Trae Berhow 7-10 from 3 and has 23 points. Both teams trading blows, fun game.
UNI playing much better today (I think this is the team many expected this year). Green still struggled this game and man is their pick and roll defense bad.
Arkansas is gonna win this.
Missouri State up 15 on Sam Houston right now. Prim with a double double early in the 2nd half.
Missouri Valley Conference Games for Thursday, November 18th:
Myrtle Beach Invitational:
#185 Indiana State vs #119 Old Dominion 8:30 PM ESPNU (Old Dominion favored by 6)
Indiana State starts their MTE against an Old Dominion team that's 2-1 with a loss to James Madison and wins against Virginia Wesleyan and Manhattan. The Monarchs were picked 5th in the Conference USA. The winner/loser of this will play the winner/loser of Oklahoma/East Carolina (could see Moser vs the Sycamores).
It was nice to see Northern Iowa show signs of life last night. But they need actual wins at this point.
UNI playing much better today (I think this is the team many expected this year). Green still struggled this game and man is their pick and roll defense bad.
Watched this game. Would not have been close except that UNI shot lights out from 3, many of them from NBA range while closely guarded - out of your mind shots, Steph Curry shots, Klay Thompson shots. Berhow was literally almost laughing after a couple of his shots, they were so ridiculously lucky. This shooting is not likely to be repeated very often. 46% from three, 53% in the first half. UNI's Bowen Born is back, although he didn't play the full game - had a brace on his knee.
Greene hit some big shots in the 2nd half but did not impress. Had the ball stolen several times - just not very quick. Ended up with 16, mainly because he shot the ball way too much. 21 shots - 28% shooting.
No inside game at all against the Hogs. I don't think Fyfe scored a single point.
Hogs have some size, talent and quickness. Their guard Chris Lykes is really, really good. UNI gave up so many stuffs and bunnies, they could have started a rabbit farm. Poor defense, constantly leaving their men wide open or failing to switch off. Way too much help(less) side D against a quick, talented, good-passing team.
Indiana State up 33-14 on a good Old Dominion team in the first half on ESPNU. Cameron Henry with 10 points, 9 rebounds. Think this Trees team is gonna be better than expected.
Indiana State up 33-14 on a good Old Dominion team in the first half on ESPNU. Cameron Henry with 10 points, 9 rebounds. Think this Trees team is gonna be better than expected.
ISU Blue is putting it on them. Not sure ODU is this bad or Blue this good, BUT they look like a team that can make some noise this year!
Get a shot at Porter Moser next game.
Missouri Valley Conference Games for Friday, November 19th:
Paradise Jam in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
#200 Bradley vs #55 Colorado State 12:00 PM ESPN3 (Colorado State favored by 12.5)
The Paradise Jam MTE kicks off with Bradley taking on former Drake Head Coach Niko Medved and the Rams of Colorado State. Colorado State is 3-0 including a win against Oral Roberts and were picked to win the Mountain West in the preseason media poll.
Myrtle Beach Invitational:
#147 Indiana State vs #49 Oklahoma 4:00 PM ESPN2 (No line yet)
Speaking of Valley teams facing former Valley coaches, the Sycamores get to take on Porter Moser and Oklahoma after their impressive 77-36 win over Old Dominion tonight. Oklahoma is 3-0 on the season with their best win coming against East Carolina. The Sooners are led by two transfers in Eastern Washington big man transfer Tanner Groves and Duke transfer Jordan Goldwire. The Sooners were picked to finish 7th in the Big 12 in the preseason media poll.
Missouri Valley Conference games for Saturday, November 20th:
#70 Richmond @ #54 Drake 12:00 PM ESPN+ (Drake favored by 4.5)
Game of the day in the Valley and a huge opportunity for Drake at home. Richmond is 2-1 with wins over NC Central and Georgia State and a loss on a neutral court to Utah State.
#59 UCF @ #193 Evansville 1:00 PM ESPN+ (UCF favored by 8)
Good home game for Evansville against a UCF team that has a road win at Miami so far. UCF was picked to finish 5th in the American.
Paradise Jam:
#195 Bradley vs #241 Brown 2:15 PM ESPN3 (No line yet)
Bradley comes off a close loss yesterday to a good Colorado State team and gets a Brown team that lost by 21 to Creighton. Brown has 1 division 1 win so far this year against #351 Central Connecticut. Bradley is still searching for it's first D1 win.
#254 Illinois-Chicago @ #31 Loyola Chicago 3:00 PM ESPN+ (Loyola Chicago favored by 19)
After beating Chicago State in their last game, Loyola gets another city rival in UIC. UIC has a 10 point loss at Dayton and an OT win at Valpo this season.
#299 Bucknell @ #226 Illinois State 6:00 PM ESPN+ (No line yet)
This is the on-campus game for the Cancun Challenge MTE Illinois State is in. Bucknell is 1-2 this year with a win against Rider and losses to NC State and Penn. Bucknell was picked 6th in the Patriot League.
Drake gets a big win at home over Richmond, 73-70.
Richmond constantly underachieves despite being highly rated. Hopefully they don’t this year, should be a big win for Drake
Loyola up just 2 against UIC at halftime. Bradley losing by 6 late in the 2nd in the Paradise Jam
