Final score: Bradley 63 Drake 61- Bradley advances to MVC Tournament semifinals

[BUfan39]

These are the types of games we would have lost previously! What a game from DB and DT willing us to victory. Major step for the program! Go Braves!

[bigjimmy]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo o!!

[battlebasset]

When was the last time we played on Saturday?

[Big Mike]

Wow....feel good the Braves pulled that out! Let's get the ramblers tomorrow!

[bigjimmy]

Dinner at the Hard Rock is really going to taste good after that win! Great sustained effort all 2nd half. Glad my prediction was wrong! Wish I could play with an ankle that was sprained about a week ago. What an effort by DB! Enjoy it for the rest of the night boys and get ready to hitch them up against Loyola. WOW!

[bigjimmy]

It was 8 years ago when BU made it to the conference semis.

[Da Coach]

When was the last time we played on Saturday?

The last time Bradley advanced to the semifinals and played on Saturday was in the 2010 MVC Tournament! -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Missouri_Valley_Conference_Men%27s_Basketball_Tournament

That year, Bradley was the #5 seed, and defeated the #4 seed Creighton. However, they lost in their semifinal game to #1 seed Northern Iowa.
The last time Bradley advanced to the final Championship game was in the 2006 MVC Tournament. That year, Bradley beat Creighton, then Wichita State to advance to the final against SIU, which they lost.

[Da Coach]

Fantastic game!

Official box score-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/mvc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/3/2/mvc4.pdf

ESPN Box score-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401020135

Live stats-

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=209931

Darrell Brown was incredible with 24 points!
Donte Thomas was great, and had 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 2 blocks!
DLO was his usual self, filling the stat sheet- 10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 4-4 from the FT line at key times, great defense, and a team-high 34 minutes!
Koch Bar did not do much on offense, but played good defense.
Nate Kennell did not have a good shooting night, but he also worked hard on defense, and had 6 big rebounds!
Elijah Childs had 6 points and 8 big rebounds, and played exceptional defense!
Ryan Stipanovich with a huge three pointer, and 10 solid minutes of play!
Jayden Hodgson with steady play and good defense on the perimeter.

Bradley shot 44.6% from the field, and 33.3% from three.
Bradley outrebounded Drake 39-28, which was huge!
Only 9 turnovers, 11 assists, 4 steals, and 4 big blocks!
defense held Drake to 39.6% from the field, and held Timmer to just 6-16 from the floor.

Bradley will play #1 seed Loyola Saturday at 2:30 PM.
Go Braves!

[Da Coach]

For anyone who wants to watch this game again, or just relish the exciting ending, here is a link to the replay-

http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=3303620

[Mikovio]

Feels good to just sit here and not worry about the Braves winning today. Sitting first row behind the basket and ready to heckle the Jailbirds!

[Da Coach]

Coach Wardle tweet acknowledging the great Bradley fans-

https://twitter.com/BUBrianWardle/status/969730231073431553

[Da Coach]

Donte Thomas game winner-

[Dub]

Proud to be part of the best fanbase of Friday in Stl. It??™s remarkable how much more fun it is to win.

[braves16]

Does anybody remember when the title game moved from Monday night to Sunday?

[Da Coach]

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