Final score- Miami 71 Bradley 55

[Da Coach]

Bradley is now 8-3 and has 2 more non-conference games left before the MVC season begins on Dec. 31 at home against Drake.
The next game is Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1:00 PM (Central) at Miami University. The Miami Redhawks are 5-5 this season, and they play at #3 ranked Louisville on Wednesday, Dec. 18, so they most likely will be 5-6 when they host Bradley on Saturday.
Miami University is a public university founded in 1809, and has a beautiful campus located in Oxford, Ohio. The enrollment is about 20,000.

Miami is a member of the Mid-American Conference since 1947. They have had 10 losing seasons in a row, and are coming off a 15-17 season last year, and they finished 7-11 in the MAC. Their last NCAA appearance was 2006-07 when they coached by Charlie Coles, who coached there for 16 seasons (1996-2012).
Miami historical record-

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/miami-oh/

They were picked to finish 4th out of 6 teams in the MAC East Division, and 8th overall out of 12 MAC teams in the 2019-20 MAC Preseason Poll.-
https://getsomemaction.com/news/2019...mac-teams.aspx

Miami has already played 2 other MVC teams. They beat Drake 67-59 on Nov. 25 in the Gulf Coast Showcase in Fort Myers, FL, and they lost at Evansville 101-87 on Dec. 7.
Schedule/results -
https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/men...tball/schedule

The game is on ESPN+ - http://es.pn/2M1O2ok
Radio- www.1470wmbd.com
Live stats- https://miamiredhawks.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
BradleyFans Chat Room- http://www.chatzy.com/524398219675

Miami website- https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball
Roster- https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

They are coached by Jack Owens, a former SIU assistant coach.
Coaching staff- https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/men...roster-coaches


Their leading scorer is Preseason MAC 1st team All-MVC Nike Sibande, a 6'4" junior guard from Indianapolis, who averages 14.9 ppg.
2nd leading scorer (13.3 ppg) and top rebounder (7.0 rpg) is 6'7" junior forward Dalonte Brown.
They have 6 other players who average between 5.0 ppg and 9.4 ppg-
Stats through 10 games- https://miamiredhawks.com/documents/...BK_Overall.pdf

Miami averages 74.8 ppg and yields 73.2 ppg. Bradley averages 73.6 ppg and yields 62.4 ppg.
Miami shoots 43.3% overall, and 32.7% from three, which is a little below average, though they do have several players who shoot over 40%.
Bradley shoots 44.1% overall, and 36.6% from three.
And of course, Bradley will be playing their first game without leading scorer and rebounder Elijah Childs.

This will be the first ever meeting between Bradley and Miami of Ohio.

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

[Mikovio]

Wow, hard to believe the Braves and (now) Redhawks have never met. The distance isn’t that great.

I’ll be interested to see how the team responds to the injury in a tough environment. It’s still a very winnable game without Eli.

[Da Coach]

Wow, hard to believe the Braves and (now) Redhawks have never met. The distance isn't that great....

I was surprised to see that, too.

Coach Wardle himself is 1-0 against Miami as a head coach. In his first season as head coach at UW-Green Bay, they won at Miami 69-65 (on 11/21/10).

https://greenbayphoenix.com/news/2010/11/22/205035386.aspx

[BUfan39]

Even without Eli, still a game the Braves need to win. Doesn't have to be pretty.

[Da Coach]

Miami lost big last night at Louisville, 70-46. So their record is now 5-6.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=401168262

In the game at Louisville, Miami shot only 27.3%, and only 18.2% from three. They also got outrebounded 54-40. Louisville is a big and athletic team, but Bradley can still try to play physical and use their athleticism against Miami like Louisville was successful doing.

Here are their team stats after 11 games-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/miamiredhawks.com/documents/2019/12/18/2019_20_MBK_Overall.pdf

[Dub]

I'm intrigued by this matchup with M(OH) Saturday afternoon.
M(OH) showed well on the road at Louisville for 30 min, and may feel encouraged to "get right" at home on Saturday.
Bradley has been playing well, but finds themselves without their floor leader and scoring leader, and hasn't won a true road game yet this season.
On paper it could be seen as a game Bradley should win, but anything could happen.
We know the coaches will put together a winning game plan, but will the Braves execute the plan without Childs calling huddles and making plays?
Will the Braves continue putting the ball through the net and shake off the "yips" we've seen before?
This game will be very interesting is seeing where we are at from a mental and physical toughness standpoint.
Looking forward to it!

[Da Coach]

Pregame article from BradleyBraves.com
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2019/...-saturday.aspx

[Da Coach]

Darrel Brown's season high this year is 17 points. Last season, he had 12 games with 17 or more points, including 7 games with 20 or more.
We need DB to have a breakout game today.

[Da Coach]

Dave Snell said on the pregame show that Elijah's injury is a "broken hand", though that was never clearly said by Bradley. He is wearing a rigid brace on the right hand on the bench.

[Da Coach]

Miami is one of 60 schools that play NCAA Division I hockey. The arena they are playing in today has the oversize floor to accommodate their hockey ice.

[Da Coach]

Darrel Brown's season high this year is 17 points. Last season, he had 12 games with 17 or more points, including 7 games with 20 or more.
We need DB to have a breakout game today.

So far, Darrell Brown is not having a good game.
Bradley trails 30-27 at halftime despite poor shooting, and no points from Darrell Brown.

https://miamiredhawks.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

[Da Coach]

Dave Snell said on the pregame show that Elijah's injury is a "broken hand", though that was never clearly said by Bradley. He is wearing a rigid brace on the right hand on the bench.

Here is a screen shot from the video stream. He has a splint extending down the middle fingers.

[Tommy]

Pathetic. Blown out by a MAC team (where Geno came from).

i don’t know how we prepare and travel for road games, but they better change whatever they’re doing. Our shooting on road games has been absolutely abysmal.

[Da Coach]

A real stinker. Bradley loses to Miami 71-55.

https://miamiredhawks.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Darrell Brown went 0-11 from the floor; Bradley shoots 32.7% and only 13-26 on FTs.

We needed the other starters, plus Henry to step up in Childs' absence, but none of them did, maybe with the exception of Nate Kennell, who had 11 points. The starting 5 shot 10-42 for the game (23.8%).
I thought Ville Tahvanainen and Stephan Gabriel were about the only bright spots. I am curious to see who is named "Player of the Game".... probably Ville.

[bigjimmy]

Going to try and not overreact to this game. I knew we would struggle without Eli but just not this much. When you can’t shoot and then let it affect your defense you just don’t give yourself any chance to win. The biggest issue I had on offense today was no ball movement. Having just 5 assists just isn’t good enough. Too much individual play. Just another bad road game. Have to get this figured out real quick or face the prospect of having a similar start to the Valley season that we had last year.