Missouri Valley Conference 2022-23
Tournament Winner: Drake University
Regular Season Champion: Bradley University
Top Scorer: Ben Krikke (20)
Missouri Valley Conference Final: Drake University - Bradley University 77-51 Bradley (Brian Wardle): Malevy Leons 8, Rienk Mast 6, Duke Deen 9, Connor Hickman 4, Zek Montgomery 7, Ja'Shon Henry 10, Christian Davis 0, Darius Hannah 4, James Weathers 0, Sulaiman Agiste 3, Goanar Biliew 0, Cade Hardtke 0, Sam Hennessy 0, Connor Linke 0 Standings 2022-23
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 Valpo Missouri Valley Conference Final  Drake University won Missouri Valley Conference Championship
 Drake beats Bradley 77-51 for Valley title-Mar 5, 2023
No. 2 seeded Drake shot 56 percent, including 66.7 percent in the second half, rolling to a 77-51 victory past top-seeded Bradley to claim the championship of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Enterprise Center Saturday.
The Bulldogs, avenging a 73-61 setback at Bradley last Sunday which cost them a share of the MVC regular season title, punched their ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in school history. Drake, winning its third straight game, improved its record to 27-7 - the second most single-season wins in school history only trailing the 2007-08 squad which went 28-5 en route to winning the school's first MVC Tournament championship. Sophomore forward Tucker DeVries (6'7''-G/F), who was the recipient of the Doug Elgin Award as the outstanding player of the tournament, led Drake with 22 points including 13 in the second half. Bradley, which had a 12-game winning streak snapped, fell to 25-9. Graduate guard Ja'Shon Henry (6'6''-F-1999) led the way for Bradley for the second straight game, scoring 10 points. The 26-point margin was the largest defeat all season for the Braves. This marked the 17th time the No. 2 seed has won the MVC tournament title and first since 2017 when No. 2 Wichita State whipped No. 1 Illinois State, 71-51 DeVries made three three-point baskets to move up to No. 3 on the school single season three-point basket list at 87. Senior forward Darnell Brodie (6'10''-F) scored 12 points and hauled in a game-high nine rebounds. Graduate guard Garrett Sturtz (6'3''-G) contributed 12 points along with two rebounds. Graduate guard Roman Penn (6'0''-PG), also selected to the all-tournament team, added nine points along with a game-high six assists. Senior reserve guard Sardaar Calhoun (6'6''-G/F-1999) collected eight points. Drake's bench tallied 16 points improving its record to 15-0 against MVC teams when it scores at least 10 points . After scoring 30 points in the quarterfinals against UNI, junior all-conference forward Rienk Mast (6'9''-F-2001) scored just six points - following his lowest scoring output of two points in a Saturday semifinal win against Indiana State. Bradley senior forward Malevy Leons, who became the first player in MVC history to have 50 steals and 50 blocks in a season, scored eight points. Mast and Henry were both named to the all-tournament team. Drake enjoyed a 41-21 intermission lead-the third largest halftime margin in MVC Tournament title game history. Trailing 3-2, Drake went on a 12-0 run to take a 14-3 with :21 left in the first half. The Bulldogs also added a pair of 7-0 runs in the half, the second getting Drake a 41-19 advantage with 1:17 before intermission. Bradley narrowed the gap early in the second half to 17 points early on with a Zek Montgomery three-pointer, but never got closer. The Bulldogs shot 66.7 percent from the field (14-21) and 75 percent from long range (3-4) in the second half. The Drake defense continued to limit Bradley in the second half, holding the Braves to 40.6 percent shooting after intermission. Bradley was held to 34.5 percent shooting for the game. Courtesy of mvc-sports.com  All-MVC Awards 2023-Mar 5, 2023
All-Tournament MVP:
 Tucker DeVries (6'7''-G/F) of DrakePlayer of the Year: Tucker DeVries (6'7''-G/F) of DrakeCoach of the Year: Brian Wardle of Bradley
First Team Tucker DeVries (6'7''-G/F) of Drake Marcus Domask (6'6''-F-2000) of SIU Benjamin Krikke (6'9''-F-2001) of Valpo Rienk Mast (6'9''-F-2001) of Bradley Roman Penn (6'0''-PG) of Drake Ben Sheppard (6'6''-G) of Belmont
Second Team Bowen Born (5'11''-PG) of UNI Jace Carter (6'5''-G) of UIC Donovan Clay (6'8''-G/F-2001) of Missouri St. Malevy Leons (6'9''-F-1999) of Bradley Courvoisier McCauley (6'5''-G-1998) of Indiana St.
Third Team Cameron Henry (6'6''-G-1999) of Indiana St. Lance Jones (6'1''-G-2000) of SIU Rob Perry (6'4''-G) of Murray St. Kenny Strawbridge (6'4''-G) of Evansville Garrett Sturtz (6'3''-G) of Drake
All-Defensive Team Donovan Clay (6'8''-G/F-2001) of Missouri St. Xavier Johnson (6'1''-G-2000) of SIU Lance Jones (6'1''-G-2000) of SIU Julian Larry (6'3''-G) of Indiana St. Malevy Leons (6'9''-F-1999) of Bradley Ben Sheppard (6'6''-G) of BelmontAll-Freshman Team Duke Deen (5'9''-PG-2001) of Bradley Drew Friberg (6'7''-F) of Belmont Courvoisier McCauley (6'5''-G-1998) of Indiana St. Rob Perry (6'4''-G) of Murray St. Cade Tyson (6'7''-F) of BelmontAll-Newcomer Team Duke Deen (5'9''-PG-2001) of Bradley Drew Friberg (6'7''-F) of Belmont Courvoisier McCauley (6'5''-G-1998) of Indiana St. Rob Perry (6'4''-G) of Murray St. Cade Tyson (6'7''-F) of BelmontAll-Bench Team Ja'Shon Henry (6'6''-F-1999) of Bradley Sardaar Calhoun (6'6''-G/F-1999) of Drake Ja'Kobi Gillespie (6'0''-PG) of Belmont Chance Moore (6'6''-G) of Missouri St. Landon Wolf (6'5''-G) of UNIAll-Most Improved Team Tytan Anderson (6'6''-G/F) of UNI Darnell Brodie (6'10''-F) of Drake Benjamin Krikke (6'9''-F-2001) of Valpo Malevy Leons (6'9''-F-1999) of Bradley Zek Montgomery (6'6''-G-2002) of BradleyAll-Scholar-Athlete Team Marcus Domask (6'6''-F-2000) of SIU Michael Duax (6'6''-G/F) of UNI Benjamin Krikke (6'9''-F-2001) of Valpo Rienk Mast (6'9''-F-2001) of Bradley Filip Skobalj (6'7''-F-2002) of UIC Trent Brown (6'2''-G-2000) of SIU Trenton Gibson (6'4''-G-2000) of Indiana St. Connor Hickman (6'2''-PG-2002) of Bradley Cade McKnight (6'9''-F) of Indiana St. Derek Sabin (6'9''-F) of BelmontAll-Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Quincy Anderson (6'4''-G-1997) of Murray St. James Betz (6'6''-F) of UNI Conor Enright (6'0''-PG) of Drake Antoine Smith (6'7''-F-1998) of Evansville Isaiah Walker (6'5''-G) of Belmont Landon Wolf (6'5''-G) of UNI
All-Tournament Team Tucker DeVries (6'7''-G/F) of Drake Cooper Neese (6'4''-G) of Indiana St. Rienk Mast (6'9''-F-2001) of Bradley Ja'Shon Henry (6'6''-F-1999) of Bradley Roman Penn (6'0''-PG) of Drake | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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