![]() ISU men’s basketball coach Dan Muller approves of the addition. The Valley prides itself in being a basketball-centered league, and the addition of Belmont will only increase the profile for the MVC. The NCAA has endured a recent conference realignment shift that started when Oklahoma and Texas announced their move from the Big 12 to the SEC.īelmont is set to become the Valley’s 11 th member, however it’s likely the league will pursue a 12th member to even it up for scheduling purposes. One team to keep an eye on is Murray State, who may look to follow Belmont in leaving the Ohio Valley as the conference quickly dwindles. The move for Belmont comes after their fellow Ohio Valley teams Austin Peay, Eastern Kentucky and Jacksonville State announced they were leaving the conference for the Atlantic Sun. The Redbirds and Bruins most recently met in 2019 when Illinois State won at home 79-72. The university’s campus is located just two miles from downtown Nashville, Tennessee. – Illinois State will have a new conference opponent with Belmont joining the Missouri Valley Conference next season. Northern Iowa, the tournament champion in 20 and a four-time runner-up, is expected to receive a bid to the WNIT.NORMAL, Ill. Two free throws by Wells and four by Harvey wrapped it up and now the Bruins have a chance to add yet another trophy to their collection. Wells drove into the lane and dished to Harvey for a corner 3 that made it 61-57 with 1:45 to play and a pull-up jumper from Wells stretched it to 63-58. Wells converted a three-point play after scooping in a layup, then sank two free throws to put the Bruins up 61-57 and they stayed at least one possession ahead the rest of the way. The Panthers pulled ahead 50-49 on Green’s 3 at the start of the fourth quarter and led for the last time at 55-53 after running off five straight points. ![]() Northern Iowa went 7-for-12 from distance in the opening quarter, but eventually cooled and finished 11-for-29. Led by Wells, Belmont clawed back to cut the lead to 21-19 by the end of the third quarter and the game stayed close the rest of way. ![]() UNI opened the game with four straight 3-pointers by four different players in jumping to a 12-9 lead. Grace Boffeli added 11 points and 13 rebounds for her league-leading 14 th double-double. Maya McDermott and Emerson Green led the Panthers with 15 points each, Emerson going 4-for-8 from 3-point range and McDermott dishing out seven assists. But the Panthers missed four free throws in the final 1:05 and ended up with just one field goal in the final 6 ½ minutes. Northern Iowa (22-9), which lost in last year’s championship game, held the lead twice in the fourth quarter and trailed by a single point with under 2 minutes to play. Kilyn McGuff finished with 11 points for the Bruins and Madison Bartley scored 10. Sydni Harvey added 12 points for Belmont, knocking down a key 3-pointer in the fourth quarter and then sinking four straight free throws in the final 25 seconds. Belmont joined the MVC this season after posting a 21-4 record in 10 Ohio Valley Conference tournament and winning six championships.īelmont and Drake split their regular-season meetings, each winning at home. The Bruins (23-10) secured their victory with some clutch shooting and lockdown defense in the closing minutes and will meet fourth-seeded Drake in the title game at 1 p.m. ![]() The Bruins will play for a conference tournament championship.ĭestinee Wells scored 11 of her 28 points in the fourth quarter and second-seeded Belmont survived Northern Iowa’s early flurry of 3-pointers to beat the third-seeded Panthers 69-62 on Saturday and move into championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference women’s tournament.
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