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MVC Round Up

Tuesday night belonged to New Hampshire, the Big East and the Big Ten but there was one mid major conference holding court as well. The Missouri Valley played three games, highlighted by the most recent Jekyll and Hyde performance by Southern Illinois. When they lose, the Salukis shoot poorly and turn the ball over in...

Eastern Round Up: Proud to Be American

When Maryland beat Morgan State on December 6, it was Gary Williams' 131st nonconference home win in 134 tries. When Maryland hosts Delaware on Friday, he'll take his third whack at number 132. After losing to Ohio, Williams and the Terps got beat in College Park again yesterday by their neighbors from American. That's a...

Eric Gordon Stops Southern Illinois

Southern Illinois knew they were going to have to worry about Eric Gordon on the offensive end. The freshman was scoring 27 points per game entering play in Carbondale last night and was going to make it hard for the Salukis to extend their home winning streak to 16 games. They didn't count on him making such an impact...

Major Weekend For Mid-Majors

Anyone who follows mid-major basketball will have their eyes on two games tomorrow. At noon, Davidson will try to knock off Duke and tomorrow night Eric Gordon leads the Hoosiers into Carbondale for a date with Southern Illinois. Each game provides a chance to make a major statement for the smaller programs against iconic...

Southern Illinois Can't Afford Defensive Lapses

The biggest strength of the Southern Illinois basketball team is their ability to slow down the game and turn it into a low-scoring slugfest. They had the ninth-best defensive efficiency in the nation last season which spurred their run to the Sweet 16 and that kind of intensity was why they were ranked in the Top 25 to...

MattShaw News From the Web

05/19/12 Homeland Security Bass Tournament Makes a Splash in... Source: ABC - WAAY 31 News - Huntsville AL For the men and women who protect our lives, their jobs can be rewarding but also stressful, and often dangerous.
05/17/12 Legal: Forresters climb the trade mark rankings Source: Birmingham Post - Birmingham - West Midlands - UK National intellectual property specialist Forresters, which has an office in Birmingham, has leapt up to second in a list of UK firms filing the most Community Trade Mark applications, new figures have revealed.
05/17/12 Round 8 Team Announcement: 6 Changes for SUNS Source: AFL Feeds The Gold Coast SUNS have made six changes ahead of their battle against the Western Bulldogs in Darwin on Saturday night.Big names Jared Brennan and Trent McKenzie head the list of casualties that also includes David Swallow and Charlie Dixon who will both miss the match through injury.
04/28/12 Weekend book picks: 'More Than You Know' Source: Pensacola News Journal - Pensacola FL USA TODAY's picks for book lovers include a page-turner set in the swinging '60s, brainy essays by Jonathan Franzen, and a winsome update of Jane Eyre. Just in time to fill the gap between seasons of Downton Abbey , Penny Vincenzi's juicy More Than You Know captures all the elements Anglophiles love: romance that crosses social boundaries; meddling matriarchs; witty dialogue; and characters so richly drawn you'll feel as if you've lost friends when the novel is over.
04/27/12 ASP Surfing Awards 2012 Source: AFL Feeds Gold Coast SUNS players and Surfing enthusiasts Nathan Bock, Matt Shaw and Rory Thompson were in attendance for the Community Event that saw Kelly Slater and Karissa Moore crowned as Champions.It was great to see different sporting codes supporting each other and sharing stories from their tradeThe event even gave Matt Shaw the opportunity to get a photo with his idol, and look alike, Owen Wright. ...