Wednesday night the Salukis will take on the Missouri State Bears with a chance to move into a 3rd place tie in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Tuesday night Drake beat Creighton in Omaha to move to a perfect 8-0 in the conference. Illinois State is still right behind them at 6-1. Then comes Creighton, who the Salukis could tie at 5-3 if they win on Wednesday, and potentially pass with a head to head win on Saturday night. For now it's one game at a time for Salukis but the schedule does present a nice opportunity for the Dawgs in the topsy turvy MVC.
The Salukis are a team trending upward. They are starting to figure things out on the offensive end, averaging 71 points over their last 4 games.
A big part of the Salukis recent turnaround has been the play of junior guard Bryan Mullins. In the aforementioned 4 game stretch Mullins has a total of 2 turnovers. That's not a typo folks, in his last 144 minutes of play Mullins has only turned the ball over 2 times. In the same stretch Mullins has scored 48 points and handed out 20 assists. That's a 10 to 1 assist to turnover ratio for those of you scoring at home.
Now that he has recovered from a severely sprained ankle Wesley Clemmons is starting to reach his potential as well. Over his last 9 games Clemmons is averaging 10.7 points per game. The slashing style of Clemmons, combined with Joshua Bone's rejuvenated three point shooting gives the Salukis balance and a starting 5 that appears ready to gain some ground in the Valley.
