Alumni Corner: A weekly review of local athletes in college
Tyler Smithpeters - Southern
Smithpeters had four points for the Salukis in Saturday's 75-60 win over Drake at the SIU Arena
Smithpeters went 2-for-6 from the field, while grabbing two rebounds, finishing with one assist and one turnover in 26 minutes.
On Wednesday, Smithpeters scored 16 points as SIU knocked off Indiana State 85-78.
Smithpeters went 4-for-6 from the field (all from behind the arc) and was 4-of-7 at the foul line, while pulling down four rebounds, three turnovers and two steals in 25 minutes.
Andrew Drone - Rice
Drone was one of four Owls to finish in double figures as the junior netted 10 in Rice's 75-66 win over Old Dominion Saturday night.
Drone went 3-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from the foul line, grabbing six rebounds with one turnover in 26 minutes.
On Thursday night, Drone tacked on 12 points as Rice fell 102-73 to Charlotte.
Drone went 6-for-8 from the field and 0-for-1 from the foul line, while grabbing four rebounds with two turnovers and one block in 26 minutes of work.
Ryne Roper - Union
Roper wrapped up a weekend going 3-for-9 at the plate with a double, two runs scored, two RBI and two walks as Union University took 2-of-3 games from Maryville University and are now 6-1 on the season.
Hanna Jones - UT Martin
Jones pitched one inning, facing three batters and throwing eight pitches, striking out one while, allowing no hits and no runs in relief work as UT Martin knocked off Mississippi Valley 8-1 Saturday in Hammond, Louisiana.
Lindsey Murray - Ole Miss
Murray finished third in the pole vault, clearing 13-feet-3.5 at the Iowa State Classic over the weekend in Ames, Iowa. Murray has the school record at Ole Miss in the pole vault, clearing 14-feet-.75 inches at Vanderbilt back on January 30th.
Lucas Horton - Southern
Horton called his third win of the season in the 600-meter run, once again, improving on his personal-best by running 1:20.64 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational in Bloomington, Ind., over the weekend.
Kyle Landon - Southern
Landon kept his undefeated streak in the high jump alive over the weekend at the Samford Invitational, clearing 7-foot-3 to win for the fourth time in four tries this season. The Chester native also jumped a season-best 22-feet-9 in the long jump to finish seventh. Landon will go into the conference meet ranked No. 5 in the nation in the high jump.
The Salukis will next compete at the MVC Championships, hosted by the University of Northern Iowa, on Feb. 27-28.
-Compiled by Michael Dann
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