Illinois State Trips Up Drexel In Dragons' Home Opener

After a tightly contested game featuring lax defense and high-flying offensive performances from both teams' stars, Jackie Carmichael's Illinois State Redbirds outlasted Frantz Massenat's Drexel Dragons in overtime. What's next for Drexel?

Nebraska Holds Off Broekhoff, Valparaiso

Despite a late comeback, Valparaiso couldn't get past Big Ten opponent Nebraska. The Crusaders closed a double-digit Husker lead down to just two points, but a potential game-winning shot from three-quarter court fell short.

Valpo trailed by by 14 points just five minutes into the second half, and was still behind by 11 with 7:21 remaining in the game. But the Crusader defense held Nebraska scoreless for the next seven minutes before Brandon Ubel made two free throws with 14 seconds remaining.

With the lead down to two points, the Crusaders put Andre "the Giant" Almeida on the line, and he missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Matt Kenney grabbed the rebound, but his heave at the buzzer just didn't have enough umph to reach the rim 65 feet away. Final score: Nebraska 50, Valpo 48.

The game could have been a lot different had Ryan Broekhoff not spent a good deal of time in the first half sitting on the bench. His shooting game wasn't there tonight, but his presence inside along with Kevin Van Wijk was a lot for the Huskers to handle.

Broekhoff finished with just eight points on 2 of 11 shooting, but he still grabbed 10 rebounds, all on the defensive end.. Van Wijk led the Crusaders with 20 points and added six boards.

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Illinois State Drops Drexel in Overtime

Led by Jackie Carmichael, Illinois State overcame Drexel's difficult defense to score 76 points and drop the Dragons in overtime by two.

We will have more on this game later, but this is a disappointing loss for the Dragons who held the lead late in regulation, and had a nice look from 3 at the buzzer. Drexel has now dropped its first two nonconference games in difficult ways.

Kent State won by four points after a mental miscue by the Dragons, and now the vaunted defense has let down a Drexel team that allowed just 56 points per game last season.

Evansville's Colt Ryan Goes Out With Hip Pointer

Evansville star Colt Ryan has left the Aces' game against Buffalo with a hip pointer according to Evansville's Lance Wilkerson.

We have heard that Colt Ryan has suffered a hip pointer.

— Lance Wilkerson (@LanceWilkerson) November 16, 2012

Wilkerson also added a photo of Ryan standing outside the huddle with his waist heavily wrapped.

Losing Ryan for two to four weeks, as Jonathan Lintner pointed out was the recommended recovery time on WebMD.com, would be devastating to the Aces' chances to make some noise in the nonconference season.

He was one of the few bright spots in the Aces' loss to Notre Dame over the weekend, scoring 15 points against the Irish. He was having a tough night against Buffalo before the injury, shooting just 1-for-4 from the field, including missing all three of his 3-point attempts.

We will have more on his injury as we hear updates from the game, but safe to say that he will not be returning to the court tonight.

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