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2018-19 Standings (thru Dec. 25) Non-Conf: 69-55

Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A N L10 t25 Stk. N.E.T. Drake 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 10 2 .833 80.2 72.8 5-0 2-1 3-1 9-1 0-0 W4 100 Indiana State 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 8 4 .667 73.8 72.1 4-1 2-2 2-1 7-3 0-0 L1 112 Bradley 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 8 5 .615 71.2 67.9 5-2 1-3 2-0 5-5 0-0 W1 190 Illinois State 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 6 .538 75.5 77.7 5-2 0-3 2-1 5-5 0-0 L1 200 Southern Illinois 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 6 .538 70.0 68.6 3-3 3-2 1-1 6-4 0-3 L3 127 Loyola Chicago 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 7 6 .538 67.8 60.7 5-3 1-1 1-2 5-5 0-2 L1 122 Evansville 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 6 6 .500 75.4 74.5 6-1 0-5 0-0 6-4 0-0 W1 173 Valparaiso 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 6 6 .500 72.4 70.6 3-2 2-2 1-2 5-5 0-0 L2 210 Missouri State 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 5 7 .417 75.2 77.1 5-0 0-5 0-2 3-7 0-1 W1 229 Northern Iowa 0 0 .000 0.0 0.0 5 7 .417 66.6 70.4 3-1 0-3 2-3 4-6 0-1 W1 249

MVC Home Games: 0-0 Non-Conf.: 69-55 (H: 44-15; A: 11-27; N: 14-13) vs. Top-25: 0-7 (Non-Conf.)

Upcoming Schedule Recent Results

Saturday, Dec. 29 Monday, Dec. 17 Purdue Northwest at Valparaiso ESPN3 Valparaiso, Ind. 1:00 p.m. Drake 79, SIU Edwardsville 66 McKendree at Drake ESPN3 Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. Ball State 77, Valparaiso 61 Stony Brook at UNI ESPN3 Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18

Sunday, Dec. 30 Georgia Southern 79, Bradley 74 (ot) Murray State 66, Evansville 64 Evansville at Miami (Ohio) ESPN+ Oxford, Ohio 12 p.m. Arkansas State 71, Missouri State 63 William Woods at Missouri State ESPN+ Springfield, Mo. 5:00 p.m. Loyola 75, Benedictine 47

Wednesday, Jan. 2 Wednesday, Dec. 19 *Drake at Evansville ESPN+ Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. Drake 76, Rider 58 *UNI at Bradley ESPN+ Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Grand Canyon 73, UNI 62 *Missouri State at Southern Illinois ESPN+ Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Texas A&M 71, Valparaiso 49 *Illinois State at Valparaiso ESPN+ Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. Friday, Dec. 21 *Indiana State at Loyola MVC TV / ESPN+ Chicago, Ill. 8:00 p.m. UCF 77, Illinois State 56 Saturday, Jan. 5 Saturday, Dec. 22 *Bradley at Indiana State ESPN3 Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 p.m. Missouri State 93, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 72 *Valparaiso at Missouri State KOZL TV / ESPN3 Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m. UNI 64, North Dakota 62 *Loyola at Drake Mediacom / ESPN+ Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. Bradley 73, Southeastern Louisiana 60 *Evansville at Illinois State MVC TV / ESPN3 Normal, Ill. 3:00 p.m. Indiana State 72, Colorado 67 *Southern Illinois at UNI PSN / ESPN+ Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. Winthrop 79, Southern Illinois 71 Evansville 80, Green Bay 75 Tuesday, Jan. 8 St. Joseph’s 45, Loyola 42 *Missouri State at Indiana State ESPN3 Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. Drake 66, New Mexico State 63 *UNI at Illinois State NBCSN / ESPN+ Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23 *Loyola at Evansville CBS Sports Network Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m. Indiana State 84, UNLV 79 *Southern Illinois at Drake Mediacom / ESPN+ Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. Drake 110, San Diego 103 (2ot) *Bradley at Valparaiso ESPN+ Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25 *denotes MVC game; times are Central TCU 83, Indiana State 69

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Tough Schedules Non-League Slate Closing MVC Player of the Week In 2018-19, MVC men’s basketball By Sunday, Dec. 30, the league will Jordan Barnes had 20 games against Power opponents have closed out its non-conference reg- (the five FBS leagues and the Big East). ular-season slate. There are five games Indiana State The league also plays 49 games against remaining vs. non-league teams, and the 5-11, 152, Jr., Gd. top opponents from non-Power leagues MVC is currently 14 games over .500. St. Louis (Mo.) (teams picked 1-4 in their conference’s MVC schools, collectively, have a favor- Christian Brothers pre-season rankings). able finish to the non-league slate with Only 10 of the league’s total 55 non- four home games and one road game left. Barnes was named to the all- Remaining Non-Conf H A N league losses have not been to either tournament team for leading a Power conference team or a team not Drake (1) 1 0 0 the Sycamores to a 2-1 record and a second picked in the top four of their pre-season Evansville (1) 0 1 0 place finish in the event – the program’s best conference polls. The MVC has 22 total Missouri State (1) 1 0 0 finish in a non-conference tournament since wins against that collection of foes. UNI (1) 1 0 0 winning the 1999 Indiana Classic. Barnes Valparaiso (1) 1 0 0 averaged 20.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.7 Team Rank Rec. Bradley (0) -- finished 8-5 non-league assists over the stretch. He hit 51.2 percent Illinois (Big Ten) 0-1 Illinois State (0) -- finished 7-6 non-league of his shots, including a 9-of-18 mark from Kentucky (SEC) 0-1 Indiana State (0) -- finished 8-4 non-league distance. He was a perfect 10-of-10 at the Xavier (Big East) 0-1 Loyola (0) -- finished 7-6 non-league free throw line and has now made 26 consec- Colorado (Pac 12) 0-1 Southern Illinois (0) -- finished 7-6 non-league utive free throws. His best game was against Wake Forest (ACC) 0-1 TOTAL (5) 4 1 0 Las Vegas when he scored 28 points on the Nebraska (Big Ten) 0-1 strength of an 11-of-15 shooting performance Georgia (SEC) 0-1 to go with three rebounds, five assists and USC (Pac-12) 0-1 Spreading the Wealth a steal. He added 19 points in the win over Boston College (ACC) 0-1 Penn State (Big Ten) 1-0 Bradley currently features five players Colorado and tallied a team-high 14 points West Virginia (Big 12) 0-1 averaging at least nine points a game – and six rebounds with three assists against Oregon State (Pac 12) 0-1 Darrell Brown (15.1), Elijah Childs (12.7), Top 50 opponent TCU. Maryland (Big Ten) 0-1 Nate Kennell (9.7), Koch Bar (9.6) and Ole Miss (SEC) 0-1 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (9.6). Bradley MVC Newcomer of the Week Iowa State (Big 12) 0-1 has not featured five players averaging at TCU (Big 12) 0-2 Nick Norton Iowa (Big Ten) 0-1 least nine points since 1969-70. Notably, Texas A&M (SEC) 1-1 Southern Illinois is the only league school Drake vs. Power Leagues (TOTAL) 2-18 that has five players with double-figure 5-10, 170, Sr., Gd. Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun) 2nd 1-0 scoring averages, and Valpo joins SIU and Bloomington (Ill.) Ball State (Mid-American) 2nd-W 1-4 Bradley as teams with five players averag- Central Catholic High Furman (SoCon) 4th 0-1 ing nine points or more per game. [UAB] Belmont (OVC) 1st 0-1 No. of Players Scoring 9.0 PPG or more Buffalo (MAC) 1st 0-2 Norton was named the Jacksonville State (OVC) 3rd 1-1 Bradley (5) | Leader: Darrell Brown (15.1) Continental Tire Las Vegas Western Kentucky (C-USA) 1st 2-1 S. Illinois (5) | Leader: Armon Fletcher (13.5) Classic MVP in leading the Bulldogs to the Grambling (SWAC) 1st 1-0 Valpo (5) | Leader: Derrik Smits (12.9) tournament title with a pair of dramatic wins Penn (Ivy) 2nd 0-1 Drake (4) | Leader: Nick McGlynn (16.1) UIC (Horizon) 3rd 1-2 Evansville (4) | Leader: K.J. Riley (13.4) over New Mexico State and San Diego … in Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC) 3rd 1-0 Illinois St. (4) | Leader: Milik Yarbrough (17.3) the title game against San Diego, he scored Texas Southern (SWAC) 2nd 1-0 Loyola (3) | Leader: (13.8) a career-high 31 points with seven assists, Old Dominion (C-USA) 3rd 1-1 Missouri St. (3) | Leader: Tulio Da Silva (16.8) five three-pointers and a 10-of-10 showing Howard (MEAC) 4th 1-0 Indiana St. (2) | Leader: Jordan Barnes (20.8) from the free-throw line … twenty one of his Boise State (Mountain West) 4th 2-0 UNI (2) | Leader: AJ Green (15.1) 31 points came in the overtime period and Murray State (OVC) 2nd 0-3 14 in the second overtime period alone in Nevada (MW) 1st 0-1 which he scored 14 of the team’s 17 points BYU (West Coast) 3rd 1-0 Drake: Best Start Since 2008 to defeat USD … was 8-of-8 from the free- Wright State (Horizon) 1st 1-0 throw line during that second overtime and San Diego State (Mountain West) 2nd 0-1 Drake’s 10-2 start to the season is the 2-of-3 from the three-point arc … in the earlier New Mexico (Mountain West) 3rd 0-1 program’s best start since the 2007-08 South Dakota State (Summit) 1st 0-1 game against New Mexico State, he had six North Texas (C-USA) 4th 0-1 season, when the team started 22-1. assists and 11 points … also turned in solid Saint Louis (A-10) 1st 1-0 Below are Drake’s best records to start a performance of 13 points and 15 points in Norfolk State (MEAC) 3rd 1-0 season before picking up a third loss. wins over Rider and SIUE, respectively … Georgia Southern (Sun Belt) 2nd 0-1 finished the week averaging 17.5 points and Rider (MAAC) 1st 1-0 Start Year Final Record 6.0 assists per game while shooting .490 Grand Canyon (WAC) 2nd 0-1 23-2 2007-08 28-5* from the field. UCF (The American) 1st 0-1 14-2 1967-68 18-8 SE Louisiana (Southland) 2nd 1-0 Winthrop (Big South) 2nd 0-1 13-2 1937-38 14-6 Saint Joseph’s (A-10) 2nd 0-1 13-2 1968-69 26-5* New Mexico State (WAC) 1st 1-0 10-2 2018-19 --- Stony Brook (America East) 4th 10-2 1960-61 19-7 Miami (MAC) 2nd-E 10-2 1979-80 15-12 vs. ‘top’ teams from non-Power (TOTAL) 20-27 *denotes NCAA Tournament

BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • UNI • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • VALPARAISO MVC BASKETBALL DECEMBER 26, 2018 PAGE 3

Tourney Fun In the Metrics Top Performances Last Week On Dec. 23, Drake earned the Conti- Here’s how the league stacks up in a K.J. Riley, UE -- Averaged 18.5 points as the nental Tire champion- variety of commonly used men’s basket- Purple Aces took Murray State to the finish ship after defeating San Diego in the ball metrics. The NCAA’s primary selec- before defeating Green Bay on Saturday. Riley title game, 110-103, in double overtime. tion tool is the N.E.T. (NCAA Evaluation recorded the second double-double of his career against the Racers, tallying 13 points and 11 Indiana State also reached the title Tool), released earlier this season. rebounds, both team highs. In the win over the game of its in-season tourney, falling to Phoenix, Riley set his career high with 24 points. Team NET RPI KenPom Sagarin KPI TCU in the championship game of the AJ Green, UNI -- Finished the week with 37 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. BU 190 214 157 166 171 points nine rebounds, eight assists and a steal. Earlier in the season, Bradley claimed its DU 100 32 134 118 46 Green dropped 27 points against Grand Canyon, first regular-season tournament cham- UE 173 239 181 174 190 going 9-16 from the field and 5-8 from beyond ILS 200 174 166 163 161 the three point arc. Green then recorded ten pionship in 35 years (1983 River City INS 112 45 132 117 82 points, six rebounds, and six assists in a home Shootout) with their crown at the Cancun LUC 122 146 86 102 154 victory over the University of North Dakota. MSU 229 283 213 192 250 Challenge. League schools combined for Darrell Brown, BRAD -- Led the Braves to a a 27-13 record in MTEs this year. UNI 249 182 210 208 184 SIU 127 118 130 137 132 1-1 finish during the non-conference seasons, averaging 15.0 points in a pair of games during MVC Teams in MTEs This Season VALPO 210 266 197 195 235 the week. After totaling 11 points against Geor- Bradley (Cancun Challenge) 4-0 gia Southern, Brown scored a game-high 19 in Drake (Las Vegas Classic) 4-0 a win versus Southeastern Louisiana, including Evansville (Maui Invitational) 2-2 1,000-Point Club the game-winning 3-pointer with 4.1 seconds Illinois State (Cayman Islands) 3-1 Four Valley players (SIU’s Armon Fletch- remaining. Indiana State (Diamond Head Classic) 3-1 er, Bradley’s Darrell Brown, Missouri , LUC -- Accounted for 13.5 Loyola (Fort Myers Tip-Off) 3-1 State’s Jarred Dixon and Loyola’s Clayton points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals Missouri State (Hall of Fame Classic) 2-2 Custer) have eclipsed the 1,000-point per game, draining 63.1 percent (12-for-19) of UNI (Paradise Jam) 2-2 plateau this season. Custer and Dixon his field goal attempts. In a 75-47 victory over Southern Illinois (Las Vegas Classic) 3-1 Benedictine, the 6-foot-9 center racked up 18 Valpo (Myrtle Beach Invitational) 1-3 reached the milestone last week. points, on 8-of-10 shooting, in only 19 minutes. TOTALS 27-13 Active Leading Scorers in the MVC Franklin Agunanne, LUC -- Pitched in 5.0 ppg, 1187 - , Loyola Chicago+ 3.0 rpg and 1.0 bpg off the bench last week A Helping Hand 1044 - Darrell Brown, Bradley as the Ramblers split a pair of contests. The 6-foot-9 freshman poured in a season-high 10 Missouri State’s Josh Webster became 1029 - Armon Fletcher, Southern Illinois 1003 - Jarred Dixon, Missouri State points, hitting all four of his field goal attempts, the first Bear since 1988 to dish out 15 1000 - Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago* and added seven rebounds, his most since the assists (with no turnovers) in a game 972 - Jordan Barnes, Indiana State season opener November 6 (9 vs. UMKC). when he did so in MSU’s win over UAPB 971 - Phil Fayne, Illinois State Christian Williams, INS -- Averaged 10.7 points on Dec. 22. His single-game superlative 965 - Nick Norton, Drake# and added a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game also: broke a JQH Arena single-game as- 873 - Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Bradley at the Diamond Head Classic. He hit 2-of-3 from 817 - Sean Lloyd, Southern Illinois 3-point range and was 6-of-8 from the free throw sist record; tied the MSU single-game as- 816 - Nick McGlynn, Drake line. He added 10 assists against just three sist record during the program’s DI era; +includes 597 points with Fairleigh Dickinson turnovers with a pair of steals and a blocked tied for the third-best single-game assist *includes 13 points with Iowa State shot. Williams reached double figures scoring total in MSU history; and the third-most #includes 779 points at UAB in two of the three games, including 14 points assists in the NCAA this season. against Colorado. Two other league players have had 10 Eric McGill, SIU -- Had 18 points, 5 rebounds, assists in a game this year with no as- 2 for 40 Points a Game? 4 assists, and 4 steals in a 79-71 loss to Win- Indiana State’s Jordan Barnes and throp. McGill played 38 minutes and went 5-for- sists; that’s only happened 10 times in Tyreke Key are combining to average 37.7 11 from the field, 2-for-4 from the 3-point line, the past decade in the MVC. points per game. The last MVC duo to and 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the game. 2010-11 to present (10+ assists w/ 0 turnovers) average 40+ per game for a whole sea- Josh Webster, MSU -- Became the first Bear son was Randy Blocker and Cam Johnson since 1988 to dish out 15 assists in a game Antoine Young, CU (10a) -- 3/23/11 vs. UCF of UNI (1993-94). Here’s a list of the when he did so in MSU’s win over UAPB. More Denver Holmes, UE (11a) -- 2/1/12 at Bradley impressive was the fact that Webster achieved Johnny Hill, ILS (10a) -- 12/8/12 at W. Michigan last 3 ‘dynamic duos’ … and some near the milestone without any turnovers from his Jake Odum, INS (10a) -- 11/29/13 vs. Anchorage misses. starting point guard position. In two games this Fred VanVleet, WSU (10a) -- 1/18/14 vs. ILS 1994: 44.1 -- Randy Blocker (23.0)/Cam Johnson (21.1)/UNI week, Webster accounted for 20 assists with 1 Jake Odum, INS (10a) -- 1/15/14 vs. Missouri St. 1988: 48.5 -- ( 36.3)/Donald Powell (12.3)/BU turnover, and averaged 5.5 points, 2.5 rebounds Fred VanVleet, WSU (11a) -- 2/7/15 vs. MSU* 1988: 43.1 -- Steve Middleton (25.4)/Kai Nurnberger (17.7)/TU and 1.0 steals, while helping the Bears snap a Deion Lavender, VALPO (10a) – 11/24/18 at WVU 1999: 39.4 -- Maurice Evans (22.6)/Jason Perez (16.8)/WSU two-game losing streak. Nick Norton, DU (10a) -- 12/15/18 vs. Iowa State 1991: 39.7 -- Gary Collier (22.9)/Shea Seals (16.8)/TU Josh Webster, MSU (15a) -- 12/22/18 vs. UAPB 1990: 39.9 -- (22.2)/ (17.7)/CU *denotes triple double 1989: 39.2 -- (21.1)/Dion Thurman (18.1)/BU data compiled from Sports-Reference.com MVC BASKETBALL DECEMBER 26, 2018 PAGE 4

MVC Players of the Week Approaching 200 Treys Centurions Player Newcomer Jordan Barnes of Indiana State is just Drake’s 110 points in the overtime N12 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye Keandre Cook, MSU six three-pointers away from hitting 200 win against San Diego were its most in N19 Cameron Krutwig, LUC A.J. Green, UNI for his career. The league record holder a game since 2002. In the past five N26 Elijah Childs, Bradley Eric McGill, Southern Illinois is Creighton’s (371), but only seasons, an MVC team has reached the D3 Nick Norton, Drake Nick Norton, Drake D10 Sean Lloyd, S. Illinois Shea Feehan, Evansville 15 players in MVC history have reached century mark in a game 13 times. D17 Phil Fayne, Illinois State Nick Norton, Drake 250 in a career. Barnes hit 117 treys as 100-Point Games in the MVC (Since 2014-15) D26 Jordan Barnes, Ind. St. Nick Norton, Drake a sophomore last year. 121 -- Valparaiso, vs. Concordia, 11/6/18 MVC Active Leaders, Career 3-Pointers Made 116 -- Evansville, vs. Earlham, 11/15/14 MVC vs. Other Conferences 194 - Jordan Barnes, Indiana State (Jr.) 110 -- Drake, vs. San Diego (2ot), 12/23/18 thru games of Tuesday, Dec. 25 161 - Keyshawn Evans,Illinois State (Sr.) 104 -- Indiana State vs. Loyola (2ot), 1/30/16 102 -- Drake, vs. Loyola, 12/29/16 Conf. W-L 147 - Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago (Sr.) 139 - Ryan Kreklow, Missouri State (Sr.) 102 -- Loyola, vs. UNC Wilmington, 11/24/17 America East 102 -- SIU, vs. North Carolina A&T, 12/19/17 American...... 2-1 101 -- Drake, vs. Mississippi Valley, 12/22/16 ACC...... 0-2 Nothing Green About Green 101 -- Drake, vs. Coe, 11/11/17 Atlantic Sun...... 1-0 UNI’s AJ Green is the league’s top 101 -- Illinois State, vs. Ole Miss (ot), 12/16/17 Atlantic 10...... 4-2 scoring freshman, averaging 15.1 points 101 -- SIU, vs. SIU Edwardsville, 11/18/16 Big East...... 0-1 per game to rank 7th overall in the MVC. 100 -- Loyola, vs. Indiana Northwest, 11/13/16 Big Sky 100 -- Missouri State, vs. Fontbonne, 11/17/16 Big South...... 0-2 The last MVC freshman to average 15.0 Big Ten...... 1-4 points per game was Illinois State’s Tarise Big 12...... 0-4 Bryson, 15.5 in 1998-99. Defensive Pressure Big West...... 1-0 Loyola has held each of its last three Colonial Top Scoring MVC Freshman (by PPG) opponents to fewer than 50 points, the C-USA...... 3-3 21.0 Mitchell Anderson, Bradley (1978-79) first time that has happened for the Horizon...... 5-3 18.5 Cleo Littleton, Wichita State (1951-52) Ivy...... 0-1 Ramblers since Dec. 22-31, 2014. Over 18.4 John S. Williams, Indiana State (1982-83) the last three games, the opposition has Metro Atlantic...... 3-0 16.8 Shea Seals, Tulsa (1993-94) Mid-American...... 3-6 15.8 Cliff Levingston, Wichita State (1979-80) managed just 47.0 ppg, shooting just MEAC...... 2-0 15.5 , Illinois State (1998-99) 33.3 percent (55-for-165) from the field. Mountain West...... 7-5 15.3 Eddie Bird, Indiana State (1987-88) The Ramblers rank among the national Northeast...... 1-0 15.2 , Wichita State (1979-80) Ohio Valley...... 7-6 leaders with four games this year when 15.1 AJ Green, UNI (2018-19) Pac-12...... 1-3 their opponent was 50 or less. 14.9 , Loyola Chicago (2013-14) Patriot Most Games Opponent 50 or Fewer Points SEC...... 0-4 14.9 Doug McDermott, Creighton (2010-11) Southern...... 0-1 14.8 Benoit Benjamin, Creighton (1982-83) 1. Virginia...... 6 Southland...... 1-0 14.7 Luke McDonald, Drake (2000-01) 2. Michigan...... 5 SWAC...... 4-0 14.6 Hersey Hawkins, Bradley (1984-85) 3. Texas Tech...... 5 Summit...... 3-2 14.5 Colt Ryan, Evansville (2009-10) 4. Loyola Chicago ...... 4 Sun Belt...... 2-4 14.5 Rodney Buford, Creighton (1995-96) 5. Loyola Marymount...... 4 West Coast...... 2-0 WAC...... 5-1 Other (Non-Division I)...... 11-0 Reaching Double Digits Second-Half Teams TOTAL 69-55 With 19 points against Southeastern Six league schools have been out- Louisiana on Saturday, Dec. 22, Bradley’s scored in the first halves this season, and Vs. Top 25 W-L Darrell Brown extended his double-digit conversely seven schools have outscored at #2 Kentucky (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 scoring streak to 13 games to start the their opponents in the second halves. #25 Buffalo (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 season – the longest run by a Brave Southern Illinois has the biggest dispar- vs. #24 Nebraska (Missouri State)...... 0-1 since the 2006-07 season. Brown has ity, having been outscored by 58 points in #5 Nevada (Loyola)...... 0-1 the first halves of games this year, while vs. #23 Maryland (Loyola)...... 0-1 63 career games with 10 or more points, at #14 Buffalo (Southern Illinois)...... 0-1 which is more than any active MVC outscoring its opponents by 76 in the vs. #21 Iowa (UNI)...... 0-1 player. second stanzas. TOTAL 0-7 Most Games, Double Figures, Active MVC Players MVC Teams, Score By Halves 63 -- Darrell Brown, Bradley 1st 2nd Disparity 61 -- Clayton Custer, Loyola Chicago Bradley +21 +26 +5 58 -- Armon Fletcher, Southern Illinois Drake +62 +19 -43 52 -- Jarred Dixon, Missouri State Evansville -44 +55 +99 50 -- Phil Fayne, Illinois State Illinois State -48 +5 +53 48 -- Jordan Barnes, Indiana State 45 -- Sean Lloyd, Southern Illinois Indiana State +29 -8 -37 38 - Nick McGlynn, Drake Loyola +50 +43 -7 36 -- Milik Yarbrough, Illinois State Missouri State -22 -1 +21 35 - Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, Bradley UNI -10 -36 -26 35 - Keyshawn Evans, Illinois State Southern Illinois -58 +76 +134 33 - Marques Townes, Loyola Chicago Valparaiso -2 +19 +17 32 - Kavion Pippen, Southern Illinois

BRADLEY • DRAKE • EVANSVILLE • ILLINOIS STATE • INDIANA STATE • LOYOLA • MISSOURI STATE • UNI • SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • VALPARAISO Bradley (8-5, 0-0) Drake (10-2, 0-0) Balanced Scoring Drake Moves to 10-2 The key for the Braves on offense is the Drake improved to 10-2 for its best start number of consistent options on the team. to a season since 2007-08 by winning the Bradley currently features five players averag- Las Vegas Classic with wins over New Mexico ing at least nine points a game – Darrell State and San Diego for the program’s first Brown (15.1), Elijah Childs (12.7), Nate Ken- tournament title since 2013-14. nell (9.7), Koch Bar (9.6) and Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (9.6). Bradley has not featured five players averaging at least nine points since the 1969-70 season. Hitting the Century Mark Drake’s 110 points in the overtime win against San Diego were its most in a game since 2002 … last week the Bulldogs averaged 82.8 Forcing Miscues points per game and are averaging 80.2 points per game this season The strength of this year’s Bradley’s defense is the ability to force to rank 64th nationally. mistakes. BU – who ranks second in the Valley by allowing 67.9 points per game – leads the MVC with 15.84 turnovers forced and turnover margin (+1.8). Bradley’s 15.9 turnovers forced are its most since forc- Bulldogs Reach 10 Non-League Wins Drake’s 10 non-conference wins this season are its most since the ing 16.5 in 2005-06. 2007-08 team won 13 non-conference games, 10 of which came be- fore the start of conference play (three of those 13 were in the league Bench Scoring Picks Up tourney)… the Bulldogs face McKendree Saturday at 2 p.m. for the After a start to the season where the team’s starting five led the team’s final non-conference contest of the season … Drake has never Braves, the BU bench has started to contribute to the team’s success. won more than 10 games before the start of conference season. Bradley has scored 150 bench points in the last six games, averaging 21.4 per contest. Before the six-game run, BU had not scored more than 16 bench points in any game and was only averaging 9.8 points Protecting the Rock Drake committed just nine turnovers in 50 minutes of action against from its reserves. San Diego to tie for the 29th fewest in a double-overtime or longer game since 2010 … as a result, Nick Norton remains 22nd in the na- tion in assist-to-turnover ratio at 3.39 this season. 2018-19 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record N7 #UW-Parkside W, 74-58 1-0, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N10 SE Missouri State W, 68-57 2-0, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N14 #Jacksonville State W, 74-65 3-0, 0-0 N17 at UIC L, 70-71 3-1, 0-0 N8 Buena Vista W, 98-52 1-0, 0-0 N20 #SMU W, 75-62 4-1, 0-0 N13 at Colorado L, 71-100 1-1, 0-0 N21 #Penn State W, 59-56 5-1, 0-0 N17 Texas State W, 75-69 2-1, 0-0 N24 Chicago State W, 86-70 6-1, 0-0 N21 at UMKC W, 66-63 3-1, 0-0 N28 at IUPUI L, 73-85 6-2, 0-0 N27 ^Boise State W, 83-74 4-1, 0-0 D1 ^New Mexico L, 75-85 6-3, 0-0 D1 &vs. North Dakota State W, 95-88 5-1, 0-0 D4 at Little Rock W, 68-62 7-3, 0-0 D6 at Milwaukee W, 75-61 6-1, 0-0 D15 Eastern Illinois L, 66-73 7-4, 0-0 D15 $vs. Iowa State L, 68-77 6-2, 0-0 D18 at Georgia Southern L, 74-79 (ot) 7-5, 0-0 D17 #SIU Edwardsville W, 79-66 7-2, 0-0 D22 Southeastern Louisiana W, 63-60 8-5, 0-0 D19 #Rider W, 76-58 8-2, 0-0 D22 #New Mexico State W, 66-63 9-2, 0-0 J2 *UNI [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. D23 #San Diego W, 110-103 (2ot) 10-2, 0-0 J5 *at Indiana State [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 p.m. D29 McKendree [ESPN3] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. J8 *at Valparaiso [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J12 *Missouri State [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J2 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J16 *Drake [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J5 *Loyola [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. J20 *at S. Illinois [ESPNU/ESPN3] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J8 *Southern Illinois [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J23 *Illinois State [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 6:00 p.m. J13 *at UNI [MVC TV] Cedar Falls, Iowa 3:00 p.m. J26 *at Missouri State [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. J16 *at Bradley [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J30 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J20 *Missouri St. [ESPNU/ESPN3] Des Moines, Iowa 3:00 p.m. J23 *Evansville [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F2 *Southern Illinois [CBSSN] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. J26 *at Valparaiso [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. F6 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J30 *Illinois State [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F9 *Indiana State [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F13 *Loyola [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F2 *at Indiana State [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 p.m. F16 *at Illinois State [ESPN2] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F5 *at Loyola [CBSSN] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F19 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F9 *UNI [MVC TV] Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. F23 *Evansville [ESPN3] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F12 *at Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F27 *Valparaiso [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F16 *Valparaiso [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. F19 *Bradley [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M2 *Bradley at Loyola [TV TBD] Chicago, Ill. TBD F24 *at Illinois St. [CBSSN/ESPNU] Normal, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD F27 *Indiana State [Mediacom] Des Moines, Iowa 7;00 p.m. *MVC Games; #Cancun Challenge (Bradley, Jacksonville State, Western M2 *at Missouri State [TV TBD] Springfield, Mo. TBD Carolina, Southern Miss, North Florida, SMU, Penn State, Wright State); M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge *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 (6-6, 0-0) Illinois State (7-6, 0-0) Being Aggressive Opening The Conference UE junior K.J. Riley showed his aggres- Illinois State is 19-18 all-time in the open- siveness last week, getting to the line on 19 ing game of Missouri Valley Conference play, occasions in two games. For the year, Riley is and have won each of the last three meetings. 27th in the nation with 66 free throw makes In all, the Redbirds are also 9-12 when the and 34th in the NCAA with his 85 free throw conference opener is on the road, but have attempts. won the most recent road opener last season at Evansville. Painting the Town Closing in on a Thousand Evansville earned 36 points in the paint against Green Bay and ISU’s Phil Fayne stands 29 points away from becoming the 44th moved to 5-1 when outscoring the opposition in the paint this season. member of the program’s 1,000-point club. On the flip side, when the Aces opposition finishes with the advantage in the paint, UE is 0-5. Extra Time Illinois State has rattled off seven consecutive overtime wins, dating Hitting His Average back to its last extra session loss a year ago to Charleston Southern Marty Hill has been extremely consistent this season, registering on Nov. 25, 2017. That stands as the second-longest active overtime double figures in eight out of 12 games. He has scored 10 or more in win streak in the country (as of Dec. 16), as Marquette has won its last six of the last seven games. Hill is coming off of a 10-point outing at nine overtime games, with the Golden Eagles’ last extra-time loss com- Murray State before he recorded 12 against Green Bay. ing on Jan. 31, 2015 against Butler. Wyoming had won seven straight overtime games, until its streak was snapped this season on Dec. 11. Over the last two seasons, the Redbirds have won a total of seven 2018-19 Basketball Schedule overtime games, which is the most in the country over those two sea- sons. ISU’s seven straight overtime wins is the second-longest-such Date Opponent Result Record streak in program history, trailing on the eight consecutive overtime N8 #at Illinois L, 60-99 0-1, 0-0 wins from the 1966-67 season through the 1970-71 season. N10 #at Xavier L, 85-91 0-2, 0-0 Since Dan Muller has taken over the Redbird program, he is 12-6 N15 #Ky. Wesleyan W, 92-72 1-2, 0-0 in overtime games. Those 12 wins during that span are tied for the N18 #Texas Southern W, 85-63 2-2, 0-0 seventh-most in the NCAA. 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) [ESPN3/E+] Oxford, Ohio 12:00 p.m. N13 #Chicago State W, 75-71 2-1, 0-0 N19 #Georgia L, 68-80 2-2, 0-0 J2 *Drake [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. N20 #Akron W, 74-68 3-2, 0-0 J5 *at Illinois State [MVC TV] Normal, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J8 *Loyola [CBSSN] Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m. N21 #Boise State W, 73-70 4-2, 0-0 J12 *Indiana State [ESPN3] Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. N24 Lindenwood W, 79-62 5-2, 0-0 J16 *at Missouri State [ESPN+] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. N28 BYU W, 92-89 (ot) 6-2, 0-0 J19 *Illinois State [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. D1 ^San Diego State L, 65-75 6-3, 0-0 J23 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J26 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. D5 at UIC L, 75-94 6-4, 0-0 J30 *Bradley [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. D8 Ole Miss L, 74-81 6-5, 0-0 D16 Cleveland State W, 88-77 (ot) 7-5, 0-0 F2 *Valparaiso [MVC TV] Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. 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 [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. F13 *Missouri State [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J5 *Evansville [MVC TV] Normal, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F17 *UNI [ESPNU/ESPN3] Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. J8 *UNI [NBC Sports Chicago] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *at Loyola [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. J12 *at Loyola [ESPN2] Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F23 *at Bradley [ESPN3] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. J15 *Southern Illinois [CBSSN] Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F27 *Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J19 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. M2 *at Valparaiso [TV TBD] Valparaiso, Ind. TBD J23 *at Bradley [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 6:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD J27 *Indiana St. [CBSSN/ESPNU] Normal, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. *MVC Games; #Maui Jim Maui Invitational -- Mainland (Mainland partici- J30 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. pants not bracketed); ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge F2 *Loyola [ESPN2] Normal, Ill. 9:00 p.m. F5 *Valparaiso [ESPN+] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F10 *at Missouri State [ESPNU/3] 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/ESPNU] Normal, Ill. 1/3:00 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; #, George Town, Grand Cayman; ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge Indiana State (8-4, 0-0) Loyola (7-6, 0-0) Trees Reach Title Game Making Their Shots Indiana State parlayed victories over Colo- How Loyola shoots the basketball has been rado and UNLV into a Championship Game the key to its success through 13 games this appearance against Top 50 N.E.T. opponent season. After ranking third in the nation in TCU at the 2018 Hawaiian Airlines Diamond field goal percentage last season en route to Head Classic. It was the first non-conference a school-record 32 wins, the Ramblers are title game appearance for the Sycamore Basketball program since they connecting on 58.6 percent (202-for-345) of their field goal attempts won the 1999 Indiana Classic – becoming the first team not named In- and 40.3 percent (50-for-124) of their shots from long distance, in diana to win the Bloomington, Ind., based tournament. The Sycamores their seven wins. However, in six losses, Loyola is shooting just 38.9 were vying for their first tournament championship of any kind since percent (124-for-319) from the field and 25.2 percent (30-for-119) from the 2011 edition of Arch Madness in St. Louis. In the process, the three-point territory. Sycamores downed Colorado for their first win against a member of the PAC-12 since 1946 when they beat Oregon. Additionally, the Sycamores earned their league-best fifth consecutive win over the Mountain West Playing Solid ‘D’ The Ramblers, who ranked sixth in the nation in scoring defense Conference with its win over UNLV. last season (62.6 ppg) are performing even better at that end of the floor this season, limiting opponents to a mere 60.7 ppg, which tops Rickman Rejections The Valley and also ranks among the national leaders. Loyola has held ISU senior Emondre Rickman now owns 108 career blocked shots each of its last three opponents to fewer than 50 points, the first time -- one of only five Sycamores to record at least 100 blocked shots in that has happened since December 22-31, 2014. Over the last three program history. He needs one more to tie for fourth-best games, the opposition has managed just 47.0 ppg, shooting just 33.3 all-time at ISU. percent (55-for-165) from the field and 28.7 percent (21-for-73) from three-point range. ISU Closes Out Non-League Slate Indiana State wrapped its non-conference schedule against TCU with Opening Up League Play With a W eight wins in its pocket. That ties the 2012-13 team for the third-most When Loyola opens Valley play January 2 versus Indiana State, it under ninth-year head coach Greg Lansing. ISU went 9-3 in non-confer- will be looking to start off league play on a positive note for the first ence play in both 2011-12 and 2013-14 which marks the fourth time time since December 31, 2014, when it topped Bradley, 64-49. The ISU finished non-conference play with at least eight victories under Ramblers have won nine straight MVC home games. coach Lansing’s leadership. ISU finished with a 2-1 record in a multi- team event for the fifth time under coach Lansing with two of those coming in the Diamond Head Classic as well as the 2011 Advocare, 2018-19 Basketball Schedule 2013 and the 2015 Paradise Jam. Date Opponent Result Record N6 UMKC W, 76-45 1-0, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N9 Furman L, 58-60 1-1, 0-0 N14 #Niagara W, 75-62 2-1, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N16 #Grambling W, 80-64 3-1, 0-0 N6 at Ball State L, 69-86 0-1, 0-0 N19 #Richmond W, 82-66 4-1, 0-0 N9 at Green Bay W, 78-74 1-1, 0-0 N21 #Boston College L, 66-78 4-2, 0-0 N14 McKendree W, 80-63 2-1, 0-0 N27 ^#5 Nevada L, 65-79 4-3, 0-0 N24 Western Kentucky W, 63-54 3-1, 0-0 N28 ^at San Jose State W, 86-57 4-1, 0-0 D1 at UIC W, 73-64 5-3, 0-0 D1 Wright State W, 69-63 5-1, 0-0 D5 Ball State L, 69-75 5-4, 0-0 D5 North Texas L, 69-80 5-2, 0-0 D8 vs. #23 Maryland L, 41-55 5-5, 0-0 D8 Truman State W, 77-69 6-2, 0-0 D16 Norfolk State W, 80-49 6-5, 0-0 D16 #at TCU L, 70-90 6-3, 0-0 D18 Benedictine W, 75-47 7-5, 0-0 D22 #Colorado W, 72-67 7-3, 0-0 D22 at St. Joseph’s L, 42-45 7-6, 0-0 D23 #UNLV W, 84-79 8-3, 0-0 D25 #TCU L, 69-83 8-4, 0-0 J2 *Indiana State [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 8:00 p.m. J5 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. J2 *at Loyola [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 9:00 p.m. ET J8 *at Evansville [CBSSN] Evansville, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J5 *Bradley [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 2:00 p.m. ET J8 *Missouri State [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET J12 *Illinois State [ESPN2] Chicago, Ill. 1:00 p.m. J12 *at Evansville [ESPN3] Evansville, Ind. 2:00 p.m. ET J15 *Valparaiso [NBC Sports Chi.] Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J16 *at UNI [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 8:00 p.m. ET J19 *at Indiana State [ESPNU] Terre Haute, Ind. 1:00 p.m. J19 *Loyola [ESPNU] Terre Haute, Ind. 2:00 p.m. ET J23 *at Missouri State [CBSSN] Springfield, Mo. 8:00 p.m. J23 *Valparaiso [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET J27 *S. Illinois [CBSSN/ESPNU] Chicago, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. J27 *at Illinois St. [CBSSN/EU] Normal, Ill. 2/4:00 p.m. ET J30 *UNI [NBC Sports Chicago] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. J30 *at S. Illinois [MVC TV] Carbondale, Ill. 9:00 p.m. ET F2 *at Illinois State [ESPN2] Normal, Ill. 9:00 p.m. F2 *Drake [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 2:00 p.m. ET F5 *Drake [CBSSN] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F6 *Evansville [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET F9 *at Bradley [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 8:00 p.m. ET F10 *at Valparaiso [ESPNU/3] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F13 *at Valparaiso [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 8:00 p.m. ET F13 *at Bradley [MVC TV] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F16 *Southern Illinois [MVC TV] Terre Haute, Ind. 12 noon ET F17 *Missouri State [ESPNU/3] Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F20 *Illinois State [ESPN+] Terre Haute, Ind. 7:00 p.m. ET F20 *Evansville [MVC TV] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F23 *at Missouri State [ESPN3] Springfield, Mo. 2:00 p.m. ET F24 *at S. Illinois [CBSSN/ESPNU] Carbondale, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. F27 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 8:00 p.m. ET F27 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M2 *UNI [TV TBD] Terre Haute, Ind. TBD M2 *Bradley at Loyola [TV TBD] Chicago, Ill. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD *MVC Games; #Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic; ^Mountain West- *MVC Games; #Fort Myers Tip-Off ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge MVC Challenge Missouri State (5-7, 0-0) UNI (5-7, 0-0) Dixon Hits Milestones Up Next In his 108th game, senior Jarred Dixon Last week, the Panthers moved to 5-7 after (G, Kansas City, Mo.) reached 1,000 career defeating North Dakota in the McLeod Center. points in the team’s win over UAPB on Dec. The Panthers received a few days off for the 22. Dixon became the 29th player in Bears holidays but now look to the 11-3 Seawolves history to reach that milestone and first since of Stony Brook. The Panthers and Seawolves in 2011. He is now just 13 points shy of moving into the have never played in the history of the programs, marking the first MSU scoring all-time top 25. He also hit another pair of milestones in game in the series. the UAPB game, reaching his 100th career steal and his 500th career point at JQH Arena. Dixon is the No. 2 all-time scorer at JQH Arena (507), well behind Weems’ career total of 982 points at The Q. Dangerous From Downtown UNI has made at least one 3-Pointer in 606 straight games – the longest active streak in the Missouri Valley Conference. The Panthers Kreklow Emerges are heavy on three point shooting this season, the Panthers 313 three Ryan Kreklow (Sr., Columbia, Mo.) has started six straight games for point attempts ranks third in the MVC, the Panthers have made 98 the Bears and has made at least one 3-pointer in each game, combin- shots from beyond the arc so far this season. Four Panthers rank in ing to make 15-of-31 (.484) long-range shots in that span. Kreklow is the top 30 in the conference in three pointers per game. Freshman AJ averaging 9.7 points per game as a starter and has also converted 12 Green ranks 8th (2.2), Wyatt Lohaus ranks 22nd (1.3), Spencer Halde- straight free throws dating back to Nov. 20. man ranks 27th (1.2), and Trae Berhow ranks 29th (1.1). New Guy Rolling Solid at the Line Bears’ newcomer Tulio Da Silva (Jr., Formiga, Brazil), who was The Panthers have been solid at the free throw line so far this declared eligible on Nov. 24, has enjoyed a successful first month at season, going 163-223 from the charity stripe. The Panthers 0.731 Springfield. He has scored in double figures in six straight games -- all free throw percentage ranks 2nd in the league behind only Evansville. starts. He is coming off team-highs 22 points and 8 rebounds in the Eleven games in freshman guard, AJ Green, has went 33-38 from the win over UAPB on Dec. 22 and is 26-of-39 (.667) from the field over line for a .868 free throw percentage, the mark ranks second in the last four games. The transfer from USF has led the Bears in scoring league behind Drake’s Nick Norton and Indiana State’s Jordan Barnes. three times and in rebounding four times in his first seven contests.

2018-19 Basketball Schedule 2018-19 Basketball Schedule Date Opponent Result Record Date Opponent Result Record N6 Bemidji State W, 97-51 1-0, 0-0 N6 Oral Roberts W, 84-50 1-0, 0-0 N10 at UT-Arlington L, 65-74 1-1, 0-0 N9 #Robert Morris W, 74-60 2-0, 0-0 N16 #Penn L, 71-78 1-2, 0-0 N11 #Stetson W, 83-70 3-0, 0-0 N17 #Eastern Kentucky W, 90-85 2-2, 0-0 N19 #No. 24 Nebraska L, 62-85 3-1, 0-0 N19 #Old Dominion W, 54-53 3-2, 0-0 N20 #USC L, 80-99 3-2, 0-0 N23 #at Old Dominion L, 65-72 3-3, 0-0 N24 at Murray State L, 66-77 3-3, 0-0 N28 ^at Utah State L, 52-71 3-4, 0-0 N28 ^at Air Force L, 69-88 3-4, 0-0 D1 at Oregon State L, 77-101 3-5, 0-0 D1 &South Dakota State L, 50-82 3-5, 0-0 D5 Western Kentucky W, 84-78 4-5, 0-0 D8 Dubuque W, 75-67 4-5, 0-0 D15 at North Dakota State L, 67-74 4-6, 0-0 D15 $vs. #21 Iowa L, 54-77 4-6, 0-0 D18 at Arkansas State L, 63-71 4-7, 0-0 D19 Grand Canyon L, 62-73 4-7, 0-0 D22 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 93-72 5-7, 0-0 D22 North Dakota W, 64-62 5-7, 0-0 D30 William Woods [ESPN+] Springfield, Mo. 5:00 p.m. D29 Stony Brook [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J2 *at Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J2 *at Bradley [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J5 *Valparaiso [KOZL] Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m. J5 *Southern Illinois [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J8 *at Indiana State [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J8 *at Illinois State [NBCSN] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J12 *at Bradley [KOZL] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J13 *Drake [MVC TV] Cedar Falls, Iowa 3:00 p.m. J16 *Evansville [ESPN+] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. J16 *Indiana State [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J20 *at Drake [ESPNU/ESPN3] Des Moines, Iowa 3:00 p.m. J23 *Loyola [CBSSN] Springfield, Mo. 8:00 p.m. J19 *at Valparaiso [MVC TV] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. J26 *Bradley [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. J23 *at Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J29 *at Valparaiso [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J26 *Evansville [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J30 *at Loyola [NBC Sports Chi.] Chicago, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F2 *at UNI [KOZL] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F6 *Southern Illinois [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F2 *Missouri State [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F10 *Illinois State [ESPNU/3] Springfield, Mo. 3:00 p.m. F6 *Bradley [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F13 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. F9 *at Drake [MVC TV] Des Moines, Iowa 5:00 p.m. F17 *at Loyola [ESPNU/3] Chicago, Ill. 3:00 p.m. F13 *Illinois State [PSN] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F20 *UNI [KOZL] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F17 *at Evansville [ESPNU/3] Evansville, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F23 *Indiana State [KOZL] Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m. F20 *at Missouri State [ESPN+] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F27 *at Illinois State [MVC TV] Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. F23 *Valparaiso [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M2 *Drake [TV TBD] Springfield, Mo. TBD F27 *Loyola [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M2 *at Indiana State [TV TBD] Terre Haute, Ind. TBD *MVC Games; #Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, Mo.; ^Mountain West- M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD MVC Challenge *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 (7-6, 0-0) Valparaiso (6-6, 0-0) McGill Coming on Strong Snap the Skid Junior guard Eric McGill has scored in Valpo will be looking to get back on the double figures in seven of the last nine games winning track at home on Saturday against after returning from a foot injury. In that Purdue Northwest, as the Crusaders have span, he’s averaging 12.8 points per game dropped their last two home games to High on 50 percent shooting from the field and 46 Point and Ball State. It is the first time Valpo percent shooting from the 3-point line. Notable, the 6-2 guard is also has lost consecutive non-conference home games since November of SIU’s leading rebounder during that stretch at 6.2 rebounds per game, 2006, when it lost to #8 Marquette and #18 Butler in a three-day span including two double-doubles. at the ARC. Lloyd Leading the Charge Record Paces Sean Lloyd Jr., a first-team All-Defense team selection in the MVC Just past the one-third mark of the season, a pair of newcomers look last year, has quietly become SIU’s most consistent offensive player in like threats to potentially challenge program single-season records. 2018-19. Lloyd has scored in double figures eight-straight games head- Freshman Javon Freeman sits at 21 steals through 12 games, exactly ing into the conference opener, and he has scored in double-figures 11 one-third of the way to Lubos Barton’s single-season record of 63 of the last 12 games. His career-best 25 points at SEMO helped him steals. Meanwhile, graduate transfer Deion Lavender has handed out earn MVC Player of the Week on December 3. 65 assists so far, putting him just off pace of John McIlvain’s single- season record of 197 assists. Second-Half Salukis SIU has been outscored by 58 points in the first half but is outscor- ing opponents by 73 points in the second half. SIU has outscored its opponent in the second half in 10 of the last 11 games. SIU has shot 2018-19 Basketball Schedule better than 55 percent five times in the second half this year, including Date Opponent Result Record three games above 63 percent shooting. N6 Concordia W, 121-65 1-0, 0-0 N15 #Western Kentucky L, 71-83 1-1, 0-0 2018-19 Basketball Schedule N16 #Monmouth W, 64-53 2-1, 0-0 N18 #Wake Forest L, 63-69 2-2, 0-0 Date Opponent Result Record N21 SIU Edwardsville W, 75-70 (ot) 3-2, 0-0 N9 at #2 Kentucky L, 59-71 0-1, 0-0 N24 #at West Virginia L, 76-88 3-3, 0-0 N12 No. 25 Buffalo L, 53-62 0-2, 0-0 N28 ^at UNLV W, 72-64 4-3, 0-0 N17 #Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 78-48 1-2, 0-0 D2 UC Riverside W, 82-73 5-3, 0-0 N19 #Howard W, 83-69 2-2, 0-0 D4 High Point L, 53-55 5-4, 0-0 N22 #UMass L, 62-84 2-3, 0-0 N23 #Tulsa W, 79-69 3-3, 0-0 D8 at George Washington W, 82-79 6-4, 0-0 N27 ^at Colorado State W, 82-67 4-3, 0-0 D17 Ball State L, 61-77 6-5, 0-0 D19 at Texas A&M L, 49-71 6-6, 0-0 D1 at SIU Edwardsville W, 82-61 5-3, 0-0 D29 Purdue Northwest [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 1:00 p.m. D5 Saint Louis W, 61-56 6-3, 0-0 D8 at SE Missouri State W, 83-73 7-3, 0-0 J2 *Illinois State [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. D12 Murray State L, 52-80 7-4, 0-0 J5 *at Missouri State [ESPN3] Springfield, Mo. 1:00 p.m. D15 at #14 Buffalo L, 65-73 7-5, 0-0 J8 *Bradley [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. D22 Winthrop L, 71-79 7-6, 0-0 J12 *at Southern Illinois [MVC TV] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J2 *Missouri State [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J15 *at Loyola [NBC Sports Chi.] Chicago, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J5 *at UNI [ESPN+] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J19 *UNI [MVC TV] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. J8 *at Drake [ESPN+] Des Moines, Iowa 7:00 p.m. J23 *at Indiana State [ESPN3] Terre Haute, Ind. 6:00 p.m. J12 *Valparaiso [MVC TV] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J26 *Drake [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J15 *at Illinois State [CBSSN] Normal, Ill. 6:00 p.m. J29 *Missouri State [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. J20 *Bradley [ESPNU/ESPN3] Carbondale, Ill. 3:00 p.m. J23 *UNI [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F2 *at Evansville [MVC TV] Evansville, Ind. 1:00 p.m. J27 *at Loyola [CBSSN/ESPNU] Chicago, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. F5 *at Illinois State [ESPN+] Normal, Ill. 7:00 p.m. J30 *Indiana State [MVC TV] Carbondale, Ill. 8:00 p.m. F10 *Loyola [ESPNU/ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 3:00 p.m. F2 *at Bradley [CBSSN] Peoria, Ill. 1:00 p.m. F13 *Indiana State [ESPN3] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. F6 *at Missouri State [MVC TV] Springfield, Mo. 7:00 p.m. F16 *at Drake [ESPN3] Des Moines, Iowa 2:00 p.m. F9 *Evansville [ESPN3] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *Southern Illinois [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. F12 *Drake [ESPN+] Carbondale, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F23 *at UNI [ESPN3] Cedar Falls, Iowa 7:00 p.m. F16 *at Indiana State [MVC TV] Terre Haute, Ind. 11:00 a.m. F27 *at Bradley [ESPN+] Peoria, Ill. 7:00 p.m. F20 *at Valparaiso [ESPN+] Valparaiso, Ind. 7:00 p.m. M2 *Evansville [TV TBD] Valparaiso, Ind. TBD F24 *Loyola [CBSSN/ESPNU] Carbondale, Ill. 1/3:00 p.m. F27 *at Evansville [ESPN+] Evansville, Ind. 6:00 p.m. M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD M2 *Illinois State [TV TBD] Carbondale, Ill. TBD *MVC Games; #Myrtle Beach Invitational, Conway, S.C.; ^Mountain West- M7-10 State Farm MVC Tournament St. Louis, Mo. TBD MVC Challenge *MVC Games; #Continental Tire Las Vegas Classic, Las Vegas, Nevada; ^Mountain West-MVC Challenge