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Missouri Valley Basketball: Plenty of revenge from last week’s matchups

By Harry Schroeder

Jan 25, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Loyola (Il) Ramblers guard Keith Clemons (5) after scoring a three point basket against Southern Illinois Salukis during the first half at Joseph J. Gentile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 25, 2022; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Loyola (Il) Ramblers guard Keith Clemons (5) after scoring a three point basket against Southern Illinois Salukis during the first half at Joseph J. Gentile Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports /
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In the Missouri Valley Basketball Conference, revenge is sweet. Northern Iowa and Loyola Chicago avenged previous home losses to league rivals this weekend and Missouri Valley Monday highlights those two high-level games and the Valley’s propensity for overtime games.

During the first weekend when the Valley’s ‘Big Four’ squared off Drake went to Northern Iowa’s McLeod Center and pulled off an overtime win over the Panthers. While the Bulldogs were earning their road win, Missouri State traveled to Loyola’s Gentile Arena and defeated the Ramblers by ten points.

That game ended LUC’s 30-game home winning streak. Isiaih Mosley scored 40 points in the victory.

Coming into this weekend’s return engagements there was so much on the line for the Valley’s top four teams and for its best players. Loyola and Drake entered with identical 8-2 records while UNI and Missouri State were 8-3.

Drake’s Tucker DeVries will be the Valley’s Freshman of the Year while MSU’s Mosley and Gaige Prim will be battling UNI’s A.J. Green and LUC’s Lucas Williamson for the Player of the Year trophy.

Those rare home losses by UNI and LUC placed these road contests in the ‘must-win’ category and they wanted revenge. After a snowstorm swept the Midwest high-level basketball was on display in the Missouri Valley Conference.