What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In The Missouri Valley 12/11/2021

Conference Realignment inching closer to the Horizon League?--HoriZone Roundtable

UIC linked to the Missouri Valley Conference in latest rumors...

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Saturday, Dec 11--Hoops HD

NEWS AND NOTES:

-Loyola Chicago picked up another road win as thy knocked off Vanderbilt 69-58 without too much trouble. The Ramblers are another UTR team that should land inside the bubble if they keep winning at the clip they have been.

HIGLIGHTED GAMES:
-DRAKE AT CLEMSON. Drake has won three straight, but they were all agains weak teams and they didn’t exactly bury any of them. This is the kind of win they need to get their resume, and perhaps their season, turned back around.

12/11/2021 MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES--Staring At The Floorboards

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Two games for Drake thus far without Roman Penn and they’ve slogged through two wins over St. Thomas and a bad Omaha team...

QUICK HITTERS:

Kobe King has a tune up game under his belt, and Valpo will start shifting away from Lottich’s highly patterned motion with him...
SIU’s zone offense has been abysmal this year (.68 PPP), and Tulsa enjoys advantages on both ends between the matchup zone...
Mosley looked engaged and played well against extremely shorthanded Little Rock. That’s a good sign for Missouri State...

Valleys Raised Up--Valley Hoops Insider
Every Team's Best Player (So Far) & Power Rankings--Misouri Valley Beat

Clemson fends off Drake 90-80 in OT at Holiday Hoopsgiving--Associated Press
Murphy Forces Overtime, Clemson Outlasts Drake--godrakebulldogs.com

Bulldogs to Host Huskies on Sunday--godrakebulldogs.com

10 Aces score in festive victory over Morehead State--gopurpleaces.com

Reeves lifts Illinois State past Chicago State 80-71--Associated Press
Watch now: Sy Chatman, Illinois State look to bounce back on road against Chicago State--The Pantagraph
Watch now: Reeves, Strong lift Illinois State to first road win against Chicago State--The Pantagraph
Hot-Shooting Pair Lead Redbirds to Road Win--goredbirds.com

Watch now: Redmond, Illinois State women vanquish Southern Illinois Edwardsville--The Pantagraph
Redmond Scores 30 Points in Illinois State Win at SIUE--goredbirds.com

'Taking advantage of opportunities'--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Tshimanga sets career highs in road loss to (RV/RV) Nebraska--gosycamores.com

Loyola Chicago drains 17 3-pointers in win over Vanderbilt--Associated Press
News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Friday, Dec 10--Hoops HD

-LOYOLA CHICAGO AT VANDERBILT. Loyola Chicago is looking for their second true road win of the season. Vandy has been better than expected (at least better than I thought they’d be), and they are at home, so it wouldn’t be overly shocking if they won this, but I still think Loyola Chicago is clearly the better team.

Cameron Krutwig, ex-Loyola Ramblers star, experiencing first-hand that life is an adventure--Chicago Sun-Times

Loyola Women’s Basketball Earns Tough Win Against Eastern Illinois University, Bre Hampton-Bey Scores 1,000th Career Point--Loyola Phoenix
Galanopoulos, Hampton-Bey Shine As Loyola Races Past Central Michigan, 69-48--loyolaramblers.com