(St. Louis, MO) – With a great class of seniors working their way through their final seasons of basketball, the Missouri Valley Conference seems to see milestones and records fall on a nightly basis.
Wednesday Indiana State’s Devonte Brown became the 37th Sycamore to surpass the 1,000 point mark. He joins teammate Khristian Smith who became # 36 earlier in the season. Brown scored 15 points in ISU’s 68-59 victory over Missouri State.
Wichita State won their tenth straight game 80-54 over Loyola, and star guard Fred VanVleet handed out ten assists. Those helpers lifted his career total to 552 and into tenth place on the league’s all-time leader board. One more steal and the Rockford, Illinois native will become the seventh player in Valley history to hit the 200 theft plateau.
In Northern Iowa’s 68-50 win over Bradley, Panther forward Paul Jesperson scored a career high 28 points, tieing a UNI single game record with eight three point baskets. Teammate Jeremy Morgan posted a career high seven steals and the Panthers connected on a season best 15 three-pointers.
Thursday it is likely that Evansville’s D.J. Balentine will surpass the great Doug McDermott into eighth place on the Valley’s all-time scoring list.
These seniors will have a great celebration at Arch Madness 2016.
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