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Final score: Bradley 79 Illinois State 75

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Next game: Illinois State at Bradley, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 7 pm

Bradley is now 13-8, and 6-4 in the MVC, and in a 4-way tie for 4th place. Illinois State is 8-13, 3-7 in the MVC, and in a tie for 9th place.
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The game is on the MVC-TV Network, which includes NBCSports Chicago and Bally Sports channels in Peoria.
It is also listed on the ESPN+ schedule, but will probably be blacked out in areas served by the MVC-TV Network channels.
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
Tickets- https://offer.fevo.com/bradley-braves-mens-basketball-vs-illinois-state-tscmjk8-5bdc9e7?fevoUri=bradley-braves-mens-basketball-vs-illinois-state-tscmjk8-5bdc9e7%2F
https://www.ticketmaster.com/bradle...ia-illinois-01-25-2023/event/07005D3C969D1422

Bradley split the 2 games last year against Illinois State.
Bradley lost at Illinois State 74-65 on Jan. 16, 2022- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2022/1/16/mens-basketball-illinois-state-defeats-bradley-74-65.aspx
Bradley beat Illinois State 72-64 in Peoria on Feb. 19, 2022.- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2022...-bradley-tops-rival-illinois-state-72-64.aspx
Bradley leads the All-Time Series against ISU 69-65

ISU is in the first year under new head coach Ryan Pedon, a former assistant at Ohio State.
Their roster has undergone a significant change from last season.
Roster- https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
Schedule/results- https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
ISU Stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...ments/2023/1/21/20230121_MBB_Season_Stats.pdf

Their usual playing rotation includes 7 players who average between 7.2 ppg and 11.7 ppg. 6 of their top 7 scorers are transfers who played elsewhere last season.
Their team three point percentage is 32.7%, which ranks 6th in the MVC. Bradley is 2nd at 35.9%

Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/stats/mbball/2022/pdf/cume.pdf
MVC stats- https://mvc-sports.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2022

Bradley's home attendance average is up to 4,257, which ranks 3rd in the MVC behind Murray State (4,970), and Evansville (4,700).
 
MVC Standings after Tuesday night's games
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Bradley needs a win Wednesday to keep pace with MVC-leading SIU, as well as with Missouri State and Drake.
 
Well, I feel rather deflated after the weekend's ending. Need a good drubbing of the Birds tonight to shake that.
A win tonight puts us in the thick of fighting for the 3-4 spot. If we're not gonna contend for yet another season, it's important to snag the 3 or 4 seed at the very least. I'll at least feel OK about the team's success with that. The lack of 3-point shooting consistency unfortunately is our demise, as it was last year.

I consider it inexcusable for both Mo State and UNI to finish ahead of us. We are way more talented than either team.
Drake, Belmont, and SIU we should be right up there with! I didn't expect Belmont to be as good as they have been so far, but really didn't know their players. They play so well together, but our inside game is better.

Go BRAVES!
 
Agreed, LB. Belmont is surprisingly good and I am impressed a lot with their coach.

And if SIU keeps winning, they're going to have to start getting some notice nationally, right?
 
Tommy said:
Agreed, LB. Belmont is surprisingly good and I am impressed a lot with their coach.

And if SIU keeps winning, they're going to have to start getting some notice nationally, right?
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I dunno - do they have any quality wins out of conference? I thought they just got by before the MVC season and nothing impressive - lost a couple chances to upset some good teams on the road.

They did beat Belmont and Drake - they may sneak into the Top 40 with a couple more wins in a row.
 
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