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[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=arial black,avant garde]Bradley Basketball Pregame Notes[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Game 26 -Bradley Braves (13-12, 8-7 MVC) at Indiana State (15-11, 7-8 MVC)[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Tuesday, Feb. 16 - 7:00 p.m. EST - Terre Haute, Ind. - Hulman Center (10,200)[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Series History - Bradley leads 48-24 [/FONT]
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Television: Comcast Spotlight (Central Illinois 74, Chicago 102) - Frank Bussone (play-by-play) and Dick Versace (analyst). [/FONT]
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Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play-by-play), Chuck Buescher (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (studio pregame host)[/FONT]
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Online: www.BradleyBraves.com for subscription video streams and free audio streams.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Valley Road Tilt[/FONT]
Bradley will shoot for its seventh win in 10 outings Tuesday when the Braves visit Missouri Valley Conference rival Indiana State...With a win Tuesday, Bradley will secure at least a final .500 record in conference play for a fifth consecutive season...Bradley will try to continue to gain ground in The Valley race and the Braves would climb into a third-place tie in the standings by coupling a Tuesday victory at Indiana State with an Illinois State home loss to Missouri State Wednesday night. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Relative Road Success[/FONT]
If Bradley can earn a victory Tuesday night at Indiana State, the Braves would improve to 5-6 in true road games and extend their streak of consecutive seasons with at least five road victories to five years...Bradley has won at least five road games in five consecutive seasons only one other time: 1957-62...For some perspective on the difficulties of winning on the road: a fifth Bradley road win Tuesday would match the combined 2009-10 season totals of Connecticut (0-6), Indiana (1-5), Louisville (1-5), North Carolina (1-5) and UCLA (2-4), a quintet of traditional college basketball powers that have combined for a 5-25 road record this year.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Against The Sycamores[/FONT]
Tuesday's game at Indiana State will be the 73rd in the all-time series between Bradley and the Sycamores...Bradley owns a 48-24 lead in the all-time series, including a 17-16 advantage in Terre Haute...Indiana State is the only current Valley rival against whom the Braves own a winning road record (though Bradley also had winning road records versus former Valley rivals Detroit, North Texas and West Texas State during their respective MVC tenures, as well as a .500 mark at Houston)...Eighth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les owns a 12-4 overall record versus Indiana State, including a 4-3 road record against the Sycamores...Bradley has won six of the last seven versus Indiana State, as well as 13 of the last 17 dating back to the opening round of the 2002 State Farm MVC Tournament.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Maniscalco In Century Club[/FONT]
Having ended the 2008-09 season by equalling the Missouri Valley Conference record for the most games ever played by a second-year player (74), Bradley junior guard Sam Maniscalco will hit the 100-game mark Tuesday at Indiana State...Maniscalco will become the third three-year Bradley player to appear in 100 career games, following Billy Mann (103) and Gene "Squeaky" Melchiorre (102), both from 1947-50...Maniscalco is on pace to equal Southern Illinois' Randal Falker (104, 2004-07) for The Valley record for the most games played by a three-year player in league history during Bradley's first game of the 2010 State Farm MVC Tournament.
Career Games by 3-Year MVC Players
[FONT=courier new,courier]1. 104 Randal Falker, S. Illinois 2004-07[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]2. 103 Billy Mann, Bradley 1947-50[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]3. 102 Matt Shaw, S. I llinois 2004-07[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]102 Gene Melchiorre, Bradley 1947-50[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]5. 100 Osiris Eldridge, Illinois St. 2006-09[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]6. 99 Sam Maniscalco, Bradley 2007-10[/FONT][/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]2,000-Point Teammates[/FONT]
The Bradley junior guard duo of Sam Maniscalco (1,054 points) and Andrew Warren (933) enter Tuesday's game at Indiana State with a combined 1,987 career points...By combining for 13 more points, they will become the first pair of Bradley juniors to reach 2,000 combined points since the "G-Men" combo of Phillip Gilbert and James Gillingham during the 2002-03 season...Gilbert (1,352 points) and Gillingham (964) ended the 2002-03 season with 2,316 career points and pushed their overall career total to 3,105 combined points.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Hoosier Highs[/FONT]
A native of Indianapolis, Ind., Bradley junior guard Andrew Warren (Brebeuf Jesuit Prep) has feasted on The Valley's two Hoosier State members of late...In three games against Indiana State and Evansville to date this season, Warren is averaging 21.7 ppg, 6.0 rpg and 3.0 apg and is shooting 52.9 percent (18-34) from the field, 56.3 percent (9-16) from 3-point range and 95.2 percent (20-21) from the free throw line...He scored a career-best 26 points in the Jan. 6 game versus Indiana State at Carver Arena and pumped in 22 points in Bradley's Feb. 6 visit to Evansville.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]BracketBuster Tuneups[/FONT]
Tuesday's game at Indiana State will be the final game before Bradley hosts Drexel in a game created through its participation in the annual BracketBusters series...Bradley enters Tuesday's tilt with a 5-1 record in the games immediately before the mid-February BracketBusters matchups...Since dropping a 76-66 decision at Evansville in 2005, Bradley has won four consecutive BracketBusters tuneups, three on the road.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]With A Win...[/FONT]
Bradley will earn its seventh win in the last 10 outings, as well as its third road win in its last four games away from Carver Arena...The Braves will secure at least a .500 final record in the Missouri Valley Conference for a fifth consecutive season...Bradley at least will remain in fourth place in The Valley standings and could move back into a tie for third if Illinois State loses at home to Missouri State Wednesday night...Bradley will earn a fifth road victory for a fifth consecutive season.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]With A Loss...[/FONT]
Bradley will remain part of the logjam in the middle of The Valley standings...The Braves could remain tied for fourth with the Sycamores and Creighton if the Bluejays also lose at UNI Tuesday night (Missouri State could make it a four-way tie by winning at Illinois State Wednesday night)...At worst, Bradley would fall into a tie for fifth in the league standings with Indiana State and possibly Missouri State. [/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Power Of The Post[/FONT]
Bradley is 11-4 (.733) this season when the quartet of sophomore forward Taylor Brown, sophomore center Will Egolf and reserve centers Sam Singh and Anthony Thompson combine for at least 20 points and 10 rebounds...The Braves are 2-8 (.200) when the post quartet falls below the 20-10 standard, but picked up that second win Saturday when the trio combined for 24 points and 13 rebounds versus #18/19 UNI.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Triple Threat[/FONT]
The Bradley trio of junior guard Andrew Warren (14.4 ppg), sophomore forward Taylor Brown (13.7) and junior guard Sam Maniscalco (12.3) combine to score 40.4 ppg...Individually, Warren ranks third, Brown sixth and Maniscalco 14th among Valley players in overall scoring this year...The next best scoring trio are Illinois State's senior combo of Osiris Eldridge (15.7 ppg), Dinma Odiakosa (12.4) and Lloyd Phillips (10.8 ) at 38.9...The Bradley trio also tops The Valley by combining for 43.1 ppg in conference play: Warren (3rd, 14.8 ppg), Maniscalco 4th, 14.7) and Brown (7th, 13.6)...In the 22 games Brown has played this year, the Braves are 8-4 (.667) when the trio combines for at least 40 points, but 4-6 (.400) when they fail to reach 40.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Brown's Improvement[/FONT]
Bradley sophomore forward Taylor Brown ranks among the nation's leaders in improved scoring from 2008-09 to this season...After averaging 3.4 ppg last year, Brown is The Valley's sixth-leading scorer at 13.7 ppg...His scoring increase of 10.3 ppg is the best in The Valley and ranks among the nation's top 10 improvements from a year ago.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]Maniscalco's Accuracy[/FONT]
Junior guard Sam Maniscalco is shooting 52.4 percent from the field in 15 Valley games...The 6-foot Maniscalco currently is sixth in the league in field goal percentage in league play...Maniscalco is the only player standing less than 6-foot-6 inches to rank among the league's top seven most accurate shooters in league play.[/FONT]
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[FONT=arial black,avant garde]How Hot Is Maniscalco?[/FONT]
So just how hot has Sam Maniscalco been from inside the 3-point line this season?..The 6-foot guard is shooting 60.4 percent (61-101) from inside the arc on the season, including a scorching 68.0 percent (51-75) in MVC play...Maniscalco's season 2-point field goal percentage currently ranks as the seventh-best in the history of Bradley Basketball for any player with at least 50 2-pointers made...He has a chance to become just the sixth, and easily the shortest, individual in program history with at least 50 2FGM to shoot at least 60 percent from 2-point range for an entire season.
Bradley Season 2-Point FG Pct. (50 FGM)
[FONT=courier new,courier]Luke Jackson, 1987-88 .675 127-188[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Roosevelt Davison, 1983-84 .661 111-168[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]*Joe Allen, 1967-68 .655 258-394[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Zach Andrews, 2006-07 .640 155-242[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Roosevelt Davison, 1982-83 .638 104-163[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Joe Allen, 1966-67 .622 232-373[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Sam Maniscalco, 2009-10 .604 61-101[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]Jerome Robinson, 1998-99 .600 51-85[/FONT]
[FONT=courier new,courier]* NCAA statistical national champion[/FONT][/FONT]
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Shooting 68.0 percent from inside the arc, Maniscalco also easily paces The Valley in 2-point field goal percentage through 15 rounds of conference play by a margin of 40 points better than the second-most accurate shooter, Missouri State's Will Creekmoore (64.0 percent).[/FONT]
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2009-10 MVC 2-FG Pct. (MVC only)[/FONT]
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1. Sam Maniscalco, BU .680 51-75
2. Will Creekmore, MSU .640 57-89
3. Gene Teague, SIU .633 38-60
4. Jermaine Mallett, MSU .587 44-75
5. Dinma Odiakosa, ILS .578 67-116
6. Jordan Eglseder, UNI .554 72-130
7. Will Egolf, BU .573 55-96
8. Harry Marshall, INS .565 52-92
9. Jackie Carmichael, ILS .543 44-81
10. Justin Carter, CU .520 39-75
