Mailbag: Who's on the Aces' schedule next year? Will they take another step forward?--Evansville Courier & Press
Kara Carlson added to Women’s Basketball coaching staff--gopurpleaces.com
Study lays out ISU athletic budget realities--Terre Haute Tribune Star
UPDATED: Hobbs, Tucker make commitments to ISU--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Nick Michael Named Director Of Sports Performance For Men’s Basketball--loyolaramblers.com
UNI men’s basketball has rare stability--Cedar Rapids Gazette
Top 10 Valpo 2020-2021 Season Sports Moments--Valpo Torch
2. Men’s Basketball upsets nationally ranked Drake 74-57
Coming off a heartbreaking loss the day before at the ARC against the Bulldogs, Valpo looked for a rebound effort in the second game of their two game, two day series. The last time Valpo defeated a nationally ranked team was against Rhode Island in head coach Matt Lottich’s first year. The Brown and Gold got out to a 7-0 lead to start, and went on an extended 25-12 run to take a 36-24 lead into the half. That was only the crescendo to the highlight of the season, as freshman guard Sheldon Edwards Jr. threw down the dunk of the year over the outstretched arms of a Bulldog defender, as Neil Everett had the pleasure of describing the poster on Sportscenter's Top 10 plays later in the evening. Valpo ended Drake’s perfect season, defeating a team that would eventually win a game in the NCAA Tournament.
- Garrett Willis
4. Women’s Basketball’s back to back Big Ten Conference (B1G) wins
While a six point first quarter in Champaign looked like a slow start for the Brown and Gold, Valpo just saw it as a warmup for what followed: comeback wins on the road against Illinois and Purdue. Valpo outscored Illinois 17-9 in the fourth quarter to win 62-59, and sprinted ahead of Purdue in the third quarter to win 52-47. Before last November, it had been 12 years since Valpo had beaten a B1G team, as Grace White scored 37 points in the two games for Valpo’s biggest week under Mary Evans. After the win at Mackey Arena, Evans said that “days like today help validate all of the hard work they have put in,” as a new energy surrounds a program in a renaissance.
- Garrett Willis
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