vs SIU-Edwardsville

[wiu712]

WGEM Prediction:  Western Illinois 70, SIU-Edwardsville 68
 

[jtrinaldi]

A win locks us in to the four seed, and a first round bye in the ovc tournament, correct ?

[sealhall74]

A win locks us in to the four seed, and a first round bye in the ovc tournament, correct ?

 

Even a loss keeps us at 4, but lets not go there.  
 

[ST_Lawson]

A win locks us in to the four seed, and a first round bye in the ovc tournament, correct ?

We’re locked into 4 regardless of what happens, but let’s go ahead and get the win anyway and have momentum going into the tournament.


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[wiu712]

[sealhall74]

Prior to this year, the last time BOTH hoops teams finished with plus .500 overall records was 1994-95 
Man, that is long time.

 

[wiu712]

Western wins 76-65

Western finishes the regular season with an overall record of 20-11 (13-5 in the OVC).

Western now heads to the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament to play on Thursday against the winner of Southern Indiana-Tennessee State.

Ryan Myers led the Western scoring with 24 points.

Western shot 50%.  SIU-Edwardsville shot 34%.

Western was 18 of 31 (58%) on free throws.

Attendance at Western Hall = 1,116


Final OVC Standings:
Little Rock  14-4
Morehead State  14-4
Tennessee-Martin  14-4
Western  13-5
Tennessee State  10-8
SIU-Edwardsville 9-9
Eastern Illinois  8-10
Tennessee Tech  5-13
Southern Indiana  5-13
Southeast Missouri State  4-14
Lindenwood  3-15

 Men's Basketball Tournament Bracket:
https://ovcsports.com/documents/2024/3/ ... f?id=18124