What's Up In The Missouri Valley: What's Up In THe Missouri Valley 2/9/2022

Evansville-Indiana State basketball game featured a mind-blowing stat--The Comeback
2/9/2022 MATCHUP NEWS AND NOTES--Staring At The Floor Boards

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Bradley hosts Loyola for their biggest home game of the year, and the Braves will likely be without Roberts, who was last seen booted up and not practicing...
Drake and Missouri State staged a slugfest in their first meeting, with both defenses effectively shutting down any ball screen action...
Mullins has done some rotation tinkering, and he’s playing Jones and Banks together at about 45% of SIU’s possessions the past 2 games, as opposed to about half that rate previously... Carter is unguardable in this league, and a big reason why I like UNI come Arch Madness as Jacobson starts to work the offense more around him...
Predictably neither Illinois State nor Valpo did much to slow each other down, but the Birds bailed the Beacs out with 17 turnovers...

UIC From a Fan's Perspective--Missouri Valley Beat

'It's definitely big': Why this is such an important week for Bradley basketball--Peoria Journal Star
Bradley takes out first-place Loyola in MVC basketball rematch--Peoria Journal Star
Braves Stay Hot, Defeat First-Place Loyola--bradleybraves.com

Bradley Women Start Chicagoland Trip at Valparaiso--bradleybraves.com

Penn Breaks Drake Career Assists Record, Missouri State Escapes--godrakebulldogs.com

Women’s Basketball Scheduled to Battle the Bears and Salukis--godrakebulldogs.com

Evansville men's basketball rallies to first win at Indiana State since 2011--Evansville Courier & Press
Complete team effort lifts UE to road win at Indiana State--gopurpleaces.com
Aces look to sweep regular season series against Sycamores--gopurpleaces.com

Efficient Aces battle in road loss at UNI--gopurpleaces.com

Watch now: Antonio Reeves' 34 points helps Illinois State tip Valpo, end losing skid--The Pantagraph
Reeves hot second half leads Illinois State to 78-75 overtime win against Valparaiso--Vidette Online
Redbirds Rally for Overtime Win Over Beacons--goredbirds.com

Redbirds Head to the Windy City Thursday for Loyola and Valparaiso Road Swing--goredbirds.com

Indiana State’s Cooper Neese--Valley Hoops Insider
Sycamores suffer meltdown in loss to Aces--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Sycamores Drop Home Contest to Evansville, 65-56--gosycamores.com
Sycamores Look to Bounce Back at Evansville Thursday--gosycamores.com

'Burger' puts bite into ISU defense--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Salukis start fast, keep going for MVC victory--Terre Haute Tribune Star
Slow start proves costly for Sycamores against Salukis--gosycamores.com

Bracketology 2022: Kentucky Claims the Fourth No. 1 Seed (For Now)--Blogging The Bracket

Elsewhere

Biggest Winner of the Weekend: Loyola Chicago (18-4, 9-2) is back in sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley, thanks to Sunday’s impressive 71-62 win at Missouri State and Drake’s 74-69 overtime loss to Northern Iowa in Des Moines.

News, Notes, and Highlighted Games: Wednesday, Feb 9--Hoops HD

HIGHLIGHTED GAMES:
-LOYOLA CHICAGO AT BRADLEY (Missouri Valley). Loyola has looked really good in their last couple of games and will want to keep that because any loss against non-tournament caliber teams, which is pretty much the whole league, will poke holes in their resume.

Men’s Basketball Faces Tough Second Half of MVC Play--Loyola Phoenix
Loyola Falls at Bradley, 68-61--loyolaramblers.com

One-Two Punch of Julia Hoefling and Sitori Tanin Spices Up Loyola’s Game--Loyola Phoenix
Ramblers Back Home This Week, Entertain Illinois State, Bradley--loyolaramblers.com