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Note the mention of Andrew Warren still suffering from a neck injury from the fall near the end of the Wichita State game.
He is expected to play Tuesday.
PDF Version of Bradley's Pregame Notes Package Audio and Video Streams Live Stats
Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play-by-play), Danny Adams (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (pregame host)
Online: BradleyBraves.com -- subscription video streams, free audio streams and live stats
Mobile: BravesMobile.com -- live stats
Tickets: $8-20 General Public; $4-10 BU faculty/staff; $1 BU students -- available at Carver Arena Box Office, all TicketMaster outlets or online at www.BradleyBraves.com.
THE STORYLINE
Suffering through its longest losing streak -- 11 games -- since 1955, Bradley will be gunning for its first Missouri Valley Conference win of the season Tuesday night when the Braves host Creighton ... Bradley has played this season shorthanded due to the medical conditions of preseason all-conference selections Taylor Brown (cardiac testing) and Sam Maniscalco (ankle) and the team's third preseason All-MVC pick, senior guard Andrew Warren, went down with a neck injury with just under 4 minutes remaining Sunday at Wichita State ... Warren, who leads The Valley in scoring at 18.9 points per game, is expected to play Tuesday ... Bradley's current 5-game home losing streak is the team's longest since a 6-game home slide from Feb. 8-Dec. 12, 1993.
WITH A WIN
Bradley will ... Snap an 11-game overall losing streak and five-game home slide ... Earn its first Valley win of the season and its first win of 2011.
Creighton will ... Sweep the regular-season series versus Bradley for the third consecutive year ... Give head coach Greg McDermott a third straight win versus the Braves for the first time in his career.
AGAINST CREIGHTON
Wednesday's game will be the 83rd in the all-time series between Bradley and Creighton, which dates back to a 52-46 Braves victory in a non-conference clash Feb. 13, 1941 at the Peoria Armory ... The Bluejays have won 19 of the last 23 meetings to take a 42-40 lead in the all-time series ... Creighton and Missouri State are the only two current Valley members with winning records against the Braves.
COACHING MATCHUP
The dean of Missouri Valley Conference head coaches, ninth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les is 4-16 all-time against Creighton, 2-6 at home against the Bluejays ... First-year Creighton head coach Greg McDermott is 7-7 all-time against Bradley, but 1-5 all-time versus the Braves at Carver Arena ... McDermott, who is making his first Peoria visit as Creighton's coach, was 1-4 in Peoria as UNI head coach (2001-06) and 0-1 with Iowa State (2007).
CALENDAR EFFECT
Including the last 10 games, January has by far been the coldest month for ninth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les ... The Braves are 33-51 (.393) in January under Les, while playing 51 of those 84 games without the likes of Phillip Gilbert (missed nine January games due to injury), Jeremy Crouch (eight), Daniel Ruffin (six) Will Egolf (eight), Andrew Warren (eight), Dodie Dunson (10), Dyricus Simms-Edwards (two), Taylor Brown (10) and Sam Maniscalco (10) -- 71 individual games missed ... As Bradley prepares to host Creighton Tuesday night, February has been Les' winningest month (36-27) and is second only to November by percentage (.571) ... Not coincidentally, the Braves have been without the above nine players for just 20 February games due to injury: Warren (11), Egolf (eight), Dunson (nine) -- 28 individual games missed -- though Brown and Maniscalco will not return this season.
LOOKING AHEAD
Bradley will return to the road for four of its next six games, beginning Sunday afternoon at Southern Illinois ... Saturday's 2:05 p.m. game will be televised in Central Illinois on WTVP World ... The Braves will remain on the road for a Feb. 9 game at Missouri State that will be televised by the MVC on FS Midwest, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Indiana, FS Kansas City and Fox College Sports.
He is expected to play Tuesday.
PDF Version of Bradley's Pregame Notes Package Audio and Video Streams Live Stats 2010-11 Bradley Basketball Game Notes
Game 23 - Creighton (14-9, 6-5 MVC) at Bradley (6-16, 0-11 MVC)
Tuesday, Feb. 1 - 7:05 p.m. CST - Peoria, Ill. - Carver Arena (11,164)
Series History - Creighton leads 42-40
Television: KMTV -- Travis Justice (play-by-play) and Nick Bahe (analyst)Tuesday, Feb. 1 - 7:05 p.m. CST - Peoria, Ill. - Carver Arena (11,164)
Series History - Creighton leads 42-40
Radio: 1470 AM WMBD -- Dave Snell (play-by-play), Danny Adams (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (pregame host)
Online: BradleyBraves.com -- subscription video streams, free audio streams and live stats
Mobile: BravesMobile.com -- live stats
Tickets: $8-20 General Public; $4-10 BU faculty/staff; $1 BU students -- available at Carver Arena Box Office, all TicketMaster outlets or online at www.BradleyBraves.com.
THE STORYLINE
Suffering through its longest losing streak -- 11 games -- since 1955, Bradley will be gunning for its first Missouri Valley Conference win of the season Tuesday night when the Braves host Creighton ... Bradley has played this season shorthanded due to the medical conditions of preseason all-conference selections Taylor Brown (cardiac testing) and Sam Maniscalco (ankle) and the team's third preseason All-MVC pick, senior guard Andrew Warren, went down with a neck injury with just under 4 minutes remaining Sunday at Wichita State ... Warren, who leads The Valley in scoring at 18.9 points per game, is expected to play Tuesday ... Bradley's current 5-game home losing streak is the team's longest since a 6-game home slide from Feb. 8-Dec. 12, 1993.
WITH A WIN
Bradley will ... Snap an 11-game overall losing streak and five-game home slide ... Earn its first Valley win of the season and its first win of 2011.
Creighton will ... Sweep the regular-season series versus Bradley for the third consecutive year ... Give head coach Greg McDermott a third straight win versus the Braves for the first time in his career.
AGAINST CREIGHTON
Wednesday's game will be the 83rd in the all-time series between Bradley and Creighton, which dates back to a 52-46 Braves victory in a non-conference clash Feb. 13, 1941 at the Peoria Armory ... The Bluejays have won 19 of the last 23 meetings to take a 42-40 lead in the all-time series ... Creighton and Missouri State are the only two current Valley members with winning records against the Braves.
COACHING MATCHUP
The dean of Missouri Valley Conference head coaches, ninth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les is 4-16 all-time against Creighton, 2-6 at home against the Bluejays ... First-year Creighton head coach Greg McDermott is 7-7 all-time against Bradley, but 1-5 all-time versus the Braves at Carver Arena ... McDermott, who is making his first Peoria visit as Creighton's coach, was 1-4 in Peoria as UNI head coach (2001-06) and 0-1 with Iowa State (2007).
CALENDAR EFFECT
Including the last 10 games, January has by far been the coldest month for ninth-year Bradley head coach Jim Les ... The Braves are 33-51 (.393) in January under Les, while playing 51 of those 84 games without the likes of Phillip Gilbert (missed nine January games due to injury), Jeremy Crouch (eight), Daniel Ruffin (six) Will Egolf (eight), Andrew Warren (eight), Dodie Dunson (10), Dyricus Simms-Edwards (two), Taylor Brown (10) and Sam Maniscalco (10) -- 71 individual games missed ... As Bradley prepares to host Creighton Tuesday night, February has been Les' winningest month (36-27) and is second only to November by percentage (.571) ... Not coincidentally, the Braves have been without the above nine players for just 20 February games due to injury: Warren (11), Egolf (eight), Dunson (nine) -- 28 individual games missed -- though Brown and Maniscalco will not return this season.
LOOKING AHEAD
Bradley will return to the road for four of its next six games, beginning Sunday afternoon at Southern Illinois ... Saturday's 2:05 p.m. game will be televised in Central Illinois on WTVP World ... The Braves will remain on the road for a Feb. 9 game at Missouri State that will be televised by the MVC on FS Midwest, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, FS Indiana, FS Kansas City and Fox College Sports.
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