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by wiu712
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: Women's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 18
Views: 782

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

Friday's Semi-final games:

#1 Southern Indiana beat #4 Eastern Illinois 69-54

#3 Tennessee-Martin beat #2 Little Rock 54-48


Attendance for the afternoon session = 1,157
 
by wiu712
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Western News
Topic: President Huang stepping down
Replies: 21
Views: 1158

Re: President Huang stepping down

Mindrup feels called to serve as WIU’s interim president.
From Tri-States Public Radio, WIUM-FM:
https://www.tspr.org/tspr-local/2024-03 ... -president
 
 
by wiu712
Fri Mar 08, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

The conference honored a lot of elementary school kids from around the conference at half time.  Pep band did a fantastic job of keeping those kids dancing in their seats the whole game.      The radio half-time show talked about this.  Each team in the tournament is "adopted" by a 4th gr...
by wiu712
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:27 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

In Thursday's other quarter-final game, #3 Morehead State beat #6 SIU-Edwardsville 78-63.

Attendance for the evening session = 1,140
by wiu712
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

Western wins 61-59 Quinlan Bennett was Western's lead scorer with 18 points.  He also had 10 rebounds. Jesiah West, Ryan Myers, and JJ Kalakon each had 12 points. Drew Cisse had 12 rebounds. Western had 19 turnovers which resulted in 25 points for Tennessee State. Western was 16 of 29 (55%) on free ...
by wiu712
Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: Women's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 18
Views: 782

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

Thursday's games:

#4 Eastern Illinois beat #8 Tennessee State 60-48

#3 Tennessee-Martin beat #6 Tennessee Tech 79-71

Attendance for the afternoon session = 830
by wiu712
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Women's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 18
Views: 782

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

For the past few years, the Summit League Tournament had a competition involving each school's dance team.  Something for the OVC to think about.
by wiu712
Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

LOCATION CHANGE FOR TONIGHT'S PRE-GAME SOCIAL:

It will be at the same place as yesterday's pre-game social before the Women's game.

4:00 PM at The Rooftop.
112 Northwest Martin Luther King, Jr Blvd
by wiu712
Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:11 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

#6 SIU-Edwardsville beat #7 Eastern Illinois 68-57

SIU-Edwardsville will play #3 Morehead State Thursday night at 9:00 PM.

Attendance for the evening session = 1,180

The OVC Tournament does not appear to be getting the same crowds that we have seen in the Summit League Tournament.
 
by wiu712
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:44 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: 2024 OVC Tournament
Replies: 48
Views: 1722

Re: 2024 OVC Tournament

#5 Tennessee State beat #8 Southern Indiana 78-64

Tennessee State will play Western Thursday night at 6:30 PM.