The Other Men’s Top 25: Saint Mary’s reclaims top spot following one week dip--Mid-Major Madness
Ranking
Team (First-Place Votes)
Points
Last Week
T-13 Belmont 41 9 24 Northern Iowa 20 11 Others Receiving Votes:
UNC Wilmington 18; Boise St. 18; Illinois St. 16; Northern Colorado 15; Nevada 15; San Francisco 13; Rhode Island 12; Buffalo 11; High Point 11; Miami (OH) 11; UAB 9; Iona 9; Cal Baptist 8; Columbia 6; Western Kentucky 6; Siena 5; East Tennessee St. 3; Loyola Marymount 2; South Alabama 1
MVC/OVC Fifth Week Award Winners--Valley Hoops Insider
Fifth Week Award Winners
Evansville’s Connor Turnbull set a Purple Aces’ single game record. The 6’10 senior blocked nine shots against Western Kentucky eclipsing the mark of Egidijus Mockevicius and two others. He swatted five away against Butler for a 14-block week!
The Valley’s ‘Player of the Week’ also scored forty points and collected 18 rebounds during UE’s two games. He’s averaging 2.89 blocks per game.
Fifth New Newcomer For Each League
Valparaiso nearly defeated Marquette and then defeated Calumet College and Texas A&M Corpus Christi transfer Owen Dease scored 17 points in each game. Valpo lost an overtime game to the Golden Eagles and defeated CCSJ by forty points. The Valley’s ‘Newcomer of the Week’ becomes the fifth different MVC player to claim this weekly honor. Beacon freshman Rakim Chaney has grabbed two ‘Freshman of the Week’ honors.
Shining Rookies
Mason Klabo is the second Illinois State Redbird to claim an MVC ‘Freshman of the Week’ honor. The fifth week award winner joins teammate Ty’Reek Coleman with that notoriety. He was the top scoring Redbird this past week and the leader among all Valley first-year players. He tallied 17 points during the Redbirds’ win over Eastern Kentucky and 16 in Illinois State’s victory over Chicago State. The Redbirds have won seven straight games.
Men's Basketball Rises Over Middle Tennessee--Belmont Vision
The Women’s Other Top 25: Princeton ascends to No. 1--Mid-Major Madness
Two teams joined the ranking this week: Vermont at No. 24 and UC Irvine at No. 25. They replaced UTSA and Green Bay.
Here is the full ranking:
Ranking
Team
Last Week
14 Belmont 11
Former Bradley Braves men's basketball star signed by NBA's Golden State Warriors--Peoria Journal Star
Malevy Leons signs a two-way contract with Golden State Warriors--bradleybraves.com
Currie-Jelks Picks Up Second Consecutive Newcomer of the Week Nod--goracers.com
Teams of the Week Awards: Cyclone Season Rocks West Lafayette--Basket Under Review
HONORABLE MENTION: REMAINING CONFERENCE AWARDS
MISSOURI VALLEY: SOUTHERN ILLINOIS - How bout the Salukis?! Going into High Point and coming out of Quebin with a victory. Not something that happens in recent years. Davion Sykes your hero here:
Mayo steal➡️ Steffe Pass➡️Sykes finish. DAWGS WIN! pic.twitter.com/kWL544ez0K
— Saluki Basketball (@SIU_Basketball) December 4, 2025
Salukis Take Aim at Skyhawks on Wednesday Night--siusalukis.com
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