Final: Indiana State 68 Bradley 62

[Da Coach]

Bradley's next game is at home against Indiana State on Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7:00 PM at Carver Arena. Bradley is now 11-14 overall, and 6-6 in the MVC, in a 4-way tie for 3rd. Indiana State is 18-6 overall, 9-3 in the MVC, and in 2nd place. Their 3 losses- 2 were to Wichita State, and the other was at SIU.
There does not appear to be any local TV broadcast.

Indiana State is coming off a close win Sunday at home against Drake 60-56.





Indiana State website-

http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=7259&

Schedule/results-

http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15200&SPID=7259&SPSID=65150

Roster-

http://www.gosycamores.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15200&SPID=7259&SPSID=65152

Indiana State stats- The Sycamores have 5 players averaging double figures-

http://www.gosycamores.com/fls/15200//statistics/0809-mbb/SeasonStatsMBB.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=15200

Bradley stats-

http://www.bradleybraves.com/pdf9/2562905.pdf?ATCLID=209304392&SPSID=19334&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Da Coach]

Article from BradleyBraves.com

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=25965&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=209403233&DB_OEM_ID=3400

[Da Coach]

Indiana State's RPI is 55, which is still close enough to be in consideration for an at-large NCAA bid, though I do not think any MVC has ever gotten an At-Large bid with an RPI over 40.
The only teams Bradley has played with a better RPI this season are Arizona State (RPI 40), and Wichita State (RPI 6).
Bradley's current RPI is 229.

Here are the RPI's of all of Bradley's opponents-

http://realtimerpi.com/rpi_294_Men.html

[tornado]

Indiana State's overall SOS of 121
and their 0-3 record against Top 50 teams
and what looked like their best win (Notre Dame) is turning nightmarish
as Notre Dame has dropped to 12-12 and is trying to battle for last place in the ACC
with RPI way over 100 and zero road wins all year.
Indiana State's resume is extremely weak right now and will be DOA if we can beat them Wednesday.
Most of the MVC will be hoping for us to lose so to preserve the slim chances of two bids come March.

[Da Coach]

"Slim chances" is being very optimistic. IMO, the only way we get 2 bids is with an upset winner of the tournament.

[Da Coach]

Story from Dave Reynolds:

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140211/SPORTS/140219767/10963/SPORTS

[tornado]

Dave is picking Bradley to win

http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140211/SPORTS/140219759/10963/SPORTS/?tag=2

[bigjimmy]

I hope Dave is right, which he has been with his picks a lot this year. Will need to play better defense as Evansville was able to exploit the weaknesses in our zone defense but they just couldn't finish. Indiana State can finish especially Odum and Arop. Hopefully X can put together back to back games and if we can move the ball like we did last game we should put a W in the win column and somehow get above .500.

[Da Coach]

Some milestones regarding Walt Lemon-

Averaging 17.6 points, 4.1 assists and 2.1 steals per game, senior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. is on a pace to crack Bradley??™s career top 10 in all three categories ... Already fifth in Bradley history with 196 career steals, Lemon needs 35 points and 18 assists to move into 10th place on both the career scoring and assists lists ... Lemon is on pace to join the legendary Hersey Hawkins - 1st in scoring, 8th in assists, 1st in steals - as the only players to rank among Bradley??™s top 10 in all three categories.

Bradley senior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. needs 14 points to become the 56th player in Missouri Valley Conference history to score at least 1,600 career points ... Lemon enters Wednesday??™s game 57th on the league??™s all-time scoring list with 1,586 points ... During his 25-point effort Sunday, Lemon jumped eight spots on The Valley??™s all-time scoring list, passing a group that included Benoit Benjamin, Lewis Lloyd, Butch Beard and Shea Seals.

Bradley guard Walt Lemon Jr. enters tonight??™s game against Indiana State four assists and four steals shy of becoming only the fourth player in league history to attain at least 1,500 points, 350 assists and 200 steals. Bradley??™s Hersey Hawkins, SIU??™s Darren Brooks and Indiana State??™s Larry Bird are the other three to achieve those career numbers.

[bradleyfan124]

I think Bradley will win also. Beating one of the upper place teams will go a long ways to helping Bradley. Then when we knock off Wichita..........

[wily coyote]

Dave is picking Bradley to win
http://www.pjstar.com/article/201402.../SPORTS/?tag=2

So do I. Hope they don't let us down.

[Da Coach]

Winnable game, ugly performance by Bradley.
Indiana State 68
Bradley 62

[TNel]

Thought I was watching the Olympic Half Pipe on some of those acrobatic drives to the hoop. The crisp passing we saw the last couple games must have been an aberration.

[Big Mike]

Could have won this game @ the FT line......really bad shot selection tonight IMO.....this game was there for the taking!

[Da Coach]

This was possible as disappointing a loss as any this year at home except maybe the IUPUI/IPFW losses. I thought Indiana State played poorly, turned the ball over a ton (18 ), and tried to give the game away to Bradley. But Poor shooting, missed free throws, and bad shot selection and other bad moves gave the game right back to Indiana State.