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Final score: Bradley 67 Indiana State 52

Da Coach

Da Coach

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Bradley is now 11-10, and 5-4 in the MVC. The next game is at home, Sunday, Jan. 30, at 1:00 pm vs. Indiana State (9-10, 2-5).
That is a very odd time and makes it difficult for some fans who attend church services with activities that last into the afternoon. But obviously, that time was chosen because of the MVC TV Network, which will televise the game on NBCSports Chicago PLUS channel or the Bally Network (formerly FoxSports Midwest).
The game is also streamed on BallySports.com- https://www.ballysports.com/watch/live/indiana-state-at-bradley
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Indiana State website- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-basketball
Schedule/results- https://gosycamores.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/indstate.sidearmsports.com/stats/mbball/2021/pdf/cume.pdf

Indiana State's last game was a 76-72 upset of Missouri State. The Sycamores shot 14-27 from three in that game (52%). On the season, they shoot 34.9%, which ranks 8th in the 10-team MVC stats.
https://gosycamores.com/news/2022/1...-lights-out-to-down-missouri-state-76-72.aspx

Bradley lost a tough game 76-71 at Indiana State back on January 2. Indiana State was without 3 of their regular players in that game.
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2022/1/2/mens-basketball-indiana-state-tops-bradley-76-71.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2021-22/indiana-state/boxscore/21086

Indiana State is coached by 1st year head coach Josh Schertz, who was at Division II Lincoln Memorial University for 13 seasons and was very successful, going https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...m/documents/2021/11/9/bradley_stats.pdf272-50 over the last 10 seasons.

Preseason All-MVC player Tyreke Key is out for the season because of a right shoulder injury and surgery.
Leading scorer Cameron Henry (15.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg), 4th leading scorer Xavier Bledson (11.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg), and 7-foot center Simon Wilbar (4.9 ppg, 3.5 rpg) are transfers from Schertz's Lincoln Memorial U. team. 3rd leading scorer Micah Thomas (11.3 ppg), is junior college transfer from Northwest Florida State College. One other recent starter, Zach Hobbs, who transferred from Des Moines Area Community College is averaging 6.3 ppg, and shooting 41.3% from three. Hobbs scored 14 points against Bradley in the game on January 2. Henry, Bledson, and Wilbar did not play in that game due to Covid issues.
2nd leading scorer Cooper Neese (14.9 ppg) has not played in their last 2 games due to a neck injury. There is no report if he will be able to play Sunday.

Bradley stats-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.si...rts.com/documents/2021/11/9/bradley_stats.pdf

MVC stats-
http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confstat.htm
 
Yes - in maybe the most anticipated weekend of NFL this season (and in a few seasons for that matter), may be tough to get a good crowd on Sunday.
Our Braves are playing very well. Let's get to 6-4 and keep this train rolling strong at Carver!
 
Da Coach said:
They have this new technology these days called DVR. :)

Just kidding.... if the Bears were playing in the conference final, I'd be torn between a Bradley regular season game and the NFL playoffs.
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for shame, Coach!
BU>Bears!!!!!!!!
 
Da Coach said:
They have this new technology these days called DVR. :)

Just kidding.... if the Bears were playing in the conference final, I'd be torn between a Bradley regular season game and the NFL playoffs.
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I kinda agree DaCoach but cmon! Our home team is going for 4 in a row! Like you said. That’s what DVR is for. By the way. I’m a huge Bears fan also.:-D
 
I think for most of us, BU > Bears, but if Bears were playing in conf. title, I'd definitely want to see them instead of BU in a regular season game unless it were for the Valley title (or vs the Redbirds at home). It is just so rare to see the Bears get that far.

With that said, I still can watch our Braves on ESPN replay nearly every game!
 
LittleBrave said:
I think for most of us, BU > Bears, but if Bears were playing in conf. title, I'd definitely want to see them instead of BU in a regular season game
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No worries there as long as the McCaskey's are running the show with Ted Phillips involved!
 
LittleBrave said:
I think for most of us, BU > Bears, but if Bears were playing in conf. title, I'd definitely want to see them instead of BU in a regular season game unless it were for the Valley title (or vs the Redbirds at home). It is just so rare to see the Bears get that far.

With that said, I still can watch our Braves on ESPN replay nearly every game!
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I do too. I love it
 
So we lost at Indiana State despite them missing three of their top players. Carver will be empty unfortunately so little home court advantage for us. Not a recipe for a win so let's just beat them anyways. Don't understand why we didn't play more backups against Valpo despite having a comfortable lead most of the game.
 
In the post game Wardle was happy with the D, rebounding, Reink and Malevy. He reall disliked shot selection. Glad we got a win with a subpar game from Terry, Conner and Jayson. I’m sure Ari will hear about his T.
 
Yes, we did not shoot the ball as well as we wish but we played good defensive. Kent seems to be our defensive guy. We are showing great team defense and your rotation looks really good. Some credit needs to go to those boys on the defense that they are playing. We have a chance to win out and take the tournament based off of our defense.
 
Bradley coach Wardle was not very happy with some aspects of his team's performance. I sit behind the Bradley bench, and a number of times during the game he was demonstrably upset with shot selection, and failure by some players to guard on the defensive end. Late in the game, he pulled multiple different players off the court when he didn't like something they did, and in one case he turned a yelled at his assistants, "Do not put *** back in the game again".
On the post-game show, he voiced his displeasure with poor shot selection, saying, "there were at least 15 (bad) shots that should not have been taken", and also that he was not happy with some other things, too.

I thought Bradley played very well on defense. They yielded only 52 points to a team that averages 73.5 points per game. They also held Indiana State to just 5 three point baskets (5-24, 20.8%) in the game, and none in the 2nd half! They were 0-10 from three in the 2nd half.
On the season, Indiana State leads the MVC with an average of 9.4 three pointers made per game and they shoot 35%, yet today, Bradley held them to just 5 threes, and 20.8%. I'll take that any game.
In the game at Terre Haute, Indiana State scored 76 points and made 15 three pointers. So IMO, our defense did a very good job today.

Offense was a little different story. Other than Rienk Mast, Malevy Leons, and Terry Roberts, there were some offensive problems at times.
Rienk Mast had another double-double- 20 points & 14 rebounds. He seems to keep getting better with every game. He made a few of his hook shots in the lane, which he's added to his game. And he looked good on the defensive end, though Indiana State doesn't pose much of a threat inside.
Malevy Leons had a double-double, too- 15 points, 10 rebounds, and no turnovers. And, he has become the best defender on the team. He had 3 steals and 3 blocks to lead Bradley in those categories. The only weak point today was his 1-7 on three pointers. Coming into this game, Malevy was shooting 43.3% from three, tops on the team. With his 1-7 today, his percentage drops to 40.5 (still leads the team).
Terry Roberts had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. He also played excellent defense, and was constantly disrupting the Indiana State offense. Terry did record 6 turnovers, not all of which appeared to be his fault. But he tried a couple high-risk passes that were probably not necessary. But he is doing much better staying out of foul trouble. He played 31 minutes and had 2 personal fouls.
Jayson Kent played well, IMO, except for his tough day shooting the three. He was 0-4 from three, but played very good defense, had 9 points and 4 rebounds.

Coach Wardle seems to like playing a shorter player rotation (only 8 players), and it's hard to argue when Bradley has now won 4 games in a row by an average margin of 12.5 points, and 2 of them on the road.

By the way, the attendance today looked pretty good, maybe the best of the season, but I don't know the exact figure. The Live Stats page used to show attendance, but not any more.
More than 2 hours after the game ended and the Bradley website still does not have the official box score posted, or any attendance figure.
 
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