Final score: Bradley 70 Radford 61

[Da Coach]

Bradley (3-1) next plays a home game against Radford (2-2) as part of the Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off on Friday, Nov. 22, at 6:00 pm.
This is the last home game before Bradley travels to play in Fort Myers next Monday and Wednesday.

The game is on ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/watch/catalog/3...i_Valley-US-EN
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Radio- https://www.1470wmbd.com/
BradleyFans Chat Room- http://www.chatzy.com/524398219675
Tickets- https://www1.ticketmaster.com/bradle...005707D33F4A57

The Radford Highlanders are members of the Big South Conference. Radford is a public university in Radford, Virginia with 9,400 students.
Radford was 22-11 overall last season, and they were 12-4 and finished tied for 1st in the Big South Conference regular season, but were the #2 seeded team in their tournament.
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...n/2019/group/6
Unfortunately, they were upset in the Championship game of the Big South Tournament by Gardner Webb, they did not get a bid to the NCAA. They were hoping for an NIT bid, but with an RPI of 144, they did not get a bid to the NIT either. Despite being tied for 1st place in the Big South regular season, they did not get an automatic bid to the NIT because they were the #2 seed.-
https://radfordathletics.com/news/20...mpionship.aspx

The have won 22 and 23 games the last 2 seasons under head coach Mike Jones, who is now in his 9th season at Radford-
Past history- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/radford/

Radford Basketball website- https://radfordathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball
Quick Facts- https://s3.amazonaws.com/ruhighlande...uick_Facts.pdf
Radford Media Guide- https://s3.amazonaws.com/ruhighlande...de_2019_20.pdf

Radford is 2-2 so far this season, after a huge upset at Northwestern on Tuesday. They dominated Northwestern, and won 67-56. It was their first win over a Division I school so far.
Stats- Radford 67 Northwestern 56-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/ruhighlande...AD04NU_Box.pdf

Schedule & results-
https://radfordathletics.com/sports/...hedule/2019-20

They are lead by redshirt-junior 6'1" guard Carlik Jones who averages 22.3 ppg. He was also their leading scorer in 2018-19 with an average of 15.7 ppg. Carlik Jones was named the 2019-20 Big South Preseason Player of the Year-

https://radfordathletics.com/news/2019/10/29/mens-basketball-tabbed-big-south-favorites-carlik-jones-named-preseason-player-of-the-year.aspx

They returned 3 of their top 4 scorers from last season, and returned 3 starters from last season
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/ruhighlande...ined_Stats.pdf

Radford was picked 1st in the 2019-20 Big South Preseason Poll-
Radford Selected as 2019-20 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite
https://bigsouthsports.com/news/2019...px?path=mbball

They have been a good 3-point shooting team, currently shooting 36.4%.
Bradley has never played Radford before.

Roster-
https://radfordathletics.com/sports/...ketball/roster

Bradley stats after 4 games-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...dley_stats.pdf

MVC stats-
http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...ype/2/group/18

[LongTimeFan]

I hope Bradley can start shooting a better percentage. If not it will long season.

[Dub]

Just watched the Radford hilights against NW. we will absolutely learn something about our team after this game. Radford plays loose and free, and can really score the ball on drives and 3’s.

[Da Coach]

Pregame article from BradleyBraves.com

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/11/21/mens-basketball-braves-host-radford-friday-at-carver-arena.aspx

[Da Coach]

Hersey Hawkins will be at the game tonight-

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/1197738194726469632

[Time Out]

The greatest Bradley player of all time. Let’s pack the Civic Center tonight like we did when he played here.

[patrick_o'brian]

The greatest Bradley player of all time. Let’s pack the Civic Center tonight like we did when he played here.

Pardon my french, but HOLY SHIT!!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!

[Da Coach]

Final score
Bradley 70 Radford 61
https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmsta...mary;team=home

[Da Coach]

Attendance 5167

[Da Coach]

I never heard a reason why Hersey Hawkins was in town and at the game. Anyone know?

The game was a great, exciting game, especially for Bradley fans. Right from the start Bradley broke out of their shooting funk and were making shots. Nate Kennel was the Player of the Game. He had double digits in the first half to help Bradley to a 37-27 lead, and ended with 20 points.
Elijah Childs didn't have a great offensive game, but he got a lot of double-teaming. He ended with just 6 points, but was terrific on the boards with 12 rebounds. Koch Bar had 11 rebounds. Darrell Brown also struggled with his shot early, and ended with 14 points, 5 assists, and just 1 turnover. DB is 9th nationally in assists/game.
Free throw shooting was not good again. But the other positives were great defense, especially on their top scorer Carlik Jones who only had 14 points, and needed 13 shots, and he had 5 turnovers. And Bradley outrebounded Radford 38-25 and BU had 16 offensive rebounds.
Bradley was 9th nationally in offensive rebounding prior to the game-

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/statistics/team/_/stat/rebounds/sort/avgOffensiveRebounds

The other bummer was Danya Kingsby getting involved in the tussle under the boards and getting the Flagrant 2 foul. Thankfully, it did not end up hurting too much thanks to the better depth we have. Henry and Gabriel contributed some good minutes, too.

[Jim]

When is the last time a Bradley player got ejected from a game?

[Da Coach]

Darrel Brown now has 1,434 career points and now ranks #17 on the all-time Bradley scoring list

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/1198078190796836864

[Da Coach]

Story from BradleyBraves.com

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/11/22/mens-basketball-braves-win-fourth-straight-top-radford-70-61.aspx

[bigjimmy]

Thought we played really well on defense overall but struggled to run our offense consistently during the last 25 minutes. Thankfully Nate was on fire and DB made some shots when it counted. Shooting 15-25 from the FT line won't cut it against better teams. We also need to hold our composure better. The thing with Danya is just inexcusable. Regardless if the guy did or said anything you just can't react in a way that kicks you out of the game. Also, though is was brief, Eli lost his cool again. Until he can control his emotions other teams will keep trying to get under his skin. With that being said I think Radford will contend again for their conference championship so this was a tough well earned victory.

[Heemeskerk]

I thought not having Kingsby for part of the game really hurt us. It opened up Radfords offense as their stud could penetrate at will. We sure could use another quick lock down ultra quick defender. Danya please keep your cool as you are a very important/critical part of this team!