Illinois
Drake men’s basketball’s Tucker DeVries scored 34 points in victory over Southern Illinois
CARBONDALE, Ill. – The Drake men’s basketball team pulled away at the end of the first half and earned a 76-58 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Southern Illinois on Saturday night.
“I thought we had great execution on the offensive end taking advantage of some mismatches,” Drake coach Darian DeVries said. “Defensively, we did an unbelievable job on Xavier Johnson. Our defense was really connected tonight, stringing together some stops. I liked the overall performance and we were able to extend the lead in the second half. This was a really good road win.”
Drake (14-3, 5-1 Valley) led by 11 at halftime and snapped Southern Illinois’ six-game winning streak. SIU is 12-5 and 4-2. Drake has won eight of the last nine meetings against Southern Illinois, including the last three games.
Tucker DeVries led all scorers with 34 points for the fifth 30-plus scoring performance of his career. He scored 20 points in the second half. Darnell Brodie ripped down 12 boards to mark his third double-digit rebounding game this season.
Atin Wright and Kevin Overton added 10 points apiece for Drake.
“Southern Illinois had a great crowd and atmosphere for two great teams,” Tucker DeVries said. “Our guys were locked in and ready for the challenge. We battled for 40 minutes which has been our theme.”
Drake maintained a share of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference with Indiana State. All five of Drake’s conference wins have been in double figures.
The Bulldogs will get back on the road for a visit to Illinois State on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
The Drake sports information department contributed this report.
CENTRALIA, Ill. – An investigation is underway after multiple people were shot Sunday in Centralia, Illinois, according to a report from WFCN News in southern Illinois.
FOX 2 has confirmed the Illinois State Police is investigating a shooting and taking over the investigation, but ISP could not confirm many further details as of 9 p.m. Sunday.
“The investigation is in its infancy and to protect the integrity of the investigation, no additional details will be released at this time,” ISP said in a statement to FOX 2.
According to WFCN News, the shooting happened around 5 p.m. near the 900 block of East Kell Street in Centralia. Multiple law enforcement agencies have since responded to scene and multiple victims are hospitalized, according to the report.
It’s unclear how many people may have been injured and what led up to the shooting.
Centralia, Illinois is about 70 miles, or just over an hour, east of St. Louis.
This is a developing story. FOX 2 will update as more information becomes available.
The National Weather Service has teams of storm surveryors in the field April 18 investigating several reports of severe storms and tornado touch downs across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri.
According to the weather service’s website, windgusts of up to 60 to 70 mph along with teacup-sized hail and several tornadoes were reported April 17.
Many homes and outbuildings were damaged, trees were uprooted and power lines were downed in Lena, Illinois, where the most significant damage occurred, the site pointed out.
Very strong winds also were reported near Washington, Iowa, and Colmar, Illinois, where several outbuildings and grain bins were destroyed.
The weather service received reports of confirmed and possible tornadoes in the areas of Lena, Pecatonica, Shirland, Rockton, Roscoe and Capron.
The teams will be assessing damage this weekend into next week along with county emergency management teams to determine what types of storms occurred and their paths.
Dozens of power outages were reported, as well.
As of the afternoon of April 18, ComEd was reporting 85 active power outages across northern Illinois, down from 241 on April 17, and 6,751 customers affected, down from more than 18,000.
The bulk of those outages and the most customers impacted are concentrated in Jo Daviess and Stephenson counties.
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