What's Up In The Missouri Valley 2/21/2019

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Wednesday, Feb 20th--Hoops HD

UNDER THE RADAR
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-EVANSVILLE AT LOYOLA CHICAGO (Missouri Valley). Loyola is in a race with Drake for a first place finish and the #1 seed in the conference tournament (which I guess doesn’t matter since it’s at a predetermined site).

Key leads Indiana State past Illinois State 73-50--CBS Sports
Lohaus scores 22 to lead N. Iowa past Missouri St. 63-43--CBS Sports
Smits with 11, Valparaiso holds on to beat S. Illinois 55-52--CBS Sports
Townes carries Loyola of Chicago past Evansville 70-58--CBS Sports

Women’s Basketball Hosts Illinois St. To Open Final Home Stand--bradleybraves.com

Drake basketball: Bulldogs beat Bradley, take sole possession of first place in the MVC--Des Moines Register
'I couldn't ask for a better last year': Brady Ellingson has come into his own at Drake--Des Moines Register

How Drake's Becca Hittner became the best player in the Missouri Valley Conference--Des Moines Register

No time for UE basketball to second guess itself against a Loyola team seeking revenge--Evansville Courier & Press
Groundhog Day time loop continues as UE basketball slumps in first half of loss at Loyola--Evansville Courier & Press
Hill and Hall excel in road game at Loyola--gopurpleaces.com

Redbirds tumble to fifth straight defeat--The Pantagraph
Redbirds stumped in fifth-straight loss, continue plummet in MVC standings--Vidette Online
Redbirds Fall in Terre Haute--goredbirds.com

Women’s Basketball to Host “Women Supporting Women” Game--goredbirds.com

The riddle that is ISU turns up an easy win over Illinois State--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Hot Shooting Sycamores Take Down Redbirds--gosycamores.com

Sycamores Hit Road for Final Time in Regular Season--gosycamores.com

First-Half Run Provides Difference As Loyola Knocks Off Evansville, 70-58--loyolaramblers.com

Surging Ramblers Welcome Southern Illinois, Missouri State For Final Homestand--loyolaramblers.com

Dana Ford ejected during frustrating night as Missouri State falls to Northern Iowa--Springfield News-Leader
Missouri State head coach Dana Ford becomes latest Valley coach to have run-in with officials--Springfield News-Leader
Missouri State head coach Dana Ford will not be suspended after being ejected during Wednesday's loss--Springfield News-Leader
Trap Game Snares Bears in Home Loss to UNI--missouristatebears.com

Lady Bears Head to Chicagoland to Play Valpo and Loyola--missouristatebears.com

College men's basketball: UNI makes a statement at Missouri State--Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier
Strong Second Half Propels Panthers Past Bears--unipanthers.com
Men's Basketball Face Crusaders Saturday Night--unipanthers.com

MVC Power Rankings--The Southern Illinoisan
SIU at Valparaiso: 3 things to watch--The Southern Illinoisan
Saluki Men's Basketball | Valparaiso rallies for 55-52 win over SIU--The Southern Illinoisan
Turnover troubles: SIU falls to Valparaiso, 55-52--Daily Egyptian
Valpo holds off Southern Illinois, 55-52--siusalukis.com
Marcus Bartley earns second-straight Academic All-District honor--siusalukis.com

Women's Basketball heads to Loyola for Friday tilt--siusalukis.com

Sweet Lavender: Graduate transfer guard Deion Lavender beats old team as Valparaiso tops SIU--Post-Tribune
MEN'S BASKETBALL: Valparaiso breaks home skid, closes out Southern Illinois--NWI Times
Men’s Basketball Grinds Out Win Over SIU Wednesday--valpoathletics.com

Trio of MVC Men's Basketball Student-Athletes Named CoSIDA All-Distrcit--The Missouri Valley

Drake's Hittner and Rhine Garner CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors--The Missouri Valley