WARRIORS EDGE SAINTS 86-83 ON SOPHOMORE NIGHT

INA -Rend Lake College’s Austin Swalls (Carterville) and Kenny Berry (Granite City) pose for a photo with Head Coach Tommy Holder. The sophomores were recognized before the team’s final regular season game Friday night. Swalls would hit a clutch 3-pointer late in the second half to help RLC secure the 86-83 win over the Shawnee Saints. The Warriors enter postseason play next week. FROM LEFT are; Swalls, Holder and Berry. (Nathan Whheeler RLC Public Information)

Box scores from this afternoon’s Arch Madness

From The Missouri Valley Conference

Bradley vs Drake
3/2/18 2:38 PM CT at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO

Bradley 63

Total 3-point Rebounds
## Player p fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta off-def tot pf tp a to blk stl min
01  Thomas, Donte  6-9  0-0  1-5  7-7  14  13  28 
12  Bar, Koch  1-1  0-0  0-0  2-1  19 
05  Brown, Darrell  9-20  4-10  2-2  0-0  24  33 
23  Lautier-Ogunleye, D.  3-6  0-1  4-4  1-2  10  34 
25  Kennell, Nate  2-8  1-5  0-0  0-6  32 
02  Lundy, Luqman  –  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
10  Childs, Elijah  –  3-9  0-0  0-0  2-6  22 
21  Stipanovich, Ryan  –  1-1  1-1  0-0  1-0  10 
35  Hodgson, Jayden  –  0-2  0-1  0-0  0-0  21 
TM  TEAM  –  –  –  –  1-3  –  –  –  –  –  – 
  Totals…………..  –  25-56  6-18  7-11  14-25  39  15  63  11  200 
44.6%  33.3%  63.6% 
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half:  10-22  3-9  4-4 
45.5%  33.3%  100 % 
2nd Half:  15-34  3-9  3-7 
44.1%  33.3%  42.9% 

Drake 61

Total 3-point Rebounds
## Player p fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta off-def tot pf tp a to blk stl min
35  McGlynn, Nick  4-9  0-0  1-4  4-5  30 
00  Rivers, C.J.  1-1  0-0  2-2  0-4  30 
04  McMurray, De’Antae  3-8  1-3  2-2  0-3  26 
12  Timmer, Reed  6-16  3-9  3-3  0-1  18  38 
23  Arogundade, Ore  1-3  0-2  0-0  0-1  21 
02  Gibbs, Jalen  –  0-1  0-1  0-0  1-0 
03  Woodward, Graham  –  3-10  3-8  0-0  0-2  25 
14  Thomas, Noah  –  3-5  2-3  0-0  1-0  16 
22  Schlatter, Casey  –  0-0  0-0  2-2  1-3  10 
TM  TEAM  –  –  –  –  2-0  –  –  –  –  –  –  – 
  Totals…………..  –  21-53  9-26  10-13  9-19  28  12  61  13  200 
39.6%  34.6%  76.9% 
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half:  14-29  6-13  1-2 
48.3%  46.2%  50.0% 
2nd Half:  7-24  3-13  9-11 
29.2%  23.1%  81.8% 
Score by Periods  1st   2nd   Total   
Bradley   27  36  63  Record: (20-12; 9-9 MVC) 
Drake   35  26  61  Record: (16-16; 10-8 MVC) 
Points in the paint-BRAD 32,DU 20. Points off turnovers-BRAD 7,DU 6.
2nd chance points-BRAD 14,DU 13. Fast break points-BRAD 2,DU 6.
Bench points-BRAD 9,DU 19. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-7 times.
Last FG-BRAD 2nd-00:01, DU 2nd-06:29.
Largest lead-BRAD by 6 2nd-12:20, DU by 8 1st-14:58.
BRAD led for 10:39. DU led for 23:19. Game was tied for 06:02.
Officials: Tom Eades, Gerry Pollard, Paul Janssen
Technical fouls: Bradley-None. Drake-None.
Attendance: 6410

UNI vs Loyola
3/2/18 12:08 PM CT at Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO

UNI 50

Total 3-point Rebounds
## Player p fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta off-def tot pf tp a to blk stl min
02  Carlson, Klint  1-6  0-1  0-0  3-12  15  36 
25  Koch, Bennett  8-14  0-0  4-5  0-4  20  29 
04  Pickford, Tywhon  2-6  0-2  0-0  2-5  34 
21  Rhodes, Hunter  4-9  1-3  0-0  0-3  32 
24  Brown, Isaiah  1-5  1-4  0-0  0-2  28 
03  Friedman, Ted  –  1-2  0-0  0-0  0-0 
30  Haldeman, Spencer  –  0-2  0-2  0-0  0-1 
33  Lohaus, Wyatt  –  3-7  2-4  2-2  0-0  10  28 
TM  TEAM  –  –  –  –  1-0  –  –  –  –  –  –  – 
  Totals…………..  –  20-51  4-16  6-7  6-27  33  14  50  11  10  200 
39.2%  25.0%  85.7% 
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half:  9-22  1-5  2-3 
40.9%  20.0%  66.7% 
2nd Half:  11-29  3-11  4-4 
37.9%  27.3%  100 % 

Loyola 54

Total 3-point Rebounds
## Player p fgm-fga fgm-fga ftm-fta off-def tot pf tp a to blk stl min
00  Ingram, Donte  5-7  3-4  0-0  0-8  13  35 
25  Krutwig, Cameron  4-7  0-0  0-0  0-4  20 
05  Townes, Marques  6-12  0-4  1-2  0-4  13  31 
13  Custer, Clayton  1-7  0-1  0-2  0-1  34 
14  Richardson, Ben  4-7  1-3  0-0  0-1  34 
01  Williamson, Lucas  –  0-4  0-4  2-2  0-2  18 
04  Skokna, Bruno  –  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
23  Satterwhite, Cameron  –  0-0  0-0  0-0  0-0 
24  Jackson, Aundre  –  3-8  0-1  1-1  2-1  20 
TM  TEAM  –  –  –  –  2-5  –  –  –  –  –  –  – 
  Totals…………..  –  23-52  4-17  4-7  4-26  30  54  14  200 
44.2%  23.5%  57.1% 
Team summary: FG 3FG FT
1st Half:  11-27  2-8  1-1 
40.7%  25.0%  100 % 
2nd Half:  12-25  2-9  3-6 
48.0%  22.2%  50.0% 
Score by Periods  1st   2nd   Total   
UNI   21  29  50  Record: (16-16; 7-11 MVC) 
Loyola   25  29  54  Record: (26-5; 15-3 MVC) 
Points in the paint-UNI 24,LUC 32. Points off turnovers-UNI 2,LUC 14.
2nd chance points-UNI 6,LUC 2. Fast break points-UNI 0,LUC 6.
Bench points-UNI 12,LUC 9. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-6 times.
Last FG-UNI 2nd-00:03, LUC 2nd-00:57.
Largest lead-UNI by 6 1st-09:42, LUC by 8 2nd-03:35.
UNI led for 15:56. LUC led for 18:36. Game was tied for 05:28.
Officials: Mike Stuart, Kipp Kissinger, Randy Heimerman
Technical fouls: UNI-None. Loyola-None.
Attendance:

 

2018 Cardinals Hall of Fame fan balloting begins

Fans can select two players for August induction from a list of seven former Cardinals greats

 

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame fan balloting process is now open at cardinals.com/HOF. Fans can select two players for election from a ballot that includes Cardinals greats Vince Coleman, Keith Hernandez, Jason Isringhausen, Ray Lankford, Scott Rolen, Lee Smith and John Tudor.

The seven modern ballot nominees were selected by a “Red Ribbon” committee of Cardinals baseball experts through a secret ballot process in January. The Cardinals Hall of Fame Fan Vote, presented by Edward Jones, will run through Thursday, April 12. The two players with the most fan votes after the voting concludes will be announced as part of the fifth Cardinals Hall of Fame Induction Class on Friday, May 4, at 6:00 p.m. during a televised 30-minute Hall of Fame announcement special on FOX Sports Midwest, and also in a pregame ceremony at Busch Stadium before the Cardinals face the Chicago Cubs.

The formal enshrinement ceremony for the 2018 Cardinals Hall of Fame Class is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 18, at FOX Sports Midwest Live! in Ballpark Village as part of the 2018 Cardinals Hall of Fame Weekend. The induction ceremony is free to attend.

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame was established as a way to recognize the exceptional careers and significant achievements of the greatest players in Cardinals history. To be eligible, players must have played for the Cardinals for at least three seasons and must be retired as a player from Major League Baseball for at least three years. The eligible pool of players is divided into two categories of “modern players” and “veteran players”. If a player retired more than 40 years prior to the induction year, he is classified as a veteran player.

In addition to nominating modern players for fan balloting, the Red Ribbon committee of Cardinals baseball experts also elects a veteran player for induction using a secret ballot process. Independent of this process, the Cardinals organization may also opt to induct an individual who was an important figure in Cardinals history such as a coach, broadcaster or member of the front office.

Each member of the Cardinals Hall of Fame will be permanently enshrined in the Cardinals Hall of Fame Gallery presented by Edward Jones located on the second floor of Cardinals Nation in Ballpark Village, just outside the entrance to the team’s museum. The Hall of Fame Gallery is free and open to the public. The plaques that adorn the gallery are produced by Mathews International, the company that also produces the plaques for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Fans can check cardinals.com/HOF for more details about the 2018 Cardinals Hall of Fame Weekend as they become available along with information about other events at the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum that weekend.

MVC Announces 2018 Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Teams

Marcus Bartley, Aaron Cook named Second Team.

 

From the Missouri Valley Conference 

 

ST. LOUIS — Clayton Custer of Loyola and Reed Timmer of Drake highlight a list of 15 student-athletes honored as part of the 2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete Teams, announced by the league office.  For the first time in league history, two student-athletes share the top honor as both are being recognized as the MVC Enterprise Bank and Trust Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Voting for the 2018 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team was conducted by league’s sports information directors.

Timmer is the first in league history to win the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award three times (three others have won it twice.)  And Custer, who earlier this week was named the Larry Bird Trophy winner, is the fourth MVC Player of the Year to win the league’s top athletic honor and top academic honor (joining Jamaal Tatum of Southern Illinois in 2007; Adam Emmenecker of Drake in 2008; and Adam Koch of UNI in 2010).  Timmer leads Drake in scoring and is second in the MVC with 19.6 points per game.  Earlier this season he became Drake’s all-time leading scorer.  Custer, meanwhile, is also his team’s top scorer, and he ranks in the Top 10 in scoring, field goal percentage, assists, assist:turnover ratio, free throw percentage, steals, three-point field goal percentage, three-pointers made per game and minutes played.

Custer and Timmer are joined on the first-team unit by Blake Simmons of Evansville; Ben Richardson of Loyola and Nick McGlynn of Drake.

The criteria for the Missouri Valley Conference’s Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting.  Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (4.0 scale).  Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.  He must have played in 75 percent of his team’s games.

Loyola’s Porter Moser Earns MVC Coach of the Year Honor

Barry Hinson finishes third in the balloting

 

 

ST LOUIS – Loyola University head coach Porter Moser was named the Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year at a State Farm MVC Tournament luncheon on Thursday.  Moser, in his seventh year at Loyola, has guided the Ramblers to their first outright regular-season conference title since 1984-85.  He is the first Loyola bench boss to be named conference coach of the year regardless of league, since Gene Sullivan in 1984-85, and the first Loyola coach to win the honor in the MVC (Loyola is in its fifth season in the Conference.)

This season has been the most successful in Rogers Park in over 30 years and Moser has piloted the program to its most wins (25) in the regular season since 1947-48, when it went 26-9. In addition, the Ramblers set a new program standard with 15 league wins, surpassing the previous total of 13 set by the 1984-85 squad. In December, Moser led Loyola to a 65-59 victory at No. 5 Florida, the program’s first win over a top-five team since 1984.

Moser became one of only five individuals in league history to win a MVC regular-season title as both a player and a head coach thanks to this year’s regular-season championship. With a 102-78 victory over UNC Wilmington on November 24, Moser recorded his 200th career victory as a head coach and this season also became just the sixth coach in Loyola history to steer the Ramblers to 100 wins.

He has recruited and mentored two MVC Freshman of the Year selections in Milton Doyle and Cameron Krutwig during his Loyola tenure, as well as 2018 Larry Bird Trophy winner as the MVC Player of the Year, Clayton Custer. This season, Moser helped develop Ben Richardson into the MVC Defensive Player of the Year, while five different players collected a total of 12 postseason awards from the league.

Loyola opens up Arch Madness Friday (March 2) at noon versus the winner of this evening’s No. 8 Evansville versus No. 9 UNI game. The Ramblers are seeking their first NCAA Tournament berth since reaching the NCAA Sweet 16 in 1984-85.

Boys Basketball | Pinckneyville downs Nashville to advance to sectional final

TRENTON — A favorable turnover-to-trey ratio in the first half led Pinckneyville to a 55-33 win over Nashville in the Class 2A Wesclin Sectional Wednesday.

Trailing 17-16 early in the second quarter, the Panthers forced three straight Nashville turnovers. The Nashville miscues resulted in a Grant Jausel 3-pointer, a Jausel runout and a Devin Kitchen trey.

After a defensive stop, Kitchen tacked on another trey. That run turned the one-point deficit into a 27-17 lead. The Panthers never looked back.

Please click on the link for the full story from Les Winkeler of the Southern Illinoisan.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/boys-basketball-pinckneyville-downs-nashville-to-advance-to-sectional-final/article_095998f8-2465-53a4-b2c7-cf00754a5430.html#tracking-source=home-trending

 

Cardinals 2018 TV and radio broadcast schedule announced

FOX Sports Midwest to televise 148 regular season games with all games streamed on FOX Sports GO

ST. LOUIS, MO – The St. Louis Cardinals today announced that every 2018 regular season game will be televised locally or nationally as well as broadcast on the Cardinals Radio Network.

Cardinal Hall of Famer, Mike Shannon, has started his 46th year of broadcasting. He will be doing home games this year, as Shannon will turn 79 during the season. (Wikipedia photo.) 

In its 25th season with the team and its eighth as the exclusive local TV home of the Cardinals, FOX Sports Midwest is scheduled to carry 148 regular season games this season. Each of the 148 telecasts will also be streamed live on the FOX Sports GO app and at FOXSportsGO.com. FOX Sports Midwest will continue to produce the Cardinals Live pre- and postgame shows for every regular season telecast on the network. Those shows will continue to air live from the network’s studio on the second level of Ballpark Village. FOX Sports Midwest will also continue to air Cardinals Insider, the club-produced weekly news magazine television show, throughout the season.

Dan McLaughlin, Ricky Horton, Al Hrabosky, Tim McCarver, Jim Edmonds and Brad Thompson — in his first year in the booth — will call game action. Jim Hayes and Scott Warmann will serve as reporters and hosts for Cardinals Live. Additionally, former Cardinals pitcher Rick Ankiel will serve as a studio analyst on Cardinals Live.

Ratings for Cardinals telecasts on FOX Sports Midwest have ranked in the top three among Major League Baseball teams for 18 consecutive seasons. FOX Sports Midwest-produced Cardinals telecasts are shown in 10 states and available in approximately four million homes.

Eleven regular season games are scheduled to be carried exclusively as part of Major League Baseball’s national television packages with FOX (aired locally on KTVI), FS1 and ESPN. In addition, three games are yet to be scheduled but will be nationally televised on ESPN or carried on FOX Sports Midwest. The schedule is subject to change based on future national television selections.

In addition to televised game coverage, KMOX (1120 AM), the team’s flagship radio station, and most stations on the Cardinals Radio Network, will carry every regular season game. Broadcasters Mike Shannon and John Rooney will again share all the Cardinals highlights on the radio at home. Ricky Horton will continue to join John Rooney to call all Cardinals road games. Mike Claiborne will also assist with broadcasts while Tom Ackerman, Chris Hrabe and Alex Ferrario will serve as pre- and postgame announcers on KMOX. This year marks KMOX’s eighth consecutive season as the flagship station and 58th year overall. The Cardinals Radio Network consists of 150 radio stations in eight states and is currently the largest radio network in MLB.

FOX Sports Midwest is televising 15 Spring Training games, which will also be streamed live on the FOX Sports GO app and at FOXSportsGO.com. KMOX and the Cardinals Radio Network are carrying 18 Spring Training games over the radio plus 11 additional games in which the audio will be streamed on cardinals.com and MLB’s mobile phone app, At Bat.

Benton finishes their season 25-6 falling to Marion in the Carbondale Class 3A regional

CARBONDALE — It’s probably only fitting that longtime South Seven Conference rivals from Marion and Carbondale will meet up for a regional championship on Friday.

Marion defeated Benton, 77-53, in the nightcap. Carbondale held off Massac County for a 54-47 win in the early game.

“I thought our seniors were really locked in and ready to play,” said Marion coach Gus Gillespie. “(Saddoris) had a big night. He was ready to play and distribute the basketball. Benton is awfully hard to guard. They can spread you out, and they can all shoot it. Our kids had to guard as hard as they’ve had to because I was very concerned about Benton’s kids.”

Benton was led by Gehrig Wynn with 20, and Parker Williams had 17 on the night.  They end the season with a 25-6 record and capturing back-to-back SIRR Ohio crowns.

Here is a link to the story from Scott Mees of the The Southern Illinoisan.

http://thesouthern.com/sports/high-school/basketball/boys/boys-basketball-carbondale-marion-advance-to-regional-championship/article_460cdc78-f13f-5c8b-bf05-6e5d4df64e11.html#tracking-source=home-top-stories

 

 

Tyler Smithpeters voted as the sixth man of the year in the Missouri Valley

Clayton Custer of Loyola Earns 2018 Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year Honor

From the Missouri Valley Conference 

ST. LOUIS — The 2018 MVC Larry Bird Player of the Year is junior Clayton Custer of Loyola.  Custer has engineered the Ramblers to one of the most historic seasons in school history, which includes a 25-5 overall mark and 15-3 MVC record.  Loyola became just the 11th MVC school since World War II to win the league title with a four-game advantage over the second-place team, and the Ramblers have earned their most wins since the 1984-85 squad reached the Sweet 16 and went 27-6.

Custer received 125 total points to outdistance Alize Johnson of Missouri State (55 points) and Drake’s Reed Timmer (52 points).  Four different student-athletes received first-place tallies, including Custer, Johnson, Timmer, and Milik Yarbrough of Illinois State. Voting was conducted by coaches, sports information directors and a media panel (voters could not vote for their own student-athlete.)  Including this year, 0 freshmen, 2 sophomores, 17 juniors (seven of whom repeated) and 31 seniors have won the award (spanning 1969-2018).

The junior guard from Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest High leads the Ramblers in a host of categories, including scoring (14.2 ppg), three-point percentage (.462), assists (106) and steals (42).  He ranks among the league’s Top 10 in those four categories as well as field goal percentage (.544), free throw percentage (.806) and three-point field goals made per game (1.9).  After missing five games due to an ankle injury, Custer returned to action at UNI on Jan. 7 and the team has lost just once since.  Notably, Loyola has gone 23-2 when Custer has played this season, compared to 2-3 when he was sidelined.  The regular-season title is the first for Loyola as an MVC member (joined the Conference for the 2013-14 season), and Custer is the first Rambler to earn the league’s top player honor.

Custer and Ben Richardson were high school teammates at Blue Valley Northwest High School in Overland Park and helped the program to back-to-back state titles and a remarkable 94-6 record during their four-year careers. They have competed on the same team since the third grade.  Richardson joins Custer as a top award winner, too, as he is the league’s Defensive Player of the Year.  Richardson also missed significant playing time this year (10 games with a broken hand).  A top perimeter defender, Richardson typically garners the toughest assignment on defense for the Ramblers.  For the season, Richardson recorded 22 steals and eight blocked shots while helping the Ramblers to the best scoring defense in MVC games (61.6 points per game allowed).  Loyola also ranked among the MVC Top 5 in field goal percentage defense and in three-point percentage defense.  He’s the first Loyola player to earn MVC Defensive Player of the Year honors.  The league began selecting a Defensive Player of the Year in 1989, and this marks Loyola’s fifth year in the Conference.

The league’s Freshman of the Year is another Rambler — Cameron Krutwig.  A native of Algonquin (Ill.) Jacobs High, he becomes the second Rambler to earn the league’s top rookie honor (Milton Doyle in 2014).  The MVC began selecting a Freshman of the Year award in 1986.  Krutwig has scored in double digits in 12 of the last 13 outings and is the first Loyola freshman to score in double figures in 10 straight games since Doyle (11 games) in 2013-14.  He leads the MVC in field goal percentage (.603) and is sixth in rebounding average (6.3).  For the season he is averaging 10.8 points and has added 56 assists.

Illinois State’s Milik Yarbrough is the MVC Newcomer of the Year.  The native of Zion (Ill.) Zion-Benton Township High is a transfer from Saint Louis University.  He is averaging 16.7 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 4.8 assists per game, and is the only active player in the country to average such numbers. If he continues those stats through the end of the season, he will be the 11th such player since 1992-93 to average those numbers or better.  He earned the league’s Newcomer of the Week award five times this season, more than any other player.  The MVC began its Newcomer of the Year program in 1969, and he joins Reggie Wilson (1991), Tarise Bryson (1999), Lorenzo Gordon (2005), Chamberlain Oguchi (2009) and DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (2015) as ISU players to earn the honor.

The MVC also selects a “Sixth Man Award” reipient, and this season’s honor goes to Southern Illinois’ Tyler Smithpeters.  The honor is presented to the league’s top reserve player (one who has started fewer than 25 percent of his team’s games).  Smithpeters, a senior guard from Harrisburg (Ill.) High, is the fourth SIU player (Joshua Cross, 2000; LaMar Owen, 2004; Tony Young, 2005) to earn the award, first chosen in 1997.  While making just five starts in 31 SIU games, Smithpeters contributed 7.5 points per game and was second for SIU with 72 assists.  He’s hit a team best 45 three-point field goals.

In addition to the specialty awards, the conference announced its all-conference units (first-team, second-team, and third-team), all-newcomer team, all-freshman team, and all-defense team.  The all-bench and most-improved units have been selected by the league’s beat writers and will be announced Wednesday (February 28).  A complete listing of all-conference honorees and previous season specialty award winners is attached.

Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball awards announced

Armon Fletcher, Kavion Pippen, Sean Lloyd earn Valley awards on Tuesday

By Tom Weber, siusalukis.com

 

ST LOUIS, MO- The first round of Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball awards were released on Tuesday morning and three Southern Illinois players — Armon FletcherKavion Pippen and Sean Lloyd Jr. — were recognized by voters.

A 6-foot-5 junior guard, Fletcher was named Second-Team All-MVC. Since the Salukis switched to a four-guard offense on Dec. 13 and moved Fletcher to the “hybrid forward” position, the team is 15-8 and his stats have shot up. He finished the regular season as the team’s leading scorer with 14.2 points per contest. Fletcher had a career night at Valparaiso on Jan. 6 with 32 points and 14 rebounds. He made the game-winning basket at Missouri State with six seconds left, and the go-ahead 3-pointer versus Valparaiso with less than a minute left on Feb. 3.

Pippen picked up Third-Team All-MVC and All-Newcomer Team honors. The 6-foot-10 junior college transfer has been one of Southern’s most consistent players, scoring in double figures in all but seven of the team’s 31 games. He averages 12.3 points and leads the team in rebounding (5.8) and blocked shots (39).

Lloyd was tabbed for the All-Defensive team. He averages 11.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals. The 6-foot-5 junior is third in the league in minutes played per game (34.4) and is usually assigned to guard the opponent’s top scorer.

Specialty awards, including the league’s Sixth Man of the Year award, will be announced at 2 p.m. today.

2018 All-Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Team

First Team                        Yr.   Pos.  Ht.      Hometown
Clayton Custer, Loyola            Jr.      G     6-1       Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest
Alize Johnson, Missouri St.     Sr.      F     6-9       Williamsport (Pa.) St. John Neumann
Ryan Taylor, Evansville            Jr.      G     6-6       Gary (Ind.) St. John’s Northwestern Military
Reed Timmer, Drake               Sr.      G     6-1       New Berlin (Wis.) Eisenhower
Milik Yarbrough, Illinois St.      Jr.       F     6-6       Zion (Ill.) Zion-Benton Township

Second Team
Jordan Barnes, Indiana St.     So.     G    5-11     St. Louis (Mo.) Christian Brothers
Phil Fayne, Illinois State          Jr.       F     6-9       Elk Grove (Calif.) Franklin
Armon Fletcher, S. Illinois       Jr.      G     6-5       Edwardsville (Ill.) Edwardsville
Donte Ingram, Loyola             G/F    Sr.    6-6       Chicago (Ill.) Simeon
Donte Thomas, Bradley          Sr.      F     6-7       Calumet City (Ill.) Thornwood

Third Team
Darrell Brown, Bradley            So.     G    5-10     Memphis (Tenn.) Germantown
Bennett Koch, UNI                  Sr.      F    6-10     Ashwaubenon (Wis.) Ashwaubenon
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola         Fr.      C     6-9       Algonquin (Ill.) Jacobs
Kavion Pippen, S. Illinois         Jr.      C    6-10     Hamburg (Ark.) Hamburg Three Rivers CC
Brenton Scott, Indiana St.      Sr.      G     6-1       Fort Wayne (Ind.) Northrop

All-Newcomer Team
Bakari Evelyn, Valparaiso       So.     G     6-2       Detroit (Mich.) Hillcrest (Ariz.) Academy
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola         Fr.      C     6-9       Algonquin (Ill.) Jacobs
Tywhon Pickford, UNI               Fr.      G     6-4       Minneapolis (Minn.) Maple Grove
Kavion Pippen, S. Illinois         Jr.      C    6-10     Hamburg (Ark.) Hamburg Three Rivers CC
Milik Yarbrough, Illinois St.      Jr.       F     6-6       Zion (Ill.) Zion-Benton Township

All-Freshman Team
Elijah Childs, Bradley                         F     6-7       Kansas City (Mo.) Lee’s Summit West
Tyreke Key, Indiana State                 G     6-2       Celina (Tenn.) Clay County
Cameron Krutwig, Loyola                   C     6-9       Algonquin (Ill.) Jacobs
Tywhon Pickford, UNI                        G     6-4       Minneapolis (Minn.) Maple Grove
Lucas Williamson, Loyola                  G     6-4       Chicago (Ill.) Whitney Young

All-Defensive Team
Obediah Church, Missouri St.   Jr.       F     6-7       Springfield (Ill.) Springfield
Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye, BU   Jr.      G     6-4       London (England) Bristol Academy
Sean Lloyd, Southern Illinois    Jr.      G     6-5       Philadelphia (Pa.) Mt. Zion (Md.) Prep
Ben Richardson, Loyola          Sr.      G     6-3       Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest
Tevonn Walker, Valparaiso      Sr.      G     6-2       Montreal (Quebec) Vanier College

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