Final score: Bradley 96 Indiana State 67

[Da Coach]

Bradley hosts Indiana State Saturday, Feb. 9, at 7 pm in Carver Arena.
Bradley is now 12-12, and 4-7 in the MVC. Indiana State is 12-11, 4-7.
The teams played in Terre Haute on January 5, and Indiana State won 65-60 in a game that Bradley lead much of the game, but then stalled and Indiana State pulled ahead in the 2nd half. Darrel Brown had his career high of 32 points, but everyone else struggled offensively. DLO had 8 points, and nobody else had more than 5 points.
Box score-
https://gosycamores.com/boxscore.asp...56&path=mbball


The game is viewable on ESPN+: http://www.espn.com/watch/_/id/c86aa...ate-vs-bradley
Radio- WMBD 1470 AM and 100.3 FM, and online at www.1470wmbd.com
Live stats: https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat Room- http://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Indiana State website- https://gosycamores.com/index.aspx?path=mbball
Indiana State schedule and results- https://gosycamores.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball
Indiana State stats- https://gosycamores.com/documents/20...NSMBBStats.pdf
INSU Roster- https://gosycamores.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball

The Sycamores' leading scorer is now sophomore Tyreke Key, as Jordan Barnes continues to struggle offensively. Key averages 16.8 ppg, Barnes averages 16.1 ppg.
Iowa transfer Christian Williams, who was at one time a Bradley recruit and who became eligible at mid-season, averages 9.2 ppg and is their leading rebounder with 5.1 rpg.
As a team, they shoot 37.1% from three, with Tyreke Key shooting 48.3% and Christian Williams at 47.1% on the season.
Oddly, Indiana State was by far the #1 team in the MVC in 3-point shooting in the non-conference season (76-169 = 45%), but is ranked a distant 10th in conference play (51-173 = 29.5).

MVC stats-
Overall-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

MVC only-

http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFONLY.HTM

Bradley stats-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...dley_stats.pdf

[Bradleyfan1]

Must win. At this point they all are. Go Braves. Make a positive statement and blow them out.

[Dub]

Braves have nothing to lose this season. Last game, they finally played like it. Cut ‘em loose and let it rip the last part of the season. Who knows what could happen.

[Da Coach]

Bradley has a 2020 recruit here who we have previously mentioned in the recruiting thread.
https://www.bradleyfans.com/forum/sp...496#post481496

[BUfan17]

Nice to get a good beat down in a conference game. This team is finally playing with a chip on its shoulder again. Henry is going to be a force in the years to come, he plays very strong for a Freshman.

[Bradleyfan1]

I love Henry. Dbj was great again. Tonight was so much fun. More than the Redbirds game and thats saying something. Keep it up guys.

[KMart]

If only we made our free throws, we could have reached that 100 mark. It looks like our confidence is coming back. Let's see/hope if we can ride this out for the rest of the year.

[Dub]

Wow. Ridiculous game. Playing like a different team... not gonna dwell on how long it took this season to find ourselves. Just keep it up!

[Bradley3342]

Great win! Seems like we’re getting our swagger back...

[Da Coach]

Best game, start to finish, this year!
Box score-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...a_State_67.pdf

Bradley never trailed, lead by as many as 37 points, and won in a blowout 96-67 over Indiana State.
They seemed like they couldn't miss (actually they were 20-32 overall and 9-12 from three) in the 1st half and lead 54-27 at halftime.
The 2nd half wasn't much different except that the shooting cooled off to a still terrific 13-26 overall, and 5-13 from three. BU was 57% overall and 56% from three for the game.
Bradley played great defense, dominated the rebounding, had few turnovers considering the pace of the game, and the subbing out of all the starters early,
I thought everyone played well. Darrell Brown had 26 points and was 6-9 from three, Nate Kennell was 4-4 from three and had 16 points, and Ja'Shon Henry had a career high 17 points & 5 rebounds off the bench to be named Player of the Game.

We need to play another game like this next Wednesday against Loyola!

[tornado]

-the best game any Bradley team has played in at least eight years, since we hammered Drake by 26
-the ISU game was just as fun, but this one was really fun to watch in every aspect - offensive, shooting, passing, defense, deflections, finishing at the rim..
-we are now in a tie for 7th and just one win behind 4th place Valpo
-I would not trade Jashon Henry for any other freshman in the league
-DB for Player of the Week & Ja'Shon Henry for Newcomer of the Week!!

[Bradley3342]

Man, Henry is fun to watch! The way he attacks the basket and doesn’t back down to anyone...

[Chibearsfan10125]

Over the last 7 games (14 halves), we’’ve played well in all but 3 halves (both halves at Mo. St and the second half against SIU). Seems like we’re hitting our groove. The team has been fun to watch lately. Really wish we had held on against SIU, but we’re still 5-2 over the last 7 games. Tonight was the most fun I’ve had at game in a long time, including the ISU game, which was also a ton of fun.

[Jim]

Clearly, the team's energy, desire and competitiveness were excellent tonight! This team is really fun to watch when they play a fast paced offense and make crisp passes. Congratulation to the coaches and players on a job well done!

[Da Coach]

Game story from BradleyBraves.com

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/2/9/mens-basketball-braves-dominate-indiana-state-96-67.aspx