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Final score: Bradley 86 Missouri State 62

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Next game: Bradley (18-9, 10-6) at Missouri State (15-12, 7-9), Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7:00 pm
Missouri State is 8-4 at home, Bradley is 5-5 in road games.
In the first meeting between these 2 teams, Bradley beat Missouri State in Peoria, on Jan. 6, 86-60 - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/1/7/mens-basketball-game-recap-bradley-vs-missouri-state.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/missouri-state/boxscore/21919

TV- ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player/_/id/a2edd331-17d1-40c7-8539-1642e34f2239
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans​
Live Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=485984
Radio- www.wmbdradio.com

Missouri State schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...statebears.com/stats/mbball/2023/pdf/cume.pdf

Bradley stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...earmsports.com/stats/mbball/2023/pdf/cume.pdf

MVC Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/mvc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2023/11/7/2023_24_MVC_MBB_Stats.pdf​

Game preview from BradleyBraves.com - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/2/20/mens-basketball-game-preview.aspx
Game preview from MissouriStateBears.com - https://missouristatebears.com/news...-bradley-wednesday-in-key-valley-matchup.aspx
Game Notes- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...om/documents/2024/2/19/Game_28_vs_Bradley.pdf
Game program- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/.../18/Game_13_Printed_Program_-_Web_Version.pdf
 
Play like this game matters - need to have the mentality from the tip that this is do or die time. If St. Lou is our focus, time to start tonight.
 
The excitement is alive in my heart, tomahawk chop! Tommy and will be in Springfield tonight! My daughter who is a student at CofO in Branson will drive up and join us. Let’s goooo!
 
Dub said:
The excitement is alive in my heart, tomahawk chop! Tommy and will be in Springfield tonight! My daughter who is a student at CofO in Branson will drive up and join us. Let’s goooo!
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Let’s go Braves! Love the excitment!
 
For me, if we win our two home games we stay out of Thursday. This would be a nice bonus, and hopefully they can show they have worked to right the ship. No giving up a big early lead. Trust the players, don't bench the freshman. If it's the same as the last few games I may find something else to do after halftime. If they make an SIU like comeback I can always watch it later on ESPN+.
 
I just do not get who coach chooses to play anymore. This will hurt any chances we have in winning the Tour. It just seems like he wants to punish players for whatever reason instead of going with the ones with the most talent. Nothing personal against Linke but how do play a guy at this point when he has not played much at all in his 4th season. Something seems really wrong in this program.
 
Even when shots weren’t falling early we seemed more crisp. Had good looks all game and Duke heated up. Defense was much better too all game. Now this Missouri State team isn’t great, but they’re not terrible either so doing that on the road is nice. Let’s hope this Bradley team keeps showing up in this Jekyll and Hyde season. One thing that confused me is Linke. I’ve been critical of Meta’s defense, but has Thomas fallen so far he’s below a fourth year guy who hasn’t played in years? It’s weird at the end of the year to add Linke in. I guess Linke didn’t make any huge mistakes, but I don’t know if that will hold up against better teams. Nice to see Atalson hit a few threes, hopefully that’ll get him going the next few. Overall, a good night for Bradley coming off some tough ones.
 
What a terrific game, especially that 2nd half. Bradley shot 67% on the 2nd half, and outscored Missouri State 53-35 to win 86-62.
Duke Deen with a career game- 35 points, 25 in the 2nd half. He was 9-10 in the 2nd half, and 7-8 from three.
IMO, the technical foul was not justified, Duke was merely celebrating a basket, not taunting anyone.
One other interesting disparity- Free throws in the 2nd half- Bradley 1-1, Missouri State 11-17

Final score- Bradley 86 Missouri State 62- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=485984

Deen 35 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, only 2 turnovers
Leons 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
Hickman 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
Hannah 7 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists (limited by fouls)
Atlason 9 points, 2 steals
Bradley had only 6 turnovers for the game.

Bradley remains in 3rd place.
Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/standings/_/group/18
 
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Official Box score- https://missouristatebears.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2023-24/bradley/boxscore/6584
 
Much needed W' for the Braves.....solid game start to finish.....kudos to Leons and Deen for taking over this game!:-o:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
 
By the way.....what is the Bradley record for 3's in a game?:doubt:
Also how close is Duke to reaching the 1000 pt club after tonight?:-o
 
Big Mike said:
By the way.....what is the Bradley record for 3's in a game?:doubt:
Also how close is Duke to reaching the 1000 pt club after tonight?:-o
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Duke set the record for 3’s tonight and crossed the 1000 point threshold, as well.

and as for Linke, guy hustled and rebounded when he was in the game. Coach said after the game that the team chose him as the guy to come in offf th bench for this game. If he plays like that when he gets the chance, I am all for it.
 
Big Mike said:
By the way.....what is the Bradley record for 3's in a game?:doubt:
Also how close is Duke to reaching the 1000 pt club after tonight?:-o
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Duke now has 740 points in his 2 seasons at Bradley, and with the 271 he scored at Troy in 2021-22, he now has a personal career total of 1011 points.

Duke set a new Bradley single game record of 9 three pointers in a game tonight. He was 9-12 tonight.
Previously the record was 8, shared by 5 players-
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