3 MVC games Friday, Nov. 26

[Da Coach]

3 MVC games Friday, Nov. 26-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/group/18/date/20211126

Alcorn State at SIU- 7 pm on ESPN3
Loyola vs. Arizona State- 7th-8th place game in the Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis- 6 pm (Central) on ESPN2
Drake vs. Alabama in the semifinal of the consolation bracket at the ESPN Events Invitational- 3:30 pm (Central) on ESPNU

 

[Da Coach]

Drake loses 80-71 to Alabama to go 0-2 in the ESPN Events Invitational. They will play in the 7th-8th place game Sunday at 9:30 am against North Texas.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401376715

Bracket- https://espnevents.com/espn-events-invitational/bracket/

 

[Da Coach]

Loyola beats Arizona State 77-59-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401382756

And this score is hard to believe. Winless Alcorn State leads at SIU 38-22 at halftime.
Alcorn lead SIU by as many as 17 points in the first half-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401373113

 

[Da Coach]

SIU made a big comeback late in the 2nd half to pull out a 62-59 win over Alcorn State-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401373113

 

[BUSongwriter]

SIU comes back to win by 3, but . . . the Salukis we're an atrocious 10-25 from the FT line. At home. And that's with Marcus Domask going 6-6. The rest of the team was 4-19. As Coach Stowell would say, "That's good enough to get you beat"...unless, I guess, you're playing winless Alcorn State.

What is with free throw shooting? The Braves are struggling there, too. Such an easy skill to practice.