Exhibition game (10/26)- Bradley vs. Lewis- 8PM at Renaissance Coliseum

[Da Coach]

The first exhibition game is tonight, Thursday, Oct. 26, against Lewis University.
Note the later than usual starting time of 8:00 PM.

No tickets are necessary, and admission is free. There is no reserved seating-
all general admission.
A donation of $5 per person is suggested, and all proceeds will be used to support the Salvation Army hurricane relief efforts in areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

Bradley will host Division II Lewis University. Lewis is located in Romeoville, Illinois, and they are members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Last season, they were 24-9 overall, and 12-6 in the GLVC-
2015-16 GLVC standings- http://glvcsports.com/standings.aspx?standings=127

The Lewis Flyers are coached by Scott Trost in his 12th season there. He is 207-120. He was previously a highly successful head coach at Illinois Wesleyan University for 5 years (101-37).

http://www.lewisflyers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=2236&path=mbball

Stats from 2016-17-

http://www.lewisflyers.com/cumestats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2016

Roster-

http://www.lewisflyers.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Lewis lost their top scorer from last season, Miles Simelton who averaged 15.0 ppg, but they return their next 6 top scorers, and almost all their teams production, other than Simelton. Their roster contains one local kid Jake Reinhart from Bloomington Central Catholic HS.
This is Lewis' first exhibition game, then they play exhibitions at Loyola on Saturday and Illinois State on Nov. 5.
They play one other D1 game vs. Northwestern on December 19.
Schedule- http://www.lewisflyers.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

[Da Coach]

Bradley players warming up. Koch Bar is not there. He is in class. One of the NCAA requirements for their approval of this game was that players weren't allowed to miss any classes. I assume he will get there when he's done with class.

[Da Coach]

JoJo McGlaston also in class.

[Da Coach]

Both are due to be there by game time.

[it's boogie time]

JoJo McGlaston also in class.

https://twitter.com/DaveReynolds2/status/923712079063810055

"BU forward JoJo McGlaston not here tonight because he's taking a leave of absence for personal reasons. No timetable announced for return."

[Da Coach]

Not a very big crowd....similar in size to the Red-White crowd so far.

[Da Coach]

Bradley starters...Donte Thomas, Darrell Brown, Koch Bar, Jayden Hodgson, Nate Kennel.

[Da Coach]

Bad shots the first several possessions

[Da Coach]

Lewis leads 7-3 at first timeout

[Da Coach]

Bradley now leads 21-13 at the 12 minute timeout. Elijah Child's and Nate Kennell making a difference.

[Da Coach]

Bradley leads 24-21 with 8 minutes left in half.

[Da Coach]

Bradley leads 26-25 with 4 min left...struggling to score.

[Da Coach]

Bradley leads 31-28 at halftime

[Da Coach]

Stipanovich & Child's look good. Jojo is not at game, must still be in class. Most others are struggling.

Brown not wearing the prescription goggles he was reportedly going to wear.

[bigjimmy]

I like that we??™re looking to score instead of searching for it but we need to be stronger with the ball inside as we??™ve had quite a few knocked away. Childs has a smooth looking shot and Lundy looks like a pretty aggressive player. Stipanovich looked pretty good in the last few minutes of the half.