Valparaiso still has time to right the ship in their next five games, as three of them involve teams in the middle of the standings, before they host a potential statement game with the first place Drake Bulldogs. Redshirt sophomore guard Addison Stoller leads the team with 2 steals per game, good enough for fourth in the conference. Additionally, the team is second in the conference in steals with 9.5 per game and they have the third best turnover margin at +1.29. The Crusaders current sit at 3rd in the MVC in 3-point field goal percentage at 33.8 percent on 8.2 3s made per game. Unfortunately, the team has hit some bumps in the road as they sit at ninth in the standings.Įvans has had some success in key areas though. With a 13-win campaign last winter, the team hired new head coach Mary Evans to build off the franchise’s highest win total since their 2008-2009 season. Valparaiso (5-12 overall, 1-4 conference)Įxpectations for the Crusaders were different coming into this season. If the team can come out of that stretch with three wins, they could gain some confidence heading into the home stretch of the season. They follow that up with a two game road trip at Illinois State and Bradley University. The Purple Aces have a tough three game homestand coming up with games against UNI, Drake, and Indiana State - the 3rd, 1st, and 7th place teams in the conference. The next 5 games may be key in determining Evansville’s seeding moving into the tournament in March. Evansville senior guard Brooke Bishop gets down in a defensive stance to deter Loyola’s Ellie Rice. Senior guard Kerri Gasper leads the team with a mark of 87 percent from the charity stripe. The Purple Aces currently sit at third in the conference with a free throw percentage of 76.6. One of the lone bright spots for fourth-year coach Matt Ruffing has been the team’s free throw shooting percentage. Currently sitting in tenth place, the team needs to look at the details and stress more of the fundamentals as they try and dig themselves out of a hole. And the fact that they are on a seven game losing streak does not help matters. Saying the the Purple Aces have had a rough first half of the season would be an understatement. Group 1: Building toward the future Evansville (2-15 overall, 0-6 conference) With conference play in full swing, here is a look at the current state of the MVC standings and what each team’s outlook is as we move into February.Īll stats and records are provided courtesy of Missouri Valley Conference. As the calendar flipped from 2018 to 2019, Missouri Valley Conference games officially kicked into full gear with teams jockeying for position in lieu of March’s tournament in Quad Cities in Moline.
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