St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Daishon Knight’s 25 points and a huge second half enabled Illinois State to pull off an absolute shocker in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, as the Redbirds knocked off eighth- ranked Wichita State 65-62 in Saturday’s first semifinal. Knight totaled 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting after halftime and was at […]

Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) – Kentucky did the expected and completed an undefeated regular season by downing Florida 67-50 on Saturday in front of the Rupp Arena faithful. The Wildcats’ run to perfection has been somewhat predictable but nevertheless impressive. All but six of their 18 conference wins came by double digits, and they head into […]

St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The semifinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament kicks off Saturday with a matchup pitting the fourth- seeded Illinois State Redbirds against the eighth-ranked and top-seeded Wichita State Shockers at the Scottrade Center. The winner of this clash moves on to the MVC Championship Game Sunday to face either […]

St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Fred VanVleet scored 13 points to lead No. 8 Wichita State over Southern Illinois 56-45 in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament on Friday. Tekele Cotton added 12 points and Ron Baker scored 10 for the top-seeded Shockers (28-3), who will take on Illinois State in the semifinal […]

Normal, IL (SportsNetwork.com) – The Illinois State Redbirds will show some love to the 15th-ranked Wichita State Shockers when the two Missouri Valley Conference members get together on Valentine’s Day. Like every other team in the MVC, except for Northern Iowa, the Redbirds are chasing Wichita State which is tied with the Panthers for the […]

Blacksburg, VA (SportsNetwork.com) – It wasn’t pretty, but the second-ranked Virginia Cavaliers escaped Blacksburg with a 50-47 victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies on Sunday. Justin Anderson scored 12 points and Virginia overcame a 10-point deficit in the second half to remain one of just two unbeatens left in the country along with top-ranked Kentucky. […]