We are approaching the halfway point of the conference season. I hesitate to call this week's Thurs/Sat games as week 5. However, 3 teams have completed 4 weeks (8 games) and 7 teams have completed 3.5 weeks (7 games), so what the heck. Some monster games this week. The most intriguing is NWMS going on the road to play a 6-2 upstart in Emporia State on Sat and a 4-3 Washburn team that has had the first part of their schedule wrecked with injuries. NWMS had won 8 straight league regular season championships and they can put some distance between themselves and ESU and WU this week. I think MO West with only 2 conf. losses playing ESU on Thurs and WU on Sat can also push themselves into the top 2 or 3 in the conference if they can win both. Lastly, how good us UCO? We may find out this week with home games against in-state rivals NSU on Thurs and Rogers St. on Sat. Both NSU and Rogers are much improved and are coming off nice wins on Mon. The only other intriguing thing left is how much will Covid continue to jack up the season. MO Southern has only played 5 games and is supposed to play Pitt St. on Sat and Lincoln at FHSU along with their game at UNK have already been postponed. Let's hope that the Covid stuff gets better and not worse.
We have some guards having some incredible scoring averages in league play this year so far: Buchanan (ESU) and Hudgins (NWMS) averaging 26.8 and 24,5 in league play are blistering the nets. Simental (UNK) and Turner (ESU) are two more guards that are both averaging around 18 a game in league play as well. Also, the combo of Wade and Givens from UCO averaging 21 and 18.6 in league play is a pretty lethal combo. That combo along with Hammeke and Vitzum from FHSU both averaging over 16 a game give them a heck of scoring combo as well. As far as rebounding in conference--Vitzum (10), Wade (9.1), & Eames (9.0) continue to put up impressive numbers. Should be a fun last couple of months of the season
We have some guards having some incredible scoring averages in league play this year so far: Buchanan (ESU) and Hudgins (NWMS) averaging 26.8 and 24,5 in league play are blistering the nets. Simental (UNK) and Turner (ESU) are two more guards that are both averaging around 18 a game in league play as well. Also, the combo of Wade and Givens from UCO averaging 21 and 18.6 in league play is a pretty lethal combo. That combo along with Hammeke and Vitzum from FHSU both averaging over 16 a game give them a heck of scoring combo as well. As far as rebounding in conference--Vitzum (10), Wade (9.1), & Eames (9.0) continue to put up impressive numbers. Should be a fun last couple of months of the season
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