To quote (pun intnded) a Jeopardy category, a look at Friday in the Valley.

Wichita State held Texas Southern to 43 points in Thursday’s win.

“That’s something coach stresses every day in practice,” Ellis said. “Defense is what the great, great teams do to win championships.”

They’re still talking about Evansville’s double overtime win on Wednesday. Just in time for the Aces to play on Friday.

“As I went up I realized (the defender) was on me,” he said, “so I just shot faked, got him up in the air, stepped through and was able to make the shot.

Drake is spreading the scoring around in advance of the Hy-Vee Classic which started Friday night.

“We’ve all been scoring the ball really well lately, and finally it was a night like that for me,” said Hawley, a 6-foot-8 forward from Rogers, Ark. “I was able to get the ball in spots where I’m more capable of (scoring). I was getting the ball on the perimeter. And I’m able to do more with the ball from those positions.”