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MVC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE NO. 9: JANUARY 25, 2021 MVC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CONTACT: RYAN DAVIS, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER FOR COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE: 314-444-4316 • CELL: 314-285-5675 • [email protected] 1818 CHOUTEAU AVE. • ST. LOUIS, MO 63103 MVC-SPORTS.COM 2020-21 Standings -- As of Mon., Jan. 25 Recent Results/ MISSOURI VALLEY OVERALL Upcoming Schedule Record Pct. PF PA Record Pct. PF PA NET Tuesday, January 19 #25 Missouri State 4-0 1.000 71.2 61.5 8-2 .800 72.3 59.1 23 Bradley 6-2 .750 73.6 63.1 10-5 .667 73.6 65.2 86 Illinois State 5-3 .625 69.4 63.4 8-3 .727 73.8 59.0 72 Loyola at Valparaiso ............................LUC, 53-36 Northern Iowa 5-3 .625 72.9 66.0 8-7 .533 71.3 69.4 67 Drake 5-3 .625 76.9 59.2 7-8 .467 77.8 69.8 56 Thursday, January 21 Loyola 3-2 .600 57.2 54.8 5-4 .556 63.0 60.1 144 Southern Illinois 2-2 .500 62.8 62.2 5-4 .556 62.7 62.9 181 125 Valparaiso 2-3 .400 64.0 65.4 6-6 .500 65.7 66.1 Evansville at Illinois State .................... ILS, 73-48 Indiana State 1-7 .125 52.9 76.2 4-9 .308 60.2 73.8 258 Evansville 0-8 .000 49.0 74.9 4-9 .308 58.0 70.2 315 Friday, January 22 •• MVC Home: 17-16•• Non-Conference: 32-24 • Home: 20-7 • Away: 11-16 • Neutral: 1-1 • Top-25: 2-2 •• Evansville at Illinois State .......................*ILS, 2-0 UNI at Indiana State .............................UNI, 95-69 MVC Player of the Week Loyola at Bradley ................................. LUC, 71-66 Brice Calip, Sr., G, Missouri State Drake at Missouri State ...................... MSU, 73-72 Missouri State’s Brice Calip averaged 12.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.0 steals in Missouri State’s home sweep of Drake, helping the Lady Bears to a 4-0 start Saturday, January 23 in league play for the third consecutive season. Friday, the senior tallied 13 of her 15 points in the second half, adding five boards, five assists and four steals while matching UNI at Indiana State ............................ UNI, 88-53 a career high with a trio of three-pointers. Saturday, she scored five of her 10 points over a 16-second span of the third quarter, sparking a decisive 17-2 run after Drake closed Loyola at Bradley .................................... BU, 57-55 within three points. Calip finished with 10 points and four boards, tying season highs with six assists and four Drake at Missouri State ......................MSU, 78-63 more steals. *Forfeit win for ILS (MVC Standings purposes only) Other Notable Performances: Gabi Haack (BRAD); Grace Berg (DU); Abby Feit (UE); Maya Chandler (LUC); Maya McDermott (UNI) Wednesday, January 27 Southern Illinois at #25 Missouri State (ESPN3) .....3 PM MVC Newcomer of the Week UNI at Drake (ESPN+) ......................................6 PM Indiana State at Evansville (ESPN3) ..............6 PM Maya McDermott, Fr., G, UNI Bradley at Illinois State (ESPN+) ....................6 PM UNI’s Maya McDermott scored a career-high 20 points in Friday’s win over Indiana State without missing a field goal, going 6-for-6 from the field, 3-for-3 from deep Saturday, January 30 and 5-for-5 from the line in a 95-69 win over the Sycamores. The freshman also added a pair of assists and a block in just 15 minutes on the court. McDermott followed up that performance with nine points, on 4-for-6 shooting, and seven as- Southern Illinois at Loyola (ESPN+)................1 PM sists to lead the Panthers to an 88-53 win over Indiana State on Saturday. For the #25 Missouri State at Valparaiso (ESPN+) ...1 PM weekend, McDermott averaged 14.5 points and shot 75% (9-for-12) from the field, 66.7% (4-for-6) from three and 7-for-7 at the free-throw line, while playing only 15.5 minutes per contest. Saturday, January 31 Other Notable Performances: Grace Berg (DU); Sydney Thurwalker (UE); DeAnna Wilson (ILS); Maya Chandler (LUC) Southern Illinois at Loyola (ESPN+)................3 PM #25 Missouri State at Valparaiso (ESPN+) ...3 PM ALL TIMES CENTRAL MVC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE NO. 9 JANUARY 25, 2021 NOTEWORTHY PLAYERS OF THE WEEK DATE PLAYER SCHOOL In addition to the league’s Player and Newcomer of the Week selec- N30 Brice Calip Missouri State tions, several conference players had notable performances, including: D7 Grace White Valparaiso D14 Lasha Petree Bradley D21 Abby Feit Evansville Gabi Haack (BRAD) - Haack averaged team highs of 16.0 D30 Maggie Bair Drake points and 8.0 rebounds per game in the weekend series J4 Bre Gunnels UNI against Loyola, shooting 50 percent from the field against the J11 Lasha Petree Bradley Ramblers. Haack opened the series by tying for game-high J19 Brice Calip Missouri State J25 Brice Calip Missouri State honors with 22 points on 9-of-14 shooting to go with seven F1 rebounds, one assist and three steals. She came back the F8 next night and finished one rebound short of a double-double, F15 collecting 10 points, nine boards, one assist and two blocks F22 M1 in a two-point victory. Haack, who has now hit a three-pointer M8 in 19 consecutive games, scored her 1,400th career point in Saturday’s win and moved into a tie for 15th in career three- pointers (249) in MVC history. NEWCOMERS OF THE WEEK Grace Berg (DU) - Grace Berg averaged 17.0 points, 3.0 DATE PLAYER SCHOOL assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game while shooting N30 Grace Berg Drake a blistering 75.0 percent from the floor in Drake’s pair of road D7 Grace Berg Drake games versus No. 25 Missouri State. In the first game, Berg D14 Essy Latu Indiana State D21 Grace Berg Drake poured in a game-high 25 points on 12-of-14 shooting, and D30 Bre Hampton-Bey Loyola added five rebounds and three assists, as Drake lost by one- J4 Adrianna Katcher Southern Illinois point, 73-72. She followed that with nine points, four assists J11 Grace Berg Drake and three steals in the series finale. In her first season, Berg J19 Grace Berg Drake J25 Maya McDermott UNI is second in the MVC in scoring at 16.4 points per game while F1 shooting a league-leading 53.6 percent from the floor and is F8 second in free throw percentage at 84.0 percent. F15 F22 M1 Abby Feit (UE) - For the 32nd time in her career, Sophomore M8 Abby Feit reached double-figures in scoring, this time in a Thurs- day matchup with Illinois State. Feit recorded a team-high 10 MVC Players and Newcomers of the Week are selected each week points, while grabbing six boards in the 73-48 loss. during the women’s basketball season. The players are announced on Monday afternoon and appear in a weekly press release. Nominees are provided by each school’s sports information contact and voted Maya Chandler (LUC) - Loyola freshman guard Maya on by a panel appointed by the league office. Chandler averaged 11.6 points and 2.7 rebounds as the Ramblers picked up victories in two of their three games last week. After chipping in five points (2-5 FGs, 1-2 FTs) and five rebounds in a 53-36 win at Valparaiso this past Tuesday, the Martinsville, Ind. product turned in a pair of strong performances as Loyola split two matchups with Bradley over the weekend. In Friday’s series-opening 71-66 triumph, Chandler was one of three Ramblers to score in double figures, closing the night with 14 points (5-9 FGs, 1-2 3FGs, 3-4 FTs). She saved her best for Saturday’s finale, pouring in a career-high 16 points (6-14 FGs, 3-5 3FGs, 1-2 FTs) to pace the Rambler attack in a hard-fought 57-55 defeat. Chandler, who has started in all nine games for Maroon & Gold, is averaging 10.0 points this season, a mark that leads all Valley freshmen and ranks 19th overall in the conference. Sydney Thurwalker (UE) - In the Thursday game against Illinois State, sophomore Sydney Thurwalker continued to be an impact player for the Aces. Thurwalker scored nine points and gathered six boards against the Redbirds on Thursday. Over the last six games, Thurwalker is averaging 8.2 points, 6.2 boards, and 25.0 minutes per contest. In the four previous games she appeared in, Thurwalker averaged just 1.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 11.3 minutes per game. DeAnna Wilson (ILS) - Sophomore DeAnna Wilson posted her first career double-double, netting 12 points and 13 boards in just 17 minutes of action in Thursday’s 73-48 win over Evansville. The St. Louis native was also an impressive 6-of-6 at the charity stripe and now leads the Redbirds in rebounding, averaging 6.1 boards per game on the season. BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • UNI • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • VALPARAISO MVC WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE NO. 9 JANUARY 25, 2021 League Leaders Power Five Wins MSU: Nice Resume Preseason favorite Missouri State completed its The MVC secured five wins over Power Five pro- Missouri State is once again putting together a season series against Drake and UNI with a 4-0 grams during the shortened non-conference sched- really impressive NCAA Tournament resume.