What a terrific game. Lots of clutch plays by players on both teams.
Final score- Drake 78 Missouri State 73
https://missouristatebears.com/sidea...s/mbball/media
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401277076
Drake now is 15-0, 6-0 and Missouri State is 9-3, 5-3
I could be wrong, but it will be tough for any other team to top these 2 teams for the 1 and 2 seeds at the end of the season. They appear to be the 2 most complete and consistent teams I've seen in the MVC this season.
For Missouri State- Gaige Prim is a terrific player, he finished with 20 points & 14 rebounds. Isaiah Mosley is also impressive for a sophomore, and is hard to stop 1 on 1. But MSU relies a bit too much on these two and they don't have a pure point guard, and that might have been the difference tonight. They seemed to have to work harder to get their shots, and took more bad shots.
Drake is the real deal- point guard Roman Penn can score in a lot of ways, but also runs their offense and distributes the ball effectively. Shanquan Hemphill, the transfer from UW-Green Bay is having a terrific season. He had 24 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists. Darnell Brodie, the 6'11" center transfer from Seton Hall, plays his role perfectly. He doesn't score a much (4 points), but he had 14 rebounds and clogs up the middle. And D.J. Wilkins, Tremell Murphy, Garrett Sturtz and others always play hard and give Drake a lot of scoring options, and are very good defenders.