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Final score: Bradley 70 Murray State 62

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# 2 seed Bradley (24-7, 15-5 in MVC) vs. # 7 seed Murray State (16-16, 9-11 in MVC)- Friday, March 7, 6:00 pm- Enterprise Center

Pregame info from BradleyBraves.com - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2025...-is-set-2-bradley-to-play-7-murray-state.aspx
Live stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=583909
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045​​​

The game is on the MVC TV Network, and on ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/b28615fb-2bc1-4ba9-8257-108f7a8ef7d3

Here is a list of the TV stations broadcasting the game - https://mvc-sports.com/documents/2025/3/6//ArchMadness_TV_Clearances.pdf?id=5024
Friday, March 7 – Quarterfinal #3 at 6 p.m. Central (Game 7)
8 Cedar Rapids, Iowa (KCRG 9.2 / MyNet); Ottumwa, Iowa (KYOU 15.3 / THE365); Rockford, Ill. (WIFR 23.2 / Antenna TV); Peoria, Ill.
(WHOI 19.4 / CHSN); South Bend, Ind. (WNDU 16.3 / Antenna TV); Fort Wayne, Ind. (WPTA 21.3 / MyNet); Louisville, Ky. (WAVE 3.3
/ THE365); St. Louis (KMOV 32.1 / Matrix Midwest); Kansas City (KCTV/KSMO 62.1 / MyNet); Nashville (WSMV 4.2 / TVSN); Mem-
phis (WMC 5.3 / WMC+); Knoxville, Tenn. (WVLT 8.2 / MyNet); Davenport, Iowa (KWQC 6.3 / Cozi); Sioux City, Iowa (KTIV 4.2 / CW+);
Quincy, Ill. (WGEM 10.2 / CW+); Evansville, Ind. (WFIE 14.2 / MeTV); Paducah, Ky. / Cape Girardeau, Mo. (KFVS 12.2 / CW) ; Lexing-
ton, Ky. (WKYT 27.2 / CW); Bowling Green, Ky. (WBGS 34.3 / HEROES AND ICONS); Springfield, Mo. (KSPR 3.3 / COZI); Des Moines,
Iowa (KCCI 8.2 / Hearst); Chicago (WJYS 62.3 / CHSN Plus); Chicago (RCN-Astound 371 / CHSN Plus); Marseilles, Ill. (MTCO Commu-
nications 563 / CHSN Plus); ESPN+

Note that the TV station list shows the game on Channel WHOI over-the-air station 19.4 in Peoria, which is CHSN (Chicago Sports Network). However, the CHSN schedule shows a Chicago Blackhawks game on and not the Bradley-Murray State game.
Instead, the Bradley-Murray State game might get bumped to the CHSN Plus network, which might not be available in Peoria, unless you have a Dish network or other provider (it is not available on Comcast Xfinity).
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Arch Madness website with links to scores, stats, etc.- https://mvc-sports.com/feature/25Arch

Murray State is coming off an impressive 74-53 win Thursday night over Evansville - https://mvc-sports.com/documents/2025/3/7//MVC_MBB_03.pdf?id=5030
Guard Terence Harcum had 31 points on 10-11 shooting, including 7-7 from three. The only other double-digit scorer was Kylen Milton with 14 points. Center NIck Ellington had 8 points and 9 rebounds. Their other 2 starters shot poorly- A.J. Ferguson (4 points) and Jacobi Wood (2 points) were both 1-8 from the floor and neither made a 3-point shot. For the game, Murray State shot 47.3% (26-55), and 50% from three (14-26).
Murray State season stats- https://goracers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25

Bradley beat Murray State in both games this season-
Jan. 18 at Murray State- Bradley 71 Murray State 61 - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/murray-state/boxscore/22354
Feb. 22 in Peoria- Bradley 85 Murray State 83 in overtime - https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/murray-state/boxscore/22364

Bradley has won 4 of the 6 games since Murray State joined the MVC, including the last 3.
 
Good win for the Braves....only 8 TOS ...moving on in the semifinals!:mrgreen:
The refs took the fun out of this game...come-on!:mad:

For us to advance we better start hitting FTs better then 50%...:-o :oops:
 
even the announcers noted the ridiculous fouls every time a Murray State guy drove the lane..
We got a few such calls but not 'til Bradley was already up 10 playing 5 on 8
 
Survive and advance. Once we got up by a couple of possessions Murray couldn’t close it any more then that. In the last 5.00 we outlasted them. Offense was much better executed in the 2nd half as we were 15-26 overall and we didn’t relie on the 3 point shot to win it. Conversely we held them in the second half to 10-31 overall and just 4-18 from 3. We had 5 of our 6 assists in the second half and we had just 8 turnovers. Need to bring this kind of effort against whoever we play tomorrow night
 
Final score- Bradley 70 Murray State 62
Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=583909

Bradley played terrific for the first 4 minutes, then struggled for the rest of the first half. Murray State wasn't much better and it was a low-scoring first half.
The Braves trailed by one at halftime, 27-28.
In the second half, it appeared the Murray State players got progressively more fatigued as the half went on, and finally in the last 8-10 minutes, Bradley opened a double digit lead and held on for the win. Bradley shot 52.1% overall (25-48 ), but only 3-13 from three. They were just 1-4 from three in the 2nd half.
Darius Hannah was terrific on defense and offense, leading Bradley with 17 points. Duke had 16, Jaquan had 11, Zek had 10, and Meta had 9.
A nice team win. Bradley's depth was the biggest factor that made the difference late in the game.
Official box score- https://mvc-sports.com/documents/2025/3/7//Game_7_Box_Score.pdf
 
Poor 3-Pt shooting today but we got it done. Refs were calling things much closer in this game compared to the previous ones.
 
BUfan17 said:
Poor 3-Pt shooting today but we got it done. Refs were calling things much closer in this game compared to the previous ones.
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I have learned not to complain about the officiating when we win, so I won't say much. In fairness, the refs called some fouls on Murray State that were ticky-tack, though it seemed more of them were against Bradley. Again, Bradley's depth helped prevent all the fouls from hurting Bradley's chances of winning. They are probably the only MVC team that can afford to get 16 fouls called on their front-line players and not have anyone foul out.
 
As poorly as we shot three's, as poorly as we shot free throws, as many offensive rebounds as the Racers got late in the game, I'm just tickled we managed to win. Go Braves!
 
Contain All Wright and we should win. Hit a few more three's and better free throw shooting. Maybe they will get fatigued playing three games in as many days. "GO BRAVES"
 
Da Coach said:
Final score- Bradley 70 Murray State 62
Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=583909

Bradley played terrific for the first 4 minutes, then struggled for the rest of the first half. Murray State wasn't much better and it was a low-scoring first half.
The Braves trailed by one at halftime, 27-28.
In the second half, it appeared the Murray State players got progressively more fatigued as the half went on, and finally in the last 8-10 minutes, Bradley opened a double digit lead and held on for the win. Bradley shot 52.1% overall (25-48 ), but only 3-13 from three. They were just 1-4 from three in the 2nd half.
Darius Hannah was terrific on defense and offense, leading Bradley with 17 points. Duke had 16, Jaquan had 11, Zek had 10, and Meta had 9.
A nice team win. Bradley's depth was the biggest factor that made the difference late in the game.
Official box score- https://mvc-sports.com/documents/2025/3/7//Game_7_Box_Score.pdf
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We held Harcum to 9 points after he had 31 the game before. Primary defender? CD. Should have been All-Defense.
 
Big Mike said:
Murray St coach (Prohm)quit after the Bradley loss....not coming back!:-x
Very wierd...:-o
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He had a mandate to finish in the top 3 of the conference after 3 seasons which is why he was let go after the game. I don't know why Murray St. did not win more games with that type of talent but Prohm to me seems like a good coach and recruiter.
 
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