What's Up In The Missouri Valley 12/17/2017

The Morning Dish – Sunday, December 17, 2017--Hoopville

Side Dishes:
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You’d be hard-pressed to find a more resilient win all season than Illinois State’s overtime triumph at Ole MIss. A team already curtailed heavily by injuries, the Redbirds lost three starters to fouls and played the overtime with five guards on the court. Milik Yarbrough just missed a triple-double (25 points, 10 rebounds, eight assists).
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The season’s renaissance award goes to Indiana, or maybe Iowa State, which continued to play well by taking over in the final 10 minutes to top Northern Iowa 76-65. Or maybe it’s BYU, which late in the evening handled rival Utah 77-65 and is now 9-2.
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Today’s Menu:
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Quietly a good game, Southland contender Lamar is at Southern Illinois, a decent team in the Missouri Valley that is one of many in the league hammered by injuries.

ISU men's hoops shocks Ole Miss in overtime, 101-97--Vidette Online
Rally in the Valley: Conference play right around the corner--Vidette Online

Quick Takes: Sooners shock Wichita State--Bracketville

Here are a few other Quick Takes worth mentioning …
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And then there was Loyola-Chicago (which won at Florida) dropping a 17-point decision at Milwaukee.

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Sunday, Dec 17th--Hoops HD

NEWS AND NOTES
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-Northern Iowa, who had been having a fantastic season, played a back and forth game with Iowa State for about 30 minutes, and then were blown out in the final 10 minutes. The loss doesn’t sink them, but a win would have REALLY helped them and opened up their margin for error a bit more.

Local, area sports briefs--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier

Basketball

The University of Northern Iowa is offering several ticket specials for its upcoming home basketball games.

The Mobile Pass option offers men’s basketball tickets for all nine Missouri Valley Conference home games for a one-time cost of $50. More information can be found at unipanthers.com/mobilepass. Passes must be purchased by Dec. 28.

UNI is also offering $5 tickets for men’s and women’s games being played over winter break. Tickets for the men’s games against Southern Illinois (Dec. 28) and Loyola (Jan. 7) and women’s games vs. Loyola (Dec. 29) and Valparaiso (Dec. 31) can be purchased at unipanthers.com/stocking.

For more information, contact the UNI Ticket Office at (319) 273-4849.

Women's Basketball tips off in Puerto Rico on Tuesday--siusalukis.com

Valpo Men Look To Start California Trip With Win Monday--valpoathletics.com