ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Men's Basketball Championship game is set, as Drury and William Jewell will meet Sunday, March 8. The conference title will be decided at the Mark Twain Building on the campus of Missouri-St. Louis, with tip-off set for 3:30 p.m. CT. Tomorrow’s matchup marks the first time these two teams have squared off in the title game.
Fans who will be attending the Championship game can purchase tickets online at
GLVCsports.com/tickets, and those who can't attend can watch on all GLVCSN platforms for $15 per individual game or $40 for the full tournament.
SEMIFINAL RESULTS
#8 Drury 85, #4 Indianapolis 83
BOX | RECAPS:
DU |
UINDY
- DU shot lights out in the first half, going 17-29 (58.62%), and going 9-15 (60.%) from three-point range.
- DU led from the 9:05 mark in the first half until the 00:27 mark in half two, when UINDY tied the game.
- Zach Howell and Colin Hardrick led DU in scoring with Howell scoring 25 points, and Hardrick adding 23 including the game winning layup with 1.0 second remaining.
- KeShaun Thomas had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
- UINDY shot better in half two going 16-27 (59.26%) from the field and 7-11 (63.64%) from three.
- Tyler Parrish (24) and Shaun Arnold (21) led the Greyhounds in points.
- Arnold also added nine rebounds.
- This is Drury's sixth appearance in the title game, and first since 2021 where they fell to Missouri-St. Louis.
- Drury is the first eight seed to ever make the GLVC title game.
#2 William Jewell 77, #6 McKendree 66
BOX | RECAPS: WJC | MCK
- WJC’s Isaac Patterson tallied a game-high 25 points and added three steals.
- Patterson's teammates, Bradley Lightbourne, Justice Sutton, Kyle Scarbrough, and Ashton Jermain scored 17, 13, 10, and 10 respectively, with Lightbourne adding three steals.
- The Cardinals outscored the Bearcats in bench points 20-5.
- MCK led WJC in points in the paint, 40-26.
- Rini Harris scored a team-high 21 points, while two teammates scored in double-figures, including Cha’Vez Woods (18), and Noah Franklin (13)
- Harris added two steals while Franklin had two blocks.
- William Jewell is making its second appearance in the title game, and first since 2024 where they won over Lewis.