| Weekly Men's Basketball Notebook (Feb. 8); Panthers No. 18 As the league enters the home stretch (final five games of the conference season), UNI has a three-game lead on second- lt;br />place Wichita State (9-4). Tomorrow's Bradley-Illinois State I-74 rivalry winner will find itself in third place. Bradley's Sam lt;br />Maniscalco is this week's State Farm MVC Player of the Week.  Wichita State Rallies, Joins UNI as a 20-Game Winner The league's top two teams in the standings both used furious rallies to overcome their visitors as Wichita State used a 20-5 run lt;br />to overtake Indiana State, and UNI rallied from a five-point deficit in the closing minutes to win by three. Elsewhere, Illinois State lt;br />scraped by Drake, while Missouri State and Bradley enjoyed big-margin wins. Missouri Valley Conference Announces Wildcard Selections ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the television match-ups to be aired on Wildcard Weekend on ESPN2 and Fox Sports Midwest. Two in MVC Earn Academic All-District Basketball Honors Drake senior Adam Templeton and Wichita State junior Graham Hatch were named to the first team Academic All-District VII lt;br />men's basketball team presented by ESPN The Magazine as selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of lt;br />America). No. 22 UNI Survives Scare; Wins 20th Game of Season UNI got a game-high 18 points from Kwadzo Ahelegbe - including 15 in the second half -- to beat visiting Wichita State, 59-56, lt;br />on Wednesday. The Panthers (11-1) own a three-game lead in the league race over the Shockers (8-4) with six conference lt;br />games remaining. All four home teams won Wednesday, including UNI, Southern Illinois, Indiana State, and Creighton. News Wizard |