5 MVC games Wednesday, Feb. 18

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There are 5 MVC games Wednesday, Feb. 18-

Men's College Basketball Scores - February 18, 2026 - ESPN

Live scores for NCAAM games on February 18, 2026 on ESPN. Includes box scores, video highlights, play breakdowns and updated odds.

www.espn.com

Times are Central Time Zone

	Away	Home	Time	Location	Links
	Bradley	Valparaiso	6:00 PM	Valparaiso, IN (Conf.)	TV: Gray Media ESPN+ Stats Video
	UNI	Indiana State	6:00 PM	Terre Haute, Ind. (Conf.)	TV: ESPN+ Stats Video
	Southern Illinois	Drake	6:30 PM	Des Moines, Iowa (Conf.)	TV: ESPN+ Stats Video
	UIC	Evansville	7:00 PM	Evansville, Ind. (Conf.)	TV: MVC TV Stats Video
	Murray State	Illinois State	8:00 PM	Normal, IL (Conf.)	TV: ESPNU Stats Video

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 Men's Basketball​

 

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Final scores
UNI 81 - Indiana State 60
SIU 66 - Drake 61, Jalen Quinn 9-21, takes almost as many shots as the rest of the starters combined- hurts the team more than helps
UIC 84 - Evansville 46 - Aces couldn't buy a basket & got outrebounded 43-23, UIC shooting ~60%
ISU pulling away from Murray State, lead by 15 in 2nd half

Valpo 79- BU 72 - way too many critical turnovers & giving up offensive rebounds, esp after missed FT's

Standings are gonna look like this
Belmont 14-3
UIC 11-6
Bradley 11-6
Murray State 11-7
ISU 10-7
UNI 10-7
Valpo 10-8
SIU 7-10
Drake 6-12
InSU 3-14
Evansville 2-14

 

[Da Coach]

MVC scoreboard- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/scoreboard/_/date/20260218/group/18

Drake lead most of their game against visiting SIU. But SIU took over midway in the 2nd half, and held on to beat Drake 66-61-
SIU 66 Drake 61- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401830308
After going 0-15 from three against Bradley in Carbondale, SIU shot much better at Drake (35% overall, 38% from three)
For Drake, as usual, Jalen Quinn was their leading scorer, but he had 23 points on 21 shots. The rest of the team didn't help much.

Northern Iowa 81 Indiana State 60- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401830307
Northern Iowa blew open a close game in Terre Haute by outscoring Indiana State 45-26 in the 2nd half. UNI shot 57%, InSU 42%.

UIC 84 Evansville 46- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401830305
Evansville seems to have thrown in the towel. A 38-point butt kicking by visiting UIC. UE was outscored by 38, outrebounded by 20, outshot 53% to 33%, and outshot from three 59% to 22%. Is David Ragland's job secure?

Murray State at Illinois State- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401830306
ISU shooting the ball well at home, and leading Murray State 36-28 at halftime

 

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Illinois State dominated Murray State.
Final score- Illinois State 78 Murray State 61- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore/_/gameId/401830306

After starting their MVC schedule winning the first 8 games, Murray State has now lost 7 of their last 10.
UIC and Bradley now are tied for 2nd place, 3 games behind Belmont. Murray State drops to 4th place, 3½ back, and Illinois State is tied for 5th place, 4 games back.
Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/18