-of-59 he has tallied nine or more points in all 23 contests this season. He shots from the field (57.6 percent). Key is now the team’s leading is looking to become the first Rambler since Milton Doyle (2013-15) to scorer averaging 16.9 points per game and is the second-leading score 10 or more points per game in both his freshman and sopho- scorer in the conference. Jordan Barnes is averaging 16.5 points per more seasons at Loyola. game to rank second on the team and third in the MVC. Success Within the MVC Barnes on Award Watch List Dating back to last season, Loyola has won 21 of its last 25 (.840) Jordan Barnes was named to the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season MVC contests. In its storied basketball history, Loyola has never won Watch List. The Lou Henson Award is given annually to the nation’s Top back-to-back regular season conference championship. The Ramblers’ mid-major player. Barnes has hit 206 3-pointers in his career which 22 wins in conference competition since the start of the 2017-18 is No. 4 on ISU’s all-time list as he moved past Eddie Bird for fourth campaign are the most in consecutive seasons since claiming a on the Sycamore chart with his four 3-pointers in the 78-74 road win school-record 23 victories in 1983-84 and 1984-85 as a member of over Green Bay. Last season Barnes hit a school-record 117 3-pointers the Midwestern Collegiate Conference. which was third-best nationally and the fourth-highest in the history of the league (MVC record for most ever by a sophomore). Barnes cur- rently is third the league by making 2.3 trifectas per game. He needs Williamson On the Shelf Sophomore guard Lucas Williamson, who was averaging 8.6 ppg, 6.5 nine more 3-pointers to catch Jordan Printy for No. 3 on the ISU chart rpg, 2.1 apg and 1.3 spg in 11 games this season, had surgery last as he hit 215 during his career. He owns 1,089 career points (33rd on week to repair a reinjured right hand and will be sidelined 3-to-4 weeks. the ISU all-time scoring list) and he became the 39th member of the Indiana State Basketball 1,000-Point Club at Evansville on January 12. He hit the 1,000 point mark in his 77th career game -- the fourth-fast- Townes On a Roll est to reach the mark in program history. Larry Bird owns the school After opening the year just 9-for-35 (.257) from three-point range, record hitting the 1,000 point milestone in just 31 career games. Marques Townes has drained 17 of his last 36 (.472) attempts from downtown and in Valley play is averaging 16.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg and 3.4 apg. He has scored in double digits in each of the last 11 outings, his Lansing No. 2 on ISU All-Time List longest stretch as a Rambler. is just the sixth head coach in the history of the pro- gram to record at least 100 victories at the helm of the Sycamores as he owns 144. He only trails who owns the school record with 182 career victories. 2018-19 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N6 UMKC W, 76-45 1-0, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N9 Furman L, 58-60 1-1, 0-0 N14 #Niagara W, 75-62 2-1, 0-0 N6 at Ball State L, 69-86 0-1, 0-0 N16 #Grambling W, 80-64 3-1, 0-0 N9 at Green Bay W, 78-74 1-1, 0-0 N14 McKendree W, 80-63 2-1, 0-0 N19 #Richmond W, 82-66 4-1, 0-0 N24 Western Kentucky W, 63-54 3-1, 0-0 N21 #Boston College L, 66-78 4-2, 0-0 N28 ^at San Jose State W, 86-57 4-1, 0-0 N27 ^#5 Nevada L, 65-79 4-3, 0-0 D1 Wright State W, 69-63 5-1, 0-0 D1 at UIC W, 73-64 5-3, 0-0 D5 North Texas L, 69-80 5-2, 0-0 D5 Ball State L, 69-75 5-4, 0-0 D8 Truman State W, 77-69 6-2, 0-0 D8 vs. #23 Maryland L, 41-55 5-5, 0-0 D16 #at TCU L, 70-90 6-3, 0-0 D16 Norfolk State W, 80-49 6-5, 0-0 D22 #Colorado W, 72-67 7-3, 0-0 D18 Benedictine W, 75-47 7-5, 0-0 D23 #UNLV W, 84-79 8-3, 0-0 D25 #TCU L, 69-83 8-4, 0-0 D22 at St. Joseph’s L, 42-45 7-6, 0-0 J2 *at Loyola L, 44-79 8-5, 0-1 J2 *Indiana State W, 79-44 8-6, 1-0 J5 *Bradley W, 65-60 9-5, 1-1 J5 *at Drake W, 85-74 9-6, 2-0 J8 *Missouri State L, 57-72 9-6, 1-2 J8 *at Evansville L, 48-67 9-7, 2-1 J12 *at Evansville W, 72-66 (ot) 10-6, 2-2 J12 *Illinois State W, 67-64 10-7, 3-1 J16 *at UNI L, 64-69 10-7, 2-3 J15 *Valparaiso W, 71-54 11-7, 4-1 J19 *Loyola L, 67-75 10-8, 2-4 J19 *at Indiana State W, 75-67 12-7, 5-1 J23 *Valparaiso W, 70-53 11-8, 3-4 J23 *at Missouri State L, 35-70 12-8, 5-2 J27 *at Illinois State L, 62-76 11-9, 3-5 J27 *Southern Illinois W, 75-50 13-8, 6-2 J30 *at Southern Illinois L, 73-88 11-10, 3-6 J30 *UNI W, 61-60 14-8, 7-2 F2 *Drake L, 62-68 11-11, 3-7 F6 *Evansville [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET F2 *at Illinois State L, 57-75 14-9, 7-3 F9 *at Bradley [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 8:00 p.m. ET F5 *Drake [CBSSN] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F13 *at Valparaiso [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 8:00 p.m. ET F10 *at Valparaiso [ESPNU] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F16 *Southern Illinois [MVC TV] Terre Haute, Ind. 12 noon ET F13 *at Bradley [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *Illinois State [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET F17 *Missouri State [ESPNU] Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F23 *at Missouri State [ESPN3] Springfield, Mo. 2:00 p.m. ET F20 *Evansville [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F27 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 8:00 p.m. ET F24 *at Southern Illinois [ESPNU] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. M2 *UNI [TV TBD] Terre Haute, Ind. TBD F27 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M2 *Bradley at Loyola [TV TBD] Chicago, Ill. TBD *MVC Games; #Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic; ^Mountain West- M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD MVC Challenge *MVC Games; #Fort Myers Tip-Off ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge Missouri State (11-12, 5-5) UNI (10-13, 5-5) D It Up Up Next The Bears lead the league with 61.2 points The Panthers take on the Braves (11-12, per game allowed in Valley contests. Over 3-7 MVC) of Bradley on Wednesday. Head their last four games, the Bears have sur- Coach Ben Jacobson is 260-163 all-time, 23-7 rendered just 47.5 points per game overall against the Bears and 11-1 in the McLeod and have allowed held their opponents under Center against Bradley. 30 points in seven of eight halves in that span. The Bears are 8-1 this season when holding teams under 70 points. Jake Moves Up the Chart Coach Jacobson moved to No. 5 all-time in MVC coaching victories Cook Finds Recipe with the Panthers won over the Bears of Missouri State on Saturday. MSU junior Keandre Cook (Baltimore, Md.) led the Bears with 16.0 Jacobson moves ahead of Wichita State head coach Gregg Marshall points per game last week, converting 11 field goals, five 3-pointers with 135 Valley victories. and 5-of-7 free throws. Cook made the game-winning free throws in overtime at Valparaiso to give the Bears a 55-54 win over the Crusad- ers and finished with a game-high 17 points. He followed that effort Haldeman Leads UNI Spencer Haldeman led the Panthers in scoring against the Bears with a 15-point outing at Northern Iowa on Saturday, to go with a team- on Saturday night, finishing with 15 points. Haldeman went 4-5 from high five rebounds against the Panthers. the field and 3-3 from the three-point arc. Luke McDonnell continued to play well on Saturday, tallying 12 points going a perfect 3-3 from the One in a Million free throw line and a team-high 5 assists. Missouri State will go over 1 million men’s basketball fans at JQH Arena in Wednesday’s game against Southern Illinois. The university plans to recognize the 3,954th fan through the gates on Wednesday Dangerous From Deep The Panthers average 8.2 three-pointers per game in MVC play, who puts the university over the magical milestone with a special second-most in the league behind only Evansville. Four Panthers rank recognition and prize pack during the game. MSU is 119-54 all-time at in the top 20 in made three-pointers per game in the MVC. AJ Green The Q with 996,046 basketball fans coming through its turnstiles since ranks 9th (1.8), Spencer Haldeman ranks 10th (1.8), Trae Berhow the building opened in November of 2018. ranks 17th (1.5), and Wyatt Lohaus ranks 20th (1.4). UNI has made at least one 3-pointer in 617 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference. 2018-19 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N6 Oral Roberts W, 84-50 1-0, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N9 #Robert Morris W, 74-60 2-0, 0-0 N11 #Stetson W, 83-70 3-0, 0-0 N6 Bemidji State W, 97-51 1-0, 0-0 N19 #No. 24 Nebraska L, 62-85 3-1, 0-0 N10 at UT-Arlington L, 65-74 1-1, 0-0 N20 #USC L, 80-99 3-2, 0-0 N16 #Penn L, 71-78 1-2, 0-0 N24 at Murray State L, 66-77 3-3, 0-0 N17 #Eastern Kentucky W, 90-85 2-2, 0-0 N28 ^at Air Force L, 69-88 3-4, 0-0 N19 #Old Dominion W, 54-53 3-2, 0-0 D1 at Oregon State L, 77-101 3-5, 0-0 N23 #at Old Dominion L, 65-72 3-3, 0-0 D5 Western Kentucky W, 84-78 4-5, 0-0 N28 ^at Utah State L, 52-71 3-4, 0-0 D15 at North Dakota State L, 67-74 4-6, 0-0 D1 &South Dakota State L, 50-82 3-5, 0-0 D18 at Arkansas State L, 63-71 4-7, 0-0 D8 Dubuque W, 75-67 4-5, 0-0 D22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 93-72 5-7, 0-0 D15 $vs. #21 Iowa L, 54-77 4-6, 0-0 D30 William Woods W, 110-56 6-7, 0-0 D19 Grand Canyon L, 62-73 4-7, 0-0 J2 *at Southern Illinois L, 70-73 6-8, 0-1 D22 North Dakota W, 64-62 5-7, 0-0 J5 *Valparaiso L, 66-82 6-9, 0-2 D29 Stony Brook L, 63-73 5-8, 0-0 J8 *at Indiana State W, 72-57 7-9, 1-2 J12 *at Bradley W, 69-64 8-9, 2-2 J2 *at Bradley W, 65-47 6-8, 1-0 J16 *Evansville L, 64-70 8-10, 2-3 J5 *Southern Illinois L, 51-58 6-9, 1-1 J20 *at Drake L, 63-74 8-11, 2-4 J8 *at Illinois State L, 69-70 6-10, 1-2 J23 *Loyola W, 70-35 9-11, 3-4 J13 *Drake W, 57-54 7-10, 2-2 J26 *Bradley W, 55-37 10-11, 4-4 J16 *Indiana State W, 69-64 8-10, 3-2 J29 *at Valparaiso W, 55-54 (ot) 11-11, 5-4 J19 *at Valparaiso L, 66-75 8-11, 3-3 F2 *at UNI L, 59-64 11-12, 5-5 J23 *at Southern Illinois L, 70-62 8-12, 3-4 F6 *Southern Illinois [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. J26 *Evansville W, 87-74 9-12, 4-4 F10 *Illinois State [ESPN3] Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. J30 *at Loyola L, 60-61 9-13, 4-5 F13 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F17 *at Loyola [ESPNU] Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F2 *Missouri State W, 64-59 10-13, 5-5 F20 *UNI [KOZL] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F6 *Bradley [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F23 *Indiana State [KOZL] Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m. F9 *at Drake [MVC TV] Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. F27 *at Illinois State [MVC TV] Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F13 *Illinois State [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M2 *Drake [TV TBD] Springfield, Mo. TBD F17 *at Evansville [ESPN3] Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F20 *at Missouri State [ESPN+] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F23 *Valparaiso [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. *MVC Games; #Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, Mo.; ^Mountain West- F27 *Loyola [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. MVC Challenge M2 *at Indiana State [TV TBD] Terre Haute, Ind. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *MVC Games; #U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam, St. Thomas, V.I.; $Hy-Vee Classic, Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, Iowa; ^Mountain West-MVC Chal- lenge; &U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic, U.S. Bank Stadium, Minne- apolis, Minn.; PSN=Panther Sports Network Southern Illinois (12-11, 5-5) Valparaiso (12-11, 5-5) Fletch’s Night A Season of Streaks Armon Fletcher scored 34 points on Valpo currently finds itself on the wrong 11-of-14 shooting in SIU’s win over Indiana end of a four-game losing streak entering State, the most by a Missouri Valley Confer- Tuesday’s game. This comes after Valpo won ence player this season. Fletcher’s 34-point its first four games of the MVC slate. The last outburst was the most for a Saluki in an MVC time Valpo owned both a four-game winning game in 23 years, when Troy Hudson dropped 39 on Indiana State in streak and a four-game losing streak in the same season in conference 1996. At SIU Arena, only three Salukis have scored more points in play came back in 2005-06, in its next-to-last year in the Mid-Continent a game since 1990. Carlton Fay had 38 against Western Michigan Conference. That team won four out of five following the four-game in 2010; had 37 vs. Tulsa in 1995; and Hudson had 35 losing streak. against Wichita in 1996. Sackey Scoring Offensive Outburst Freshman Daniel Sackey has taken advantage of additional playing SIU piled up 88 points and 22 assists in the win over Indiana State time recently to help take on part of the scoring load. Sackey matched last week—the biggest offensive outburst for SIU in an MVC game his season high with 13 points against Drake, and has followed with since 2005, when Southern Illinois scored 89 points with 24 assists at back-to-back 10-point outings against Missouri State and at Evansville. Bradley on Feb. 2, 2005. This year marks the first time since 2013-14 that Valpo has had a pair of freshmen with separate streaks of at least three straight games with 10+ points, as Freeman scored in double figures in five straight games Hinson Wins No. 150 to open his Valpo career. Barry Hinson won his 150th career Missouri Valley Conference game on Saturday when SIU topped Bradley, 72-68. Hinson became just the fourth coach to earn 150 career MVC wins, joining Henry Iba, Dana Struggling from Deep Altman, and Eddie Hickey. Hinson also ranks fourth in MVC history in Since sharpshooter Ryan Fazekas went down with an injury early in overall wins at an MVC school and MVC Tournament wins. the Bradley game, Valpo has struggled from the 3-point line - shooting just 29.1% from the 3-point line and averaging just 4.3 triples/game over that time frame. Valpo has hit better than 33% from 3-point range 2018-19 Basketball Schedule in a loss just once this season and overall is shooting just 24% from deep in its 10 defeats. Date Opponent Result Record N9 at #2 Kentucky L, 59-71 0-1, 0-0 N12 No. 25 Buffalo L, 53-62 0-2, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N17 #Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 78-48 1-2, 0-0 N19 #Howard W, 83-69 2-2, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N22 #UMass L, 62-84 2-3, 0-0 N6 Concordia W, 121-65 1-0, 0-0 N23 #Tulsa W, 79-69 3-3, 0-0 N15 #Western Kentucky L, 71-83 1-1, 0-0 N27 ^at Colorado State W, 82-67 4-3, 0-0 N16 #Monmouth W, 64-53 2-1, 0-0 D1 at SIU Edwardsville W, 82-61 5-3, 0-0 N18 #Wake Forest L, 63-69 2-2, 0-0 D5 Saint Louis W, 61-56 6-3, 0-0 N21 SIU Edwardsville W, 75-70 (ot) 3-2, 0-0 D8 at SE Missouri State W, 83-73 7-3, 0-0 N24 #at West Virginia L, 76-88 3-3, 0-0 D12 Murray State L, 52-80 7-4, 0-0 N28 ^at UNLV W, 72-64 4-3, 0-0 D15 at #14 Buffalo L, 65-73 7-5, 0-0 D22 Winthrop L, 71-79 7-6, 0-0 D2 UC Riverside W, 82-73 5-3, 0-0 D4 High Point L, 53-55 5-4, 0-0 J2 *Missouri State W, 73-70 8-6, 1-0 J5 *at UNI W, 58-51 9-6, 2-0 D8 at George Washington W, 82-79 6-4, 0-0 J8 *at Drake L, 70-82 9-7, 2-1 D17 Ball State L, 61-77 6-5, 0-0 J12 *Valparaiso L, 61-65 9-8, 2-2 D19 at Texas A&M L, 49-71 6-6, 0-0 J15 *at Illinois State L, 58-59 9-9, 2-3 D29 Purdue Northwest W, 97-61 7-6, 0-0 J20 *Bradley L, 54-57 9-10, 2-4 J2 *Illinois State W, 58-56 8-6, 1-0 J23 *UNI W, 70-62 10-10, 3-4 J5 *at Missouri State W, 82-66 9-6, 2-0 J27 *at Loyola L, 50-75 10-11, 3-5 J30 *Indiana State W, 88-73 11-11, 4-5 J8 *Bradley W, 61-50 10-6, 3-0 J12 *at Southern Illinois W, 65-61 11-6, 4-0 F2 *at Bradley W, 72-68 12-11, 5-5 J15 *at Loyola L, 54-71 11-7, 4-1 F6 *at Missouri State [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. J19 *UNI W, 75-66 12-7, 5-1 F9 *Evansville [ESPN3] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J23 *at Indiana State L, 53-70 12-8, 5-2 F12 *Drake [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F16 *at Indiana State [MVC TV] Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 a.m. J26 *Drake L, 59-70 12-9, 5-3 F20 *at Valparaiso [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J29 *Missouri State L, 54-55 (ot) 12-10, 5-4 F24 *Loyola [ESPNU] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F2 *at Evansville L, 53-64 12-11, 5-5 F27 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F5 *at Illinois State [ESPN+] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. M2 *Illinois State [TV TBD] Carbondale, Ill. TBD F10 *Loyola [ESPNU] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F13 *Indiana State [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. *MVC Games; #Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada; F16 *at Drake [ESPN3] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge F20 *Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. F23 *at UNI [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F27 *at Bradley [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. M2 *Evansville [TV TBD] Valparaiso, Ind. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *MVC Games; #Myrtle Beach Invitational, Conway, S.C.; ^Mountain West- MVC Challenge