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MVC MEN’S BASKETBALL DAILY UPDATE • FEBRUARY 1, 2016 MVC Contact: Mike Kern, Associate Commissioner Office: 314.444.4326 • Cell: 314.435.4779 • Email: [email protected] 1818 Chouteau Ave. • St. Louis, MO 63103 • Fax: 314.444.4356 WWW.MVC-SPORTS.COM 2015-16 Standings (thru Sunday, Jan. 31) Non-Conf: 66-58 Missouri Valley Overall Records W L Pct. PF PA W L Pct. PF PA H A t25 Streak RPI Wichita State 10 0 1.000 78.2 57.9 16 5 .762 74.7 61.7 10-0 6-2 1-0 Won 11 32 Evansville 7 3 .700 71.6 64.7 18 5 .783 77.6 67.3 11-1 5-3 0-1 Lost 1 77 Southern Illinois 7 3 .700 72.7 69.9 18 5 .783 76.3 69.3 9-3 8-1 0-0 Lost 2 129 Indiana State 6 4 .600 73.9 71.1 12 10 .545 70.8 69.0 8-2 2-7 0-1 Lost 1 120 Illinois State 6 4 .600 68.1 66.6 12 11 .522 66.8 67.7 9-3 3-6 0-2 Lost 1 147 Missouri State 5 5 .500 64.5 68.1 9 13 .409 66.8 71.0 5-6 4-4 0-1 Won 1 213 UNI 4 6 .400 64.6 60.5 12 11 .522 69.9 65.8 7-3 3-7 2-0 Won 2 142 Loyola Chicago 3 7 .300 62.2 66.3 10 12 .455 64.1 65.1 8-4 1-6 0-1 Won 1 255 Drake 1 9 .100 64.0 74.8 6 16 .273 69.6 72.5 4-6 0-8 0-0 Won 1 311 Bradley 1 9 .100 50.3 70.2 3 20 .130 54.1 70.2 2-9 1-8 0-2 Lost 5 294 MVC Home Games: 31-19 Non-Conf.: 66-58 (H: 44-16; A: 12-23; N: 10-19 ) vs. Top-25: 3-6 (Non-Conf.) Last Week’s Results Upcoming Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 26 Tuesday, Feb. 2 Drake at Illinois State ILS, 76-64 Drake at Indiana State (ESPN3) 6:00 CT Bradley at Missouri State (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Wednesday, Jan. 27 Missouri State at Indiana State INS, 68-59 Wednesday, Feb. 3 UNI at Bradley UNI, 68-50 Evansville at UNI (MVC TV) 6:00 CT Loyola at No. 22 Wichita State WSU, 80-54 Illinois State at Loyola (ESPN3) 7:00 CT S. Illinois at #21 Wichita St. (FS Midwest) 8:00 CT Thursday, Jan. 28 Evansville at Southern Illinois UE, 85-78 (ot) Saturday, Feb. 6 Player of the Week Saturday, Jan. 30 Missouri State at Evansville (MVC TV) 11:00 AM UNI at Drake (CBSSN) 1:00 CT Bradley at Drake DU, 80-70 Loyola at Southern Illinois (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Fred VanVleet Indiana State at Loyola LU, 104-96 (2ot) Indiana State at Bradley (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Wichita State Illinois State at Missouri State MSU, 84-81 (ot) #21 Wichita State at Illinois State (ESPN2) 9:00 CT Sr., 6-0, Gd. Sunday, Jan. 31 Tuesday, Feb. 9 Rockford (Ill.) Southern Illinois at UNI UNI, 67-58 Wichita State at Drake (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Auburn High No. 22 Wichita State at Evansville WSU, 78-65 Wednesday, Feb. 10 Coaches Calls: 877-441-0939 Southern Illinois at Indiana State (ESPN3) 6:00 CT Newcomer of the Week Loyola at Bradley (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Every Monday, Starting Jan. 4 Missouri State at UNI (ESPN3) 7:00 CT Jarred Dixon Weekly Schedule - (times CT): Thursday, Feb. 11 Missouri State 6-2, Fr., Gd. 10:15 a.m. -- Greg Lansing, Indiana State Illinois State at Evansville (CBSSN) 8:00 CT 10:21 a.m. -- Ben Jacobson, UNI Kansas City (Mo.) 10:27 a.m. -- Ray Giacoletti, Drake Saturday, Feb. 13 10:33 a.m. -- Paul Lusk, Missouri State Lee’s Summit West High 10:39 a.m. -- Barry Hinson, Southern Illinois UNI at Wichita State (ESPN or ESPN2) 11:00 AM 10:45 a.m. -- Marty Simmons, Evansville Drake at Southern Illinois (MVC TV) 3:00 CT 10:51 a.m. -- Porter Moser, Loyola Indiana State at Missouri State (ESPN3) 3:00 CT 10:57 a.m. -- Brian Wardle, Bradley 11:03 a.m. -- Dan Muller, Illinois State Sunday, Feb. 14 11:09 a.m. -- Gregg Marshall, Wichita State Bradley at Illinois State (ESPN3) 3:00 CT On occasion, the order of Q&A sessions will be adjusted to accommodate team travel/practices. Evansville at Loyola (ESPNU) 3:00 CT @MVCSPORTS / MISSOURIVALLEYCONFERENCE / MISSOURIVALLEYVIDS / MVCSPORTS @VALLEYHOOPS MVC BASKETBALL FEBRUARY 1, 2016 PAGE 2 Shockers Climb in Polls Busy Bodies MVC Player of the Week Wichita State – winners of 11-straight When UNI hosts Evansville on Wednes- games and 14 of its last 15 games -- is day (MVC TV Network), the game will Fred VanVleet ranked No. 22 in the USA Today Coaches feature six players among the top 11 in Wichita State top-25 poll and No. 21 in the Associated the MVC for total minutes played. D.J. Press rankings. In the last 14 seasons, Balentine of Evansville has played more Sr., 6-0, Gd. one or more MVC teams has been ranked minutes than any league player (841), Rockford (Ill.) while Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye is tied for Auburn High in the AP poll this late or later 10 times. 8th nationally among NCAA freshmen. • AP – No. 21 VanVleet scored a career- Balentine enters the week 12th overall in high 32 points on Sunday to • USA Today Coaches – No. 22 the NCAA for minutes played this year. • CBS Sports – No. 20 help first-place Wichita State to a powerful • ESPN BPI – No. 24 MVC Leaders, Minutes Played (2015-16) statement win at second-place Evansville. D.J. Balentine, UE 23g 841 The senior went 15-for-15 at the charity Approaching the UE Record Wes Washpun, UNI 23g 788 stripe, tying Dave Stallworth’s single-game mark for most free throw makes with- Evansville’s D.J. Balentine is the na- Anthony Beane, SIU 23g 787 Matt Bohannon, UNI 23g 780 out a miss. He also recorded his 200th tion’s active career scoring leader. The Dequon Miller, MSU 22g 753 career steal, making him just the second senior guard has 2,253 career points Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, BU 23g 735 Shocker and 17th player in MVC history to and currently is No. 8 all-time in the Egidijus Mockevicius, UE 23g 731 reach that milestone. In Wednesday’s win MVC, and is just the 16th player in MVC Devonte Brown, INS 22g 730 over Loyola, VanVleet dished out eight as- history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. Reed Timmer, DU 22g 717 sists with just one turnover. For the week, Paul Jesperson, UNI 23g 704 NCAA Active Scoring Leaders (thru 1/31) Jeremy Morgan, UNI 23g 703 he averaged 20.0 points and 5.5 assists, 1. D.J. Balentine, Evansville 2,253 3.0 rebounds and 1.0 steal with a strong 2. Juan’ya Green, Hofstra 2,100 5.50 assist-to-turnover ratio. He was a 3. John Brown, High Point 2,096 Perfect Conference Starts perfect 17-for-17 at the foul line. 4. Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette 2,059 Wichita State is off to a 10-0 start, and MVC All-Time Scoring Leaders the Shockers are 1 of 11 teams in the Newcomer of the Week 1. Hersey Hawkins, Bradley (1984-88) 3,008 NCAA who haven’t lost a league game. 2. Oscar Robertson, Cincinnati (1957-60) 2,973 Best Conference Starts in 2015-16 Jarred Dixon 3. Larry Bird, Indiana State (1976-79) 2,850 10-0: Wichita State Missouri State 4. John S. Williams, Indiana St. (1982-86) 2,374 9-0: San Diego State 5. Mitchell Anderson, Bradley (1978-82) 2,341 8-0: Houston Baptist, North Carolina, Stephen F. 6-2, Fr., Gd. 6. Colt Ryan, Evansville (2009-13) 2,279 Austin, Stony Brook, Texas Southern, VCU Kansas City (Mo.) 7. Steve Harris, Tulsa (1981-85) 2,272 7-0: North Florida 8. D.J. Balentine, Evansville 2,253 4-0: Columbia, Yale Lee’s Summit West 9. Doug McDermott, Creighton (2010-13) 2,216 Dixon had a career-high 19 10. Cleo Littleton, WSU (1951-55) 2,164 Road Runners points in the mid-week game Southern Illinois lost Sunday at UNI to at Indiana State and then took over down 10-0 Starts in MVC Play fall to 8-1 on the road this year. Notably, the stretch to help MSU topple Illinois Wichita State has become the 21st in the last three seasons combined SIU State in overtime. His 6 steals against team in the league’s 109th season to had recorded a 9-34 road record. The Illinois State -- including 2 in the final two start conference play 10-0. All but six of Salukis rank third overall in the NCAA in minutes of regulation -- were a new MSU those occurred before 1960. road winning percentage this year. freshman single-game record and matched MVC Teams w/ 10-0 or Better League Starts the third-best effort in program history. He NCAA Leaders, Road Win Pct. (2015-16) snagged two critical rebounds in the final Loss Final Saint Joseph’s (7-0, 1.000) minute of overtime and iced the win with a 18-0 Oklahoma (1927-28) --- 18-0 Providence (6-0, 1.000) Wichita State (2013-14) --- 18-0 pair of free throws with 2.3 seconds left.