Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball teams reached the halfway mark Saturday afternoon, and it's a two-horse race for the league title with five weeks to play.

Amidst Missouri State's 0-9 start to MVC play, it will host Drake which is led by the fan-favorite candidate before MSU brought back Cuonzo Martin.

After sweeping its weekend series with the Iowa schools, the Lady Bears have proven capable of making some noise in March.

University of Evansville guard Gabriel Pozzato has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Week for a second time this season. In two games last

Arkansas ran into whirlwind Saturday at Mizzou Arena. The Razorbacks came to Boone County with a 0-4 record in the Southeastern Conference, so they focused on starting well. They earned a dunk shot with crisp offensive execution to open the game . . . and then Missouri's 18-0 run left them reeling.

Drake men's basketball saw a double-digit second-half lead disappear, but the Bulldogs were able to hang on and beat Missouri State in overtime 69-62 on Saturday. With the win, Drake improves to 18-2 overall on the season and 8-2 in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The 2025 softball season is fast approaching and with it comes Missouri Valley alum Krista (Unger) Wood's third year at the helm of the Creighton program.

Tytan Anderson scored 19 second-half points as the Panthers handed the Bears their eighth-consecutive league loss.

Kinziger shot 7 for 12 (2 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Redbirds (11-8, 3-5 Missouri Valley Conference). Landon Wolf scored 17 points while going 4 of 8 ...

Griswold edged Treynor 30-29 and lost to Missouri Valley 72-12 and fell to Tri Center 47-30. RJ Dishong went 1-1 losing to Vinny Zappia by fall in 57 seconds — he lost to Zappia 4-2 at the John J. Harris tournament but Dishop beat Athan Chessmore of Tri Center by fall at 5:33.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Johnny Kinziger's 19 points helped Illinois State defeat Missouri State 74-68 on Saturday night.

Hernandez, who transferred to LSU last summer from Indiana State, was a 2024 First-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference selection, batting .359 (89-for-248) with 14 doubles, 23 homers and 76 RBI.