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Final score: Bradley 67 SIU 48

Great 2nd half! Bradley outscores SIU 41-19 in the 2nd half to win.
Final score Bradley 67 SIU 48
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId=401173498

Darrell Brown with 21 points
Koch Bar with 6 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 blocks
JaShon Henry with a tremendous game- 16 points, 9 rebounds
Nate Kennell with 7 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
Ville Tahvanainen with 9 points off the bench

Bradley is 3-1 in the MVC, tied for 1st with Loyola and UNI.
Next game Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Missouri State.
 
Awesome second half. I think after playing Evansville who has zero effort, we were a bit shell shocked with SIU’s defensive intensity in first half.

Henry is so fun to watch with his vertical and effort. Great game by Brown again and Koch Bar played some awesome defense!

Will Childs be back early or mid Feb?
 
Man is this team fun to watch! The first half was pretty flat but the 2nd half defense was great! They play with a lot of heart and all these young guys are getting a lot of prime playing time with the absence of Elijah. When he gets back this is really going to be one dangerous team come tournament time!
 
Not the best of 1st halves as we didn't rotate well on defense and were shooting bricks on offense. Yet we did enough to just be down 3 at the half. The 2nd half was a much different story as we executed much better on offense and our defense didn't give the Salukis much room to breathe. Both JaShon and Koch were forces on both ends and DB did DB things to kick butt in the 2nd half. We outscored SIU 25-10 in the last 14:00 minutes of the half. A nice 12-13 from the FT line. We were 15-29 from the field in the 2nd half. With no Eli we have a small margin for error. We can't have another 1st half effort like this when we play at Missouri State or we'll probably come up short. But with the Bears struggling to find themselves this is a chance to get another road win. GET ER DONE BOYS!
 
Agreed, great second half! Too bad we can’t play like that in the first half, but if Phil Colin’s In The Air Tonight is met to fire me up, I’d take awhile to warm up too! On another note- what’s with those Molly Maid kids on the floor maintenance during time outs? Nine year old girls with towels under their feet?! Are you kidding me? They can’t even get two mops and frames at each end? What a sad joke! Towels on their feet????!!
 
Very good crowd considering the weather. Hope the SIU player’s injury is not too serious; he looked like he was in a lot of pain. Outstanding defense, especially during the second half! Ja’Shon has really stepped-up and played well at both ends. Koch Bar’s 5 blocked shots, was that a career high? Congratulations to the coaches on preparing and motivating this seriously understaffed team. Win or lose, the players’ effort is outstanding and greatly appreciated! This team is really fun to watch!
 
I think the guys might have been lulled to sleep a bit from Evansville's terrible defense to start off. I do think Mullins is the right guy for that program but they don't have the talent yet.

Henry making a case for all conference honors. That T was pathetic and the refs were pretty bad. Thankfully the game wasn't close.

Braves now tied for 8th longest home court winning streak.

http://warrennolan.com/basketball/2020/stats-streaks-current-home-wins
 
Mikovio said:
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Henry making a case for all conference honors. That T was pathetic and the refs were pretty bad. Thankfully the game wasn't close.
http://warrennolan.com/basketball/20...rent-home-wins
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In case anyone missed this, here is the play that Jason Henry was called for a technical foul. It was not for hanging on the rim, it was for the millisecond that he looked at the SIU player (who wasn't even the player who guarded Ja'Shon) that was deemed "taunting". I can say without hesitation, that it is one of the two worst technical foul calls I have ever seen.


The other horrible technical foul call I remember (does anyone else remember?) was back in 2010 when Jim Les stomped his foot and yelled at Will Egolf to try to get his attention after he missed a shot. A Missouri Valley ref who was looking the other way and did not see what happened, simply heard the foot stop, mistakenly assumed it was Jim Les reacting to no foul being called on the play, and whistled a technical foul on Jim. Despite Jim pleading his case and informing the ref that he was trying to signal Will Egolf and that the ref was completely mistaken, he refused to reverse his laughable call.
 
Jim said:
Very good crowd considering the weather. Hope the SIU player’s injury is not too serious; he looked like he was in a lot of pain. Outstanding defense, especially during the second half! Ja’Shon has really stepped-up and played well at both ends. Koch Bar’s 5 blocked shots, was that a career high? Congratulations to the coaches on preparing and motivating this seriously understaffed team. Win or lose, the players’ effort is outstanding and greatly appreciated! This team is really fun to watch!
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Do we know what the attendance was last night?
 
Da Coach said:
The other horrible technical foul call I remember (does anyone else remember?) was back in 2010 when Jim Les stomped his foot and yelled at Will Egolf to try to get his attention after he missed a shot. A Missouri Valley ref who was looking the other way and did not see what happened, simply heard the foot stop, mistakenly assumed it was Jim Les reacting to no foul being called on the play, and whistled a technical foul on Jim. Despite Jim pleading his case and informing the ref that he was trying to signal Will Egolf and that the ref was completely mistaken, he refused to reverse his laughable call.
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Good memory! I was at that game, and man, I did love the way Les would get on the refs when they did something reprehensible. That was the worst T of all time!
 
braves16 said:
https://twitter.com/SIU_Basketball/s...2Fpaged%2F5%2F
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"Sekou Dembele fractured the tibia in his left leg"

Wow, that is a freak injury for basketball. It is tragic for Dembele, who had already redshirted last year, and Saturday's game was the 10th game he played in this season. Athletes are usually only allowed one redshirt year in their college careers, so he'd have to appeal to the NCAA and hope for a waiver. But 10 games is one too many to qualify for a redshirt year anyway. However, the NCAA has shown more leniency in recent years, I wish him good luck.
Recall that both Will Egolf and Sam Singh were granted a 6th year because they each lost 2 seasons with knee injuries.
 
Will Egolf was so good. Those injuries were devastating to the team.
Injuries were a real problem for Les the last 3-4 years he coached here. He always seemed to have a competitive team regardless.
 
Da Coach said:
"Sekou Dembele fractured the tibia in his left leg"

Wow, that is a freak injury for basketball. It is tragic for Dembele, who had already redshirted last year, and Saturday's game was the 10th game he played in this season. Athletes are usually only allowed one redshirt year in their college careers, so he'd have to appeal to the NCAA and hope for a waiver. But 10 games is one too many to qualify for a redshirt year anyway. However, the NCAA has shown more leniency in recent years, I wish him good luck.
Recall that both Will Egolf and Sam Singh were granted a 6th year because they each lost 2 seasons with knee injuries.
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It was crazy because when it initially happened, I though they just bumped knees. However, based on the amount of pain he was in I thought something freak must have occurred.
 
Da Coach said:
The other horrible technical foul call I remember (does anyone else remember?) was back in 2010 when Jim Les stomped his foot and yelled at Will Egolf to try to get his attention after he missed a shot. A Missouri Valley ref who was looking the other way and did not see what happened, simply heard the foot stop, mistakenly assumed it was Jim Les reacting to no foul being called on the play, and whistled a technical foul on Jim. Despite Jim pleading his case and informing the ref that he was trying to signal Will Egolf and that the ref was completely mistaken, he refused to reverse his laughable call.
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Was that the game vs ISU-red where we led by 11 pts with a minute and a half left, went to OT, and ended up losing?
That was one of worst losses I can remember as a Braves fan, especially in our big rivalry game.
 
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