It wasn't pretty, it wasn't efficient, but tonight with all the Drews in the house Valpo captured it's first ever Horizon League regular season crown in basketball. It took five extra minutes, but the wait was worth it (although unnecessary since CSU lost). With tonight's win, Valpo will host the HL tournament, get a double bye (which they already had locked up) and can do no worse then an NIT postseason birth.
Valpo played catch up much of the night, thanks to Loyola taking advantage of our switching defense. Averkamp would set the pick everytime to draw a switch by either Buggs or Bogan. He'd then simply post them up and score or find the open man when the double team arrived. But, thanks to some timely 3pt shooting and some tough defense in the OT the Crusaders prevailed.
I don't want to get into specifics, it is late, but I do want to comment on Erik Buggs. Buggs has been playing fantastic as of late. He has been limiting his turnovers and staying out of foul trouble (yes, he fouled out late in OT). His last three games he has dished out 14 assist to only 5 turnovers while playing 88 minutes. Great job Erik!
We got our guy Danny down on the court for the post game celebration. Here is what he captured.
Player of the Game: Ryan Broekhoff - another double double for your HLPOY, 17 points (on an off shooting night), 11 rebounds, 2 assists, team high 41 minutes
POTG Runner Up: Will Bogan - 16 points, started and finished off hot for Valpo, 2 assists
Locker room video!
Up Next: Valpo will close out the regular season hosting Butler on Senior Night at the ARC. Get there early as the place is going to be packed!
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