What's Up In The Missouri Valley 11/28/2017

The Morning Dish – Tuesday, November 28, 2017--Hoopville

Side Dishes:
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Oakland outlasted Oral Roberts 93-86 in overtime in a matchup of former Summit League rivals. Martez Walker played all 45 minutes and scored a career-best 32 for the Golden Grizzlies, who were without Kendrick Nunn, who has been battling a leg injury.
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Tonight’s Menu:
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The Mountain West and Missouri Valley also begin their challenge event, and the Valley has two big ones at home with Missouri State hosting Colorado State and undefeated Valparaiso welcoming Utah State. The visiting MWC teams are essentially playing with house money on the road. Also, undefeated Loyola (Ill.) is on the road at Boise State.

Lofty Accomplishments--Valley Hoops Insider

Braves Close Road Swing At Northern Illinois--bradleybraves.com

Wake Forest Needs Improved Defense, and Improved Luck, to Turn This Season Around--Blogger So Dear

Three-Point Percentages Vs. Wake Forest

Georgia Southern - 11-27 (41%)

Liberty - 9-21 (43%)

Drake - 15-30 (50%)

Quinnipiac - 8-28 (29%)

Houston - 9-20 (45%)

UNC-Greensboro - 13-26 (50%)

Two opposing teams (Drake and UNC-Greensboro) shot better from behind the arc than it did from inside the arc against Wake, while another two teams (Quinnipiac and Houston) were within 2.5 percentage points of that happening.
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Season Three-Point Percentages

Georgia Southern - 31.5% (249th nationally)

Liberty - 32.6% (227th)

Drake - 40% (43rd)

Quinnipiac - 34.8% (168th)

Houston - 38.5% (72nd)

UNC-Greensboro - 37.2% (115th)

Men’s Basketball Travels To Omaha For Midweek Contest--godrakebulldogs.com

Huntingburg, UE standout Wellemeyer, Loogootee's Brett to be inducted into Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame--Evansville Courier & Press
ACES INSIDER - Tryin' to Replace Ryan Taylor--gopurpleaces.com

Aces to host Teddy Bear Toss on December 10th--gopurpleaces.com

Redbirds Travel to Face Nevada as Part of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge--goredbirds.com

Military Members Receive Free Tickets To Wednesday's Basketball Game--gosycamores.com
Sycamores Host Air Force Wednesday Night On Military Appreciation Night--gosycamores.com

ISU road warriors get a home game today--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Sycamores Return Home for Tuesday Tilt--gosycamores.com

Boise State vs. Loyola Chicago: Preview, Score Prediction--Mountain West Wire
Loyola Hosts Annual Misericordia Day On December 2--loyolaramblers.com

#23 Marquette Women’s Basketball Preview: vs Loyola-Chicago Ramblers--anonymouseagle.com

Colorado State vs. Missouri State: Preview, Score Prediction--Mountain West Wire
McChesney: The tape tells the story; the process is underway--The Standard
Preview: Mountain West and MVC showdown pits Missouri State against Colorado State--The Standard

Women's Hoops Renews Rivalry With Shockers Wednesday--missouristatebears.com

Local, area sports briefs--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
UNI basketball: Back to work for surging Panthers--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
UNI to Host UNLV Wednesday in McLeod Center--unipanthers.com

Hefferman: Bartley's Saluki journey about to begin--The Southern Illinoisan
MVC Power Rankings--The Southern Illinoisan

Cougars defeat Salukis--The Southern Illinoisan
Saluki women’s basketball falls to rival Cougars--Daily Egyptian
Brockmeyer named MVC Newcomer of the Week--Daily Egyptian
Salukis clipped by Cougars, 57-53--siusalukis.com

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Tuesday, Nov 28th--Hoops HD

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES
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-UTAH STATE AT VALPARAISO. Valpo shouldn’t have too much trouble staying perfect on the season.

Utah State vs. Valparaiso: Preview, Score Prediction--Mountain West Wire

MVC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL WEEKLY NOTEBOOK (NOV. 28)--The Missouri Valley