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Subject: MVC Update -- 01/12/93
From: wallingf@nova.cs.uni.edu ( Eugene Wallingford )
Date: 12 Jan 93 12:49:55 -0600
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     Due to the holiday break, I missed last week's update.  I have
     reports on a few of the earlier games before Christmas, but to
     save me some writing time and you some reading time, I am
     giving only scores for the games since the San Juan Shootout or
     so.  Two items that may be of interest:  Drake played Iowa
     pretty close on their home court and played Louisian State
     State close for much of the game in Baton Rouge.  Coach Washington
     may have gotten the Bulldogs on track!  Plus, a crowd of only 414
     watched Northeastern Illinois defeat Indiana State -- how is that
     for support!

     Regular report will return next week...

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GAMES LAST WEEK   <----- actually, two weeks!
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Monday (12-21)
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 76, Mississippi State 64:  The Salukis held off a
     minor surge by MSU at the end to earn a spot in the Shootout
     final game against Iowa.  Mississippi State, which earlier lost
     to Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena by 15 in the Amana Hawkeye Classic,
     cut SIU's lead to 5 at 66-61 with 2:20 lesft in the game, on a
     3-pointer by Marcus Grant.  But Paul Lusk (an Iowa transfer) and
     Chuck Lowery hit five of seven free throws down the stretch to
     to seal the win.  The Salukis were led by Tyrone Bell's 21 points
     and Ashraf Amaya's 20 points and 8 rebounds.  Lowery finished with
     15 points, Lusk 8.  Iowa crushed Eastern Michigan, 103-66, to get
     to the final game as well.

DRAKE 66, San Jose State 43:  Drake smothered the road Spartans, forcing
     30 turnovers and limiting SJS to 33 percent shooting from the field.
     Coach Washington claims that this team can return to the spirit of
     "belly-button defense" preached by legendary Bulldog coach Maury
     John.  (John led Drake to three consecutive NCAA tournament appear-
     ances, 1969-71.)  Drake survived its poorest shooting effort of the
     season (22-52) by holding the Spartans to one basket in the first
     nine-and-a-half minutes of the game.  Curt Smith led Drake with 14
     points, and Adrian Thomas had 12.  The Bulldogs go to 4-1 despite
     being outrebounded 45-29!  5,935 were in attendance at the Drake
     Center...

CREIGHTON 70, ILLINOIS STATE 63:  Illinois State starts the MVC 0-2
     after falling in Omaha to the improved Blue Jays.  After leading
     31-30 at the break, the Redbirds fell victim to poor shooting in
     the second half.  Matt Petty led the home winners with 20 points,
     including 3-4 from beyon the arc.  Mike Amos chipped in 9 points
     and grabbed 12 rebounds.  Mike VandeGarde led ISU with 21 points
     and 8 rebounds, but he lacked the 3-point touch he has had in
     recent games.  3,766 watched this one...

WICHITA STATE 74, Kansas State 61:  The Shockers beat previously
     unbeaten K-State behind newcomer Jimmy Bolden's 21 points and
     5 assists.  Bolden was only 4-15 from the field (2-7 from 3-
     point range) in this contest between cold-shooting teams.  This
     game was won at the line, though:  The Shockers were 25-36 while
     KSU was 9-16.  10,656 were in attendance in Wichita...

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Tuesday (12-22)
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Iowa 90, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 70:  The Salukis lost their first game of the
     season in the championship gane of the San Juan Shootout, to #1 seed
     Iowa.  Iowa had to work early, though.  At the half, SIU trailed
     only 44-41, but ultimately, the Hawkeyes firepower wore the Salukis
     down.  Val Barnes led Iowa with 23 points, while Shootout MVP Chris
     Street added 20 points and 10 rebounds.  Southern Illinois stayed
     close in the first half behind Tyrone Bell's 15 points and Chris
     Lowery's 10.  But when Bell's shooting touch failed him in the
     second half, no one else stepped up with some points.  The Iowa
     full-court press disrupted the Saluki offense too much.  The MVC's
     top player, Asraf Amaya, was held to 7 points on 3-11 shooting,
     though he did grab 12 rebounds.

     Other results from the final round of the Shootout were:
     Consolation:   #2 Mississippi State 74, #4 Eastern Michigan 58
     5th/6th Place: #5 Illinois-Chicago 87, #7 Fla International 85
     7th/8th Place: #6 Radford 92, #8 American University 85

Purdue 48, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 45:  The Bears lost their first
     game of the season against perennial nemesis Purdue.  Like usual,
     SMSU's slowdown game made for a low-scoring affair.  Was it as
     ugly as match-ups in recent years?  Cuonzo Martin led Purdue with
     20 points.  Purdue did not take the lead for good until there
     were only ten minutes remaining in the game, on a turnaround jumper
     by Martin that made it 32-31.  The Bears had led 20-19 at the half,
     thanks to a stifling man-to-man defense and their usual deliberate
     offense.  Purdue finished at 44% from the field and 36 points below
     its per-game scoring average.

     With these losses to tough Big Ten opponents, the Valley lost
     its last two undefeated teams.

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Wednesday (December 23)
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Maine 56, BRADLEY 54  (at Maine)
Siena 69, CREIGHTON 56  (at Siena)
Arkansas 101, TULSA 87  (at Arkansas)

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December 28
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 85, Mississippi 78  (at Ole Miss)

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December 29
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NORTHERN IOWA 76, Eastern Kentucky 73  (at UNI)
Idaho State 66, ILLINOIS STATE 56  (at the other ISU)
Evansville 64, INDIANA STATE 46  (in Indiana :-])

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December 30
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BRADLEY 65, CREIGHTON 42  (at Bradley)
Oklahoma State 74, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 59  (at Oklahoma State)
Xavier (Ohio) 88, WICHITA STATE 54  (at Xavier)

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January 2
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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 85, CREIGHTON 64  (at SIU)
WICHITA STATE 73, INDIANA STATE 69  (at ISU)
Tennessee-Chattanooga 77, BRADLEY 55  (at UT-Chattanooga)
Louisiana State 94, DRAKE 86  (at Louisiana State)
ILLINOIS STATE 64, St. Mary's (Calif) 44  (in California)
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 63, St. Louis 52  (at SMSU)

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January 3
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NORTHERN IOWA 75, TULSA 66   (at Tulsa)

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January 4
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Iowa 80, DRAKE 65  (at Drake)
BRADLEY 74, Florida Atlantic 54  (at Florida Atlantic)
CREIGHTON 84, Montana 78 [2 OT]  (at Creighton)
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 65, Evansville 42  (at SOUTHERN ILLINOIS)

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January 5
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     TULSA lost at Baylor  (no score available)

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January 6
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ILLINOIS STATE 65, SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 57  (at ILLINOIS STATE)
Missouri 82, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 76 [2OT]   (at Missouri)
Kansas 103, WICHITA STATE 54   (at Kansas)
Northeastern Illinois 76, INDIANA STATE 73

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January 7
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Eastern Illinois 49, CREIGHTON 45   (at EIU)

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January 9
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INDIANA STATE 63, ILLINOIS STATE 60   (at Indiana State)
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 88, NORTHERN IOWA 69  (at SIU)
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE 62, TULSA 54   (at SMSU)
WICHITA STATE 58, BRADLEY 50   (at WSU)
DRAKE 78, CREIGHTON 73  (at Creighton)

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GAMES THIS WEEK
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January 11
     Bradley at Tulsa
     Indiana State at Creighton
     Wichita State at Drake
     Southern Illinois at Illinois State

January 13
     Northern Iowa at Eastern Kentucky

January 14
     Southwest Missouri State at Bradley
     Drake at Indiana State
     Illinois State at Wichita State

January 16
     Tulsa at Northern Iowa
     Drake at Bradley
     Illinois State at Southwest Missouri State
     Southern Illinois at Creighton
     Indiana State at Wichita State

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STANDINGS
---------           MVC      RW-     OOC       Overall     Sagarin
Team              W     L    HL    W     L     W     L     Ratings
----              --   --    --    --   --     --   --    ----------
Southern Illinois  2    0     0     8    2     10    2     26  85.30
Wichita State      2    0    +1     3    4      5    4    143  72.56
Drake              1    0    +1     4    3      5    3    126  73.97
SW Missouri State  1    1     0     6    2      7    3     74  78.77
Indiana State      1    1    -1     4    5      5    6    144  72.45
Northern Iowa      1    1    +1     3    4      4    5    185  69.35
Bradley            1    1     0     3    4      4    5    197  67.59
x-Tulsa            1    2    -1     3    6      4    8     99  76.48
Illinois State     1    3     0     3    3      4    6    164  71.29
Creighton          1    3    -1     1    5      2    8    183  69.40
                                   --   --                ---  -----
Total                              38   38                134  73.71 (AVG)

[Note: Tulsa is not eligible for postseason play.]
[Note: The Sagarin ratings are from December 23. ]
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~~~~ Eugene Wallingford   ~~~~  Dept of Computer Science     ~~~~
~~~~ wallingf@cs.uni.edu  ~~~~  University of Northern Iowa  ~~~~
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