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Next game: Bradley vs. SMU

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Bradley's next game is Tuesday at 5 PM (Central) against SMU in the Cancun Challenge, at the Hard Rock Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico.
TV: CBSSports Network
Radio: 1470WMBD.com
Live Stats (available at start of game):http://cancuntournament.sidearmsports.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Preview from BradleyBraves.com: https://bradleybraves.com/news/2018...radley-opens-cancun-challenge-versus-smu.aspx
Bradleyfans.com Chat Room: www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

The teams are already at the resort, and they all have practice sessions scheduled for today, and there is a team banquet tonight that the fans are invited to-
https://twitter.com/CancunChallenge/status/1064504626316111872

Bradley is now 3-1 after their loss at UIC Saturday night. SMU is 2-2, with wins against Northwestern State and Western Carolina, and losses to Southern Mississippi and Lipscomb. All 4 of their games have been played on their home court in Dallas.
Schedule and results of their 4 games-
https://smumustangs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=1228

Here is a summary of their last game, a loss at home to Lipscomb-
http://www.smudailycampus.com/sports/smu-falls-to-2-2-with-loss-to-lipscomb

SMU is a member of the American Athletic Conference since its formation in 2013. Prior to that, they were members of the Conference USA.
They were 17-16 overall last season, and just 6-12 in the AAC. Their head coach is former ISU coach Tim Jankovich.
Here are their records from past seasons-
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/southern-methodist/

SMU was picked 7th in the 12-team AAC in their preseason poll of coaches-
http://theamerican.org/news/2018/10/14/mens-basketball-coaches-select-ucf-as-preseason-favorite.aspx

2nd team preseason All Conference pick Senior Jarrey Foster (13.2 ppg) is their top returning scorer from last year's team, however he has not played in a game yet as he continues to recover from a torn ACL suffered last January in a game. He has been practicing some and is said to be day-to-day, but he has not appeared in a game yet.
In the 4 games they have played, senior Jahmal McMurray is their leading scorer with an average of 17.3 ppg. They have started the same 5 players in every game, and have only played 9 players so far, so they don't appear to have a lot of depth.
Stats-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...ents/2018/11/17/1a01_SC_Combined_Stats_2_.pdf

They shoot a lot of threes, averaging 28 three point attempts per game, and making 10 per game (35.7%).

Roster-
https://smumustangs.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Bradley stats-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...rts.com/documents/2018/11/7/bradley_stats.pdf


The other game in the Cancun Challenge Riviera Division on Tuesday is Penn State (2-1) vs. Wright State (3-1) at 7:30 PM Central. That game is also on CBSSports Network.

The other Division is the Mayan Division, and there are 2 games in that division Tuesday as well.

Here is the full schedule for the Cancun Challenge (times listed here are Eastern Time) as well as results from games already played-
https://www.cancunchallenge.net/schedule1.html
 
Pretty simple here. Score more points than SMU. Win the game. Need much better play all around. I don??™t think I??™ve seen an effort yet that will beat any of the 3 potential teams we will play in Cancun.
 
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