Final score: UNI 86 Bradley 71

[BRAVE82]

Greene is a special player - he has a "soft stroke" / "fast release" confident shot - and reminds me of Hersey.
Here is Greene's stats the last 4 games against Bradley.
UNI Greene vs Bradley.JPG
Wasn't it DLO who was the main Bradley defender against Greene in 2019? I agree that Darrell is giving Greene 6 inches (5'10 Darrell vs 6'4" Greene) - Does anyone think that Henry may do a better job defending Greene at 6'6". I am sure Coach Wardle is aware and considering all of this.

And here is another interesting stat.... Northern Iowa - Trae Berhow is today 5th in the country in 3 point percentage at 47.30 %
(43 / 91) and Bradley's Nate Kennel is right behind him at 6th 47.00 %. (54 / 115) ....

I AGREE BIG JIMMY - Wish I could be in Peoria tomorrow - even with all the cold and snow expected tomorrow January 18th.
But I will be YELLING at my TV set all through the game here in Colorado. I hope despite tomorrow's expected weather there is
a huge crowd and students start to show up even though classes don't start until Jan 22nd. This is way too early in the regular season for both games of these 2 MVC dynamos to already be over.

GO BRAVES !!!!...

Got to hope that Danya and Antonio can get the job done on Greene and that NI has an off night shooting in Peoria. Can't afford to get Henry into foul trouble covering Greene, he is our best interior player (minus Childs) and we are too thin in the front court. Limiting Ari's minutes gives the Braves their best chance to win IMO.

[algotrader]

UNI received 10 votes in the rakings poll.

Gonna be a tough must win game.

[Da Coach]

Bradley commit Connor Linke here tonight.

Sean Houpt is in street clothes.

[nomonoles4u]

Yea I saw Sean on the bench, anybody know anything?

[Da Coach]

Lower leg injury for Sean.

Attendance 6,774

Box score-https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media;team=away

[Da Coach]

Final score: 86-71

Danya Kingsby with a game high 28.

[Tommy]

Kingsby had a great game, both on offense and defense doing a great job on Green who he was man to man for much of the game. Other than that, man can UNI shoot, but it never hurts to get some help from the refs, and I am not one that likes to blame the refs when my team loses, but that was just horrible officiating, particularly by the tall bald guy. Henry was almost non-existent thanks to the quick phantom calls on him, so he spent most of his time on the bench, which makes how close this game was throughout even more astounding.

Only at Carver arena can you go into half time with the visiting team having less fouls than the home team, which makes the home streak we had even more amazing considering we don't really get the home court calls that most teams seem to get (at least we didn't today).

On the bright side, it's very difficult to beat the same team 3 times in the same season (as Missouri St. found out last year), so let's hope we stick it to them in the tournament. Now it's time to move on and get ready to win our next game.

Nice turnout today, and looked like the biggest crowd I've seen since Les.

[Lights down]

Agreed...... if it’s any consolation, tough to beat a team three times. Trying to find something positive... but that all starts with ISU on Wed. Nice crowd tonight.

[Da Coach]

Box score-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2020/1/18/Northern_Iowa_86_Bradley_71.pdf

If Nate could have had his usual game, I think Bradley would have overcome the great game by Green, and the "less than favorable" officiating.

[Lights down]

Agree, though to beat a team three times .... as I strive for a positive. It all starts Wed with ISU. No inside game....it’s still a puzzle. Coach will figure it out.

[Tommy]

If Nate could have had his usual game, I think Bradley would have overcome the great game by Green, and the "less than favorable" officiating.

100% true.

[Tommy]

I didn’t catch the post game show? Can anyone give me a breakdown and did Coach say anything about the technicals?

[Da Coach]

I didn’t catch the post game show? Can anyone give me a breakdown and did Coach say anything about the technicals?

Basically he said we didn't guard well tonight, but that he'll make sure that gets corrected by the next game. Also felt Ja'Shon's foul trouble and playing only 16 minutes really hurt us both offensively and defensively. He was pleased they was Danya played.

[bigjimmy]

First off credit to UNI. Ben Jacobson has players who have a style of ball that is tough to defend. And they are extremely physical on defense which makes it tough for us to beat them. This was a game where Eli certainly would have made a difference but we’re just down 3 with 6 1/2 minutes to go without him. We’re right there. But they made 8 of their last 10 shots and we just couldn’t keep up. Our defense needs to get back to what we were doing which is moving our feet and contesting shots consistently. JaShon being in foul trouble didn’t help us either. Just a bummer of a game but I’m sure the guys will put in the work and be ready for the Redbirds coming up I-74 on Wednesday. I’m not going to blame the refs for us losing but I thought they did a bad job in allowing UNI to body up on us which is something we don’t respond well to. They also allowed Green to use his non dribbling arm to push off but the way he does it is so sly it’s tough to call. Now I’m sure there are a few people wondering why I wasn’t in the chat room tonight. It wasn’t for lack of trying as I wasn’t able to get any internet or text to work. I have more trouble in getting on the net at the Civic Center than any place I’ve been. Might be why I feel more down after this loss cause I love to comment and see others comments during the game. It better work on Wednesday.

[Tommy]

Thanks coach.