Final score: Bradley 77 MSU 68

[Da Coach]

Next game: Missouri State at Bradley, Wed. Feb. 22, 7:00 PM

This is the final home game, and it is senior night.
There are no seniors listed on the Bradley roster, however, Bradley has already announced that Alex Foster will be honored Wednesday night as a departing senior.

http://www.bradleybraves.com/news/2017/2/21/mens-basketball-bradley-hosts-missouri-state-in-carver-finale.aspx

That answers part of the question of where additional scholarships will come from. 2 senior basketball managers will also be honored.

The game is on ESPN3.com
Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/bradley/mbball/
Chat room: http://us21.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

MSU wesbite-

http://www.missouristatebears.com/index.aspx?path=mbball

MSU schedule/results-

http://www.missouristatebears.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

MSU stats-
http://missouristate_ftp.sidearmspor...df?path=mbball

[Da Coach]

Missouri State is a 2?? point favorite

[tornado]

our key is to use whoever can stop Alize Johnson... make someone else take the shots

Johnson takes 1/5 of all their shots and grabs 1/3 of all their rebounds

[Dub]

Tonight will be tough. A loss might not change much, but a win would feel like a bit of a potential turning point to me. This young team has played well in bursts, but never really in back to back outings... definitely no BTB wins. A win tonight would possibly indicate a threshold being crossed in the mental toughness aspect, where we have been predictably weak thus far.

Donte Thomas has emerged as an x factor in my view. When he's I the game for 25-30 min we fare much better.

[Da Coach]

Live stats-

http://www.sidearmstats.com/bradley/mbball/

Chat room -

http://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans#0

Alex Foster starting tonight.

[bigjimmy]

Brown has a boot on his ankle. Hurt it in pregame warmups.

[Braves2006]

Why is the game not on the espn3

[Da Coach]

It was supposed to be. All 4 of tonight's MVC games were scheduled for ESPN3.com

[Da Coach]

For the record, there are people in the chat room who are watching on ESPN3.com

[Braves2006]

I see it now.

[Da Coach]

Easily the best game from start to finish all season. Great job by the players and coaches. And it was without Bradley's top scorer. Maybe for some reason they play better in such a circumstance? Whatever the reasons, hope they can keep it up.

Positives:
Bradley shot 55.8%
Scored 77 points- 3rd highest point total in MVC games
Outrebounded MSU, a good rebounding team, 31-20- MSU was 2nd only to Wichita State in MVC games with an average of 37.2 rpg
20 assists for the game- maybe a season high?
Only 10 turnovers- likely the best assist/turnover ratio all season
34 bench points!
Forced 17 turnovers from MSU
Scored 22 points off turnovers
Scored 44 points in the paint


Stats-

http://www.sidearmstats.com/bradley/mbball/

Box score-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400918189

[California Alum]

BU vs MSU

Who won player of the game?

[basketball nut]

Easily the best game from start to finish all season. Great job by the players and coaches. And it was without Bradley's top scorer. Maybe for some reason they play better in such a circumstance? Whatever the reasons, hope they can keep it up.

Positives:
Bradley shot 55.8%
Scored 77 points- 3rd highest point total in MVC games
Outrebounded MSU, a good rebounding team, 31-20
20 assists for the game- probably a season high
Only 10 turnovers- likely the best assist/turnover ratio all season
34 bench points!
Forced 17 turnovers from MSU
Scored 22 points off turnovers
Scored 44 points in the paint


Stats-

http://www.sidearmstats.com/bradley/mbball/

Box score-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...meId=400918189

This was a lot of fun to watch. Kennell was great at the point. In complete control and handled the ball really great along w/ looking to score in the second half. Luuk was steady and is starting to show a much better offensive game. Not strictly a 3 point shooter as he is starting to get to the basket more along w/a nice pull up shot. Hodgson played another great game. His shooting was down but then MSU was covering him w/ bigger players. This opened up other guys which is why BU had 20 assists tonight.
Can't say enough about DT as he might not have scored but his "D" was instrumental in getting this win.
The key, again, in this game was they played as a "TEAM"

[Chibearsfan10125]

Who won player of the game?

Luuk

[Braves2006]

Great win. Guys are clicking and playing HARD. Go get em against the Bulldogs and finish hot! Would love to win Thursday night and then get revenge on the Birds!