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Final score: UT-Martin 78 Bradley 67

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Bradley (1-1) vs UT-Martin (2-0) on Wednesday, Nov. 12, at Carver Arena.
The Bradley men's game is scheduled for 7:30 pm because it is the second game of a Bradley basketball double-header.
The Bradley women play DePaul at 5:00 pm, followed by the Bradley men vs UT-Martin at 7:30 pm.

Women's game TV- ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/2222b511-0585-4447-b584-1cb234decaf3
Men's game TV- ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/id/e1d6eda6-8bbe-4b56-ab0d-c0d6435522e7
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Men's Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Women's Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary
WMBD radio - https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045

The University of Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks are members of the Ohio Valley Conference.
They are 2-0 this season. They opened their season with a win on the road at UNLV on Nov. 4.
Final score- UT-Martin 86 UNLV 81-
Recap- https://utmsports.com/news/2025/11/...-for-impressive-86-81-season-opening-road-win
Box score-https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/unlv/boxscore/13417

They improved to 2-0 with an easy 97-42 home win Sunday night , Nov. 9 over NAIA Kentucky Christian University-
Game Stats- UT Martin 97 Kentucky Christian 42-

Bradley is 3-0 in their history against UT-Martin. - https://utmsports.com/sports/mbball/opponent-history/bradley/201
UT-Martin was 14-19 last year, and 9-11 in the OVC. This season they were picked 8th out of 11 teams in the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Poll-
https://ovcsports.com/news/2025/10/...as-2025-26-ovc-mens-basketball-favorites.aspx

Schedule/results- https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Their starting five, as well as most of their reserves are foreign imports.
Roster- https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
They have 19 players on their roster, and 13 of them are international players from 10 different counties in Europe and Africa.
So far, through their first 2 games, 13 of their rostered players have seen action.

Stats (may not be updated yet) - https://utmsports.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26
Most of their production comes from their international players.
They forced 22 turnovers and had 12 steals against UNLV, and forced 25 turnovers and had 19 steals against Kentucky Christian.

They have had the same starting five in both games-
Andrija Bukumirović - a 6'7" junior G/F from Serbia. Average- 20.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg through 2 games
Dragos Lungu - a 6'6" redshirt-sophomore guard from Romania. Average- 20.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg through 2 games.
Matas Deniusas - 6'9" freshman forward from Lithuania. Average- 11.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg
Filip Radaković - 6'7" sophomore guard from Serbia. Average- 7.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.5 apg
Filip Petkovski - 6'5" freshman guard from Slovenia. Average- 3.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.0 apg

Other reserves-
Afan Trnka - 6'2 junior guard from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Average- 6.0 ppg
Luca Colceag - 6/8" senior forward from Romania. Average- 6.0 ppg
AJ Hopkins - 6'6" senior G/F from Atlanta- Average 4.5 ppg
Pedro Santos - 6'7" redshirt-freshman guard from Portugal- Average- 5.0 ppg
Vladimir Khryapa - 6'8" freshman forward from Russia. Average- 1.5 ppg, 2.5 rpg
Bradley stats through 2 games- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats
 
I am assuming this will be a very tough game. I think this UTM team is going to be pretty good this year.
 
egib52 said:
I am assuming this will be a very tough game. I think this UTM team is going to be pretty good this year.
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I'm guessing that Meta will play much better with the inspiration of playing against several fellow Eastern European players. I'm predicting 10 and 8 for him.
 
Nashville Cat said:
I'm guessing that Meta will play much better with the inspiration of playing against several fellow Eastern European players. I'm predicting 10 and 8 for him.
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I hope you are right. We need him to play well. UT-M has a lot of big guards and wings, including a couple 6'7" wings from Meta's home country of Serbia. But their forwards are listed at 6'7", 6'8" and 6'9", so maybe Meta can take advantage of a little height advantage inside.
In reviewing the stats from their first 2 games, it looks like UT-M's big guards (6'5", 6'6", and 6'7") took advantage of opponents' smaller guards. They shoot the ball well from the perimeter. That concerns me a little, since the guard combos that Bradley plays most of the time contain one or sometimes two sub-6-foot guards. But I expect UT-M will have trouble keeping up with Bradley's more mobile guards, Jaquan, Montana, and Demarion Burch (if he is healthy enough to play).
 
Will see if Jaquon can score like last game. If everyone remembers, Duke put up big numbers for a while until teams figured out how to defend him. Because of his shorter stature, he could not put up numbers like earlier in the year. Hope Jaquon does not endure the same thing. It is why we need Meta to step up his game. Be a force in the post as to take the load of off Jaquon so he does not have to try to put up big numbers to give Bradley a chance to win on a given night.Let's hope Wheeler, Zobrist, Richardson, and Burch can pick up some of the scoring as the season goes on. Go Braves on Wednesday night and get a win.
 
daveineureka said:
Will see if Jaquon can score like last game. If everyone remembers, Duke put up big numbers for a while until teams figured out how to defend him. Because of his shorter stature, he could not put up numbers like earlier in the year. Hope Jaquon does not endure the same thing. It is why we need Meta to step up his game. Be a force in the post as to take the load of off Jaquon so he does not have to try to put up big numbers to give Bradley a chance to win on a given night.Let's hope Wheeler, Zobrist, Richardson, and Burch can pick up some of the scoring as the season goes on. Go Braves on Wednesday night and get a win.
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I’m not saying Jaquon is unguardable. However I think his offensive ceiling is higher than Duke Dean’s. The reason being he’s a better and stronger finisher at the rim than either Duke or Darrell Brown in my opinion… which should mean the perimeter opens up and he doesn’t have to try to elevate 42” in the air or scoot back to the logo every time he pulls. It doesn’t look like the added muscle has harmed his shot, so he’s obviously working hard on that. What I’d like to see him work on is becoming ROCK SOLID from the line. Fouling Jaquon should mean an automatic 2 points.
 
Dub said:
I’m not saying Jaquon is unguardable. However I think his offensive ceiling is higher than Duke Dean’s. The reason being he’s a better and stronger finisher at the rim than either Duke or Darrell Brown in my opinion… which should mean the perimeter opens up and he doesn’t have to try to elevate 42” in the air or scoot back to the logo every time he pulls. It doesn’t look like the added muscle has harmed his shot, so he’s obviously working hard on that. What I’d like to see him work on is becoming ROCK SOLID from the line. Fouling Jaquon should mean an automatic 2 points.
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Agree. Duke just seemed to have a hard time getting around people to attack the bucket..........Jaquon has those wide shoulders and strong body so if he gets a half a step on somebody and gets his shoulders square it's tough to get back to the ball without fouling him....and if the defender is anywhere near the same height as him, it's over. We will see if he can remain to be that effective against taller guards, but I agree he has a more dynamic attack than Duke.
 
I really like Jaquan-he and Duke are different players. Jaquan gets to the rim better than Duke did. On the other hand although Jaquan’s 3 point shooting has improved I don’t seem him as the shooter that Duke was-Duke was great from 3 and a great free throw shooter. Jaquan is just 2 games into his Sophmore year so he may catch up in that area (he is obviously working on it), but I dont think he is near Duke’s level yet-I’ll love it if he gets there. On the other hand I see Jaquan as a better defender.
 
I would not put much stock in Meta because he has more trouble against smaller centers. He cannot guard well on the perimeter and has a hard time when he is forced outside and has to get back to defend inside and rebound. We play better with more versatile players. He slows our offense down.
 
Dub said:
Fouling Jaquon should mean an automatic 2 points.
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I think this is very important to Jaquons success. When you rely on driving the lane, you have a lower chance of making your basket which means you have to make your free throws. Ideally, you make the basket and one for three points and in the process rack up the fouls for the other team. If you miss the basket and only make one free throw, it’s one point from being a turnover. Even worse if you drive, miss the basket and don’t get the call.
 
The deal they used to have with the Civic Center included a chance to practice on the Arena floor prior to each home game. I don't know if the current arrangement is the same.
 
One thing I seen last game with Bully is he might be getting that A J Green shot of jumping into the defender when shooting the 3. That would be a helpful move if he gets it down.
 
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