(St. Louis, MO) – Give the Missouri Valley Conference three more non-conference wins and some outstanding individual performances! Evansville, Missouri State and Southern Illinois won home games last night. Valley schools are now 58-41 in the non-conference schedule and 45-10 at home.
Alize Johnson – missouristatebears.com
Missouri State’s Alize Johnson rung up his third straight double-double with 20 points and 16 rebounds as the Bears (6-3) defeated Oral Roberts (2-9) by a score of 86-76. Johnson is one of the top newcomers in the MVC. Paul Lusk’s team hosts the Ohio Valley’s Southeast Missouri on Saturday.
Another outstanding newcomer to the league, Ryan Taylor led Evansville (7-4) to a convincing 85-56 win over Norfolk State (2-9). Taylor connected on six three-pointers on the way to 38 points. He fell one point shy of tying teammate Jaylon Brown for the top scoring performance in the Valley this year. The Purple Aces play at the OVC’s Austin Peay on Saturday.
Armon Fletcher and Sean O’Brien led Southern Illinois to a 70-55 rivalry win over Saint Louis University. Fletcher (Edwardsville High School) recorded a career high 21 points and O’Brien earned his third double-double of the season (13 points and 13 rebounds). SIU (6-5) travels to Las Vegas on Monday for the Valley’s final game of the Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge, when the Salukis battle the Runnin’ Rebels.
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