Final score: Bradley 80 SIUE 55

[Tommy]

Lee Smith is right up there with Lou Brock, Bruce Sutter, and Dennis Eckersley for the worst losses where Cubs went on to play for the hated Cardinals. I always loved Lee Smith and he has always seemed to be a classy guy, so I'm with you, Joe!
As for why he came to the game, I assume he still lives in the St. Louis area, so very possibly he knows someone on the SIU-Edwardsville team? Just a guess.

Quick takeaways from this game:
1. This team is very unselfish. It's going to be tough to defend this team with the way they share the ball as evidenced by the spread out scoring. I loved it.
2. Mast didn't get a double double, but he did finish quietly with 9 points and 9 rebounds. We definitely are better on the glass with him in there.
3. Our guards are really fast and active. Seems to be a huge upgrade from last year and they appear to be improving by the week.
4. Kent! Nuff said.
5. JaShon is still a man among boys. If he got half the calls for contact that they call him for, he'd shoot 20 FT's a game. Guy is a rock and he never lets the refs get to him.

Hate to leave out anyone as everyone had some highlights worth pointing out, but those are my quick takeaways. Would love to hear what everyone else thought.

 

[Bradley3342]

Lee Smith is right up there with Lou Brock, Bruce Sutter, and Dennis Eckersley for the worst losses where Cubs went on to play for the hated Cardinals. I always loved Lee Smith and he has always seemed to be a classy guy, so I'm with you, Joe!
As for why he came to the game, I assume he still lives in the St. Louis area, so very possibly he knows someone on the SIU-Edwardsville team? Just a guess.

Quick takeaways from this game:
1. This team is very unselfish. It's going to be tough to defend this team with the way they share the ball as evidenced by the spread out scoring. I loved it.
2. Mast didn't get a double double, but he did finish quietly with 9 points and 9 rebounds. We definitely are better on the glass with him in there.
3. Our guards are really fast and active. Seems to be a huge upgrade from last year and they appear to be improving by the week.
4. Kent! Nuff said.
5. JaShon is still a man among boys. If he got half the calls for contact that they call him for, he'd shoot 20 FT's a game. Guy is a rock and he never lets the refs get to him.

Hate to leave out anyone as everyone had some highlights worth pointing out, but those are my quick takeaways. Would love to hear what everyone else thought.

Ditto to everything said here! Let’s just hope we can take this show on the road now.

 

[JMG 76]

Pretty sure he was there with Steve Cicciarelli, who owns Pipco. He is also good friends with Fergie Jenkins.

 

[Dub]

Funny story... Early in the 2nd half today, there was a play where Terry Roberts was double-teamed along the sideline right in front of Brian Wardle. One of the SIUE defenders clearly hacked Terry on the arm causing him to drop the ball out of bounds for a turnover. One ref, whose name is Michael Svoboda, was right there but did not call a foul. Coach Wardle was a bit upset, even though Bradley had a big lead at the time. He yelled rather loudly at the ref as the play went back down toward the SIUE end, "Mike, Mike, Mike, I don't know you, but that was a foul!". Most fans on our side heard it clearly, and there was a loud roar of laughter.

We were down near the opposite bench and saw the tail end of that exchange as Wardle chased him down the sideline loudly exclaiming: “….. AND YOU KNOW IT. YOU KNOW IT!”