For the third consecutive road game, the Valparaiso University men’s basketball team played an instant classic, following up the ecstasy of the Western Michigan comeback and the heartbreak of the Bradley double overtime defeat with a 73-72 victory over Missouri State at Great Southern Bank in Springfield, Mo. that was up for grabs until the final horn sounded. The Beacons – who received 22 points from Cooper Schwieger and 14 from freshman All Wright in his return to the state where he spent most of his youth – snapped a nine-game head-to-head losing streak against the Bears.
How It Happened
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- Missouri State scored the game’s first five points after a pair of early turnovers from the Beacons, but Valpo responded with a 10-0 run, making its first six shots of the…