Final score: Bradley 86 Little Rock 46

[MacabreMob]

Jesus!

We won by 40.

Didn't see that coming.

[YATittle]

What was Little Rock??™s RPI coming into the game? Does anyone know? Clearly from this score they are in for one tough year.

[tornado]

They were not a good team, but I am very pleased that we played very well - as sometimes we play poorly and barely beat bad teams...

-we shot well
-we rebounded well
-we did not turn the ball over nearly as much
-we didn't foul a lot
-we made a lot better pct of our FTs

the Valley record goes to 70-32

[MacabreMob]

What was Little Rock’s RPI coming into the game? Does anyone know? Clearly from this score they are in for one tough year.

Current RPI 299, expected RPI 293

http://www.rpiforecast.com/teams/Little%20Rock.html

[BUSongwriter]

I didn't get to hear the post game radio show. How is Elijah Childs is doing? That was one scary fall.

For those who didn't see, he was upended after a dunk and fell on his head and neck. His right arm appeared to be bothering him, but he never went to the locker room. It sure looked bad for a minute, though.

[Chibearsfan10125]

I didn't get to hear the post game radio show. How is Elijah Childs is doing? That was one scary fall.

I just caught the tail end of it, but it sounded like Wardle said Childs could've come back in if he had to, and even wanted to, but they wanted to play it safe.

[Da Coach]

What was Little Rock??™s RPI coming into the game? Does anyone know? Clearly from this score they are in for one tough year.

Little Rock's RPI before tonight's game was 300. Now, after the loss to Bradley, it improved to 289.
Bradley's RPI prior to tonight's game was 130. Now after beating an RPI 300 team, it actually dropped slightly to 135.

[BUfan39]

Little Rock's RPI before tonight's game was 300. Now, after the loss to Bradley, it improved to 289.
Bradley's RPI prior to tonight's game was 130. Now after beating an RPI 300 team, it actually dropped slightly to 135.

Same thing is going to happen again at Chicago State on Saturday lol.

[Da Coach]

Tonight's game was very entertaining, and I can't say that about a lot of the games on the home court over the past several years. Yes, I know it was a relatively bad team they beat, but there were a number of things that were very good to see-
> Nice to see the team bounce back after the butt-whipping they got at San Diego State, and to come out early and play well after such a long layoff (10 days since the last game)
> They shot the ball extremely well overall (61%) and from the 3-point line (48%). They also shot FTs well (70%)
> Everyone on the team shot well. Every player who played shot 50% or better from the field, except Pate Hanley, who entered the game late and was 0-1. And every player who attempted more than 1 three pointer, was 50% or better on threes.
>The defense was terrific - they held Little Rock to 21 first half points, and 46 points overall, and 5 of those were in the final minute of garbage time. They held them to 35.6% FG%.
>Before tonight's game, Bradley's team defense ranked 8th in Division I at 59.9 ppg allowed. With the 46 points scored against them tonight, their scoring defense is now 58.5 ppg, which improves them to the 5th best in Division I.
> Also, prior to tonight's game, Bradley's FG% defense ranked 8th in Division I at 36.4% allowed. The 35.6% allowed tonight will keep them ranked 8th at 36.3%.
> I thought the game plan was great, and the coaches did a tremendous job preparing the team, and managing the game both offensively and defensively. Only Darrell Brown (28 minutes) played more than 24 minutes in the game.
> The team came out strong in both halves, and did not have any stretches in the game when they struggled on offense.
> And there were only 10 turnovers and relatively few fouls in the game making the flow of the game much more enjoyable to watch.

All of those factors made it fun tonight.

Box score-

http://www.bubraves.com/documents/2017/12/13//Bradley_86_Little_Rock_46.pdf

[Da Coach]

By the way, the last time Bradley beat anyone by 40 points or more was December 18, 2014 when they beat Eureka College 80-38 at Carver Arena-

http://www.bubraves.com/boxscore.aspx?id=13310&path=mbball

And the last time Bradley beat a Division I team by 40 or more points was February 5, 2000 when they walloped University of Northern Iowa 80-39 in Carver Arena.

[Dub]

Very fun and somewhat relaxing game to watch. I sure hope Child??™s is ok. He is a stud and we would miss him dearly if he was hurt. I??™d love to see us put together one of these types of performances against a team like Mississippi.

[bigjimmy]

A thoroughly enjoyable game from all aspects. It was nice to see us get a team down and then not only keep them down but increase the lead. That hasn't happened very often during the last 10 years. Hope we can take this on the road.

[pfcmsh]

I didn't get to hear the post game radio show. How is Elijah Childs is doing? That was one scary fall.

For those who didn't see, he was upended after a dunk and fell on his head and neck. His right arm appeared to be bothering him, but he never went to the locker room. It sure looked bad for a minute, though.

I heard the post game show. Coach Wardle said that he was okay and it was his elbow that he landed on. His elbow had been bothering him a little bit even prior to the game. Ive heard nothing since post game show.

[Da Coach]

I wouldn't be surprised if Elijah's elbow was still sore, but the word is that he is ok and should play Saturday.