Final score: Georgia Southern 79 Bradley 74

[Da Coach]

Bradley is now 7-4, and play next in Statesboro, Georgia against the Georgia Southern University Eagles (7-3). They play in the Sun Belt Conference.
Georgia Southern was picked 2nd in the 2018-19 Preseason Sun Belt Poll-
https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/...on-honors.aspx

They are coached by Mark Byington in his 6th season.
He is 97-75 at GSU so far.
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...rgia-southern/


GSU Schedule and Results- https://gseagles.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

TV: The game is only available on ESPN+ - http://www.espn.com/watch/player?id=...4-fe2ca76f9fd4
Radio- WMBD 1470 AM and 100.3 FM, and online at www.1470wmbd.com
Live stats- http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=230873
Chat Room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Georgia Southern basketball website- https://gseagles.com/index.aspx
Roster- https://gseagles.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

Their leading scorer is 5'11" senior guard Tookie Brown, who averages 16.5 ppg. He was a 1st team All-Sun Belt pick in the preseason poll-
https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/...on-honors.aspx

They have 4 double-digit scorers. As a team, they average 89.7 points per game. They shoot 52.3% from the field, but they only shoot 28.6% from three.
Stats- https://gseagles.com/documents/2018/...df?path=mbball

Bradley has played Georgia Southern 5 times in the past, including at Carver Arena last season. Bradley is 4-1 all time.
On Nov. 265. 2017, Bradley beat GSU 62-57-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2017/...-southern.aspx

All results-
12-05-70 at Robertson Field House- Bradley won 66-57
12-23-89 at Carver Arena- Bradley won 85-77 in overtime
11-24-90 at Georgia Southern- Bradley lost 70-93
12-17-12 at Carver Arena- Bradley won 62-43
11-25-17 at Carver Arena- Bradley won 62-57

[Go_Braves]

Here is a video of Georgia Southern's December 11th game against UCF which they lost 95 - 88. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_Ua6GQb92A Take note: Georgia Southern went "cold" and was down by 17 in the first half (42 - 25) and they clawed their way back to take the lead (65 - 60) in the second half and this game is "at" UCF. Up till 2:13 left in the game the score was 81 - 83 UCF. Then Georgia Southern got cold again - and the game was over. What I took from the video is that Georgia Southern "is not" big under the rim but the entire team is nimble and quick and can score a lot quickly. Georgia Southern scored 88 points in their loss to UCF. Georgia Southern has scored 80 points or more 7 of their 10 games. The only time Bradley has scored 80 or more points was once against Chicago State. My suggestion and thoughts are Bradley better control the tempo otherwise this can be ugly. Uglier than the EIU game. Maybe our bigs can make a difference as UCF's bigs did and Bradley's guards and forwards can guard Georgia Southerns. We'll see. GO BRAVES …..

[Da Coach]

Pre-game article from BradleyBraves.com
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2018/...-southern.aspx

Bradley Game Notes-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/12/16/12_Georgia_Southern.pdf

[Da Coach]

Las Vegas has Georgia Southern as a 5 point favorite-

http://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/bradley

[Bradleyfan1]

The defense better be packed and make the trip. Brown, Bar , Nate and Childs have to score. Game 2 for Boya thats exciting all by itself. Win and we are undefeated on the road with Boya. Lose and the Wheels get loose.

[tornado]

endless lazy, telegraphed passes!!
Please value the possession and take care of the ball!

[Jim]

Did Luuk and Pittman make the trip?

[patrick_o'brian]

Another loss to another inferior team.......Seems to be the trend. I guess being bigger and more talented doesn’t matter. When you have no desire to win basketball games, you just don’t.

[Da Coach]

Bradley loses in overtime to Georgia Southern 79-74

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=230873

Just an awful game by Bradley. No excuses for a predominantly junior/senior team to make as many mental and physical mistakes as Bradley made tonight. 30 turnovers

[The Old Guy]

Are Pittman and Luk on the coach’s black list? They were both dressed but definitely looked like they didn’t expect to play tonight. Anyone know what’s going on?

[bigjimmy]

Where to begin.

[bigjimmy]

This one might take awhile to comprehend.

[sam hannam]

DaveReynolds tweeted:
Bradley freshman guard Armon Brummett did not make the trip. He is serving a suspension for violating team rules. His future status is undetermined.
6:06 PM - Dec 18, 2018

[Da Coach]

Game story from BradleyBraves.com-

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2018/12/18/mens-basketball-braves-fall-in-ot-at-georgia-southern.aspx

Box score-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/12/18/Georgia_Southern_79_Bradley_74_OT_.pdf

[bigjimmy]

Was their any good from this game? Well Nate seemed to have found his stroke as he was 5-10 from 3. In limited action Ari Boya showed some possibilities. He needed to be in there late in regulation and in overtime. Hopefully he gets in better game shape real soon. Other than that …….. Words just escape me.