Bradley at Northern Iowa- Sunday (1/10) & Monday (1/11)- Bradley goes 1-1

[BRAVE82]

No McAdoo or Kingsby? I knew Ari was going to be out, but those two have their warmups on and haven’t entered the game. Anybody know why?

Was wondering the same thing. No minutes in the first half. Would like to see Ville with a few more three point opportunities in the 2nd half. We need this game. Also, hope Henry's wrist is okay, looks like he jammed it about 2-3 minutes prior to halftime. Can't afford to lose another interior player.

[algotrader]

Whelp. Two weeks of no games is gonna have an effect. Tie it tomorrow. We have a rough schedule ahead of us.

[Da Coach]

Bradley loses to UNI 78-72-
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/1/10/Northern_Iowa_78_Bradley_72.pdf

UNI with hot shooting all game, and Bradley with too many turnovers.
BU could have used Ari Boya against Phyfe, who was the game's leading scorer with 18 & 9 rebounds.

[Bradley3342]

Disappointing loss for the Braves. Not having Boya hurt us defensively inside. He could have really neutralized Phyfe. Hopefully we come back tomorrow and play a little better.

[Da Coach]

Bradley is 6-3 in non-conference games, and 0-0 in MVC games. The last 4 games (2 against Valparaiso and 2 against Loyola) have been postponed. Northern Iowa is 2-7 overall, and 1-3 in the MVC. UNI had 3 non-conference games cancelled (12/12 vs. Green Bay, 12/16 at Wisconsin, and 12/19 at Marshall) due to Covid issues.

The Sunday, Jan. 10 game is at 3:00 pm in the McLeod Center on the UNI campus. It will be on ESPN+ online streaming network.
Link to ESPN+ video stream- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...ern_Iowa-US-EN

It is also on NBCSports Chicago.

The Monday, Jan. 11 game is at 7:00 pm, and is listed to be on the MVC TV Network- usually includes NBCSports Chicago and FoxSports Midwest, however, as of now, neither channel shows the Monday BU-UNI game on their schedule.
It is also on ESPN+ outside of the areas served by those networks.
Link to ESPN+ video stream- https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...ern_Iowa-US-EN

UNI has had small numbers of spectators at their home games (they had attendance of 668 and 678 at their two home games against Missouri State on Dec. 27 & 28 ) , but their website does not show any tickets available to the public for the Bradley games.

Live stats- https://unipanthers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- http://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Current MVC standings-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

UNI Schedule- https://unipanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://unipanthers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Northern Iowa will not have last year's Player of the Year A.J. Green, who has missed their last 6 games with a hip injury. He underwent surgery 4 weeks ago and will miss the entire season. He averaged 22.3 ppg in the 3 games he played. In his absence, senior 6'5" guard Trae Berhow (13.8 ppg & 6.3 rpg) and redshirt junior center Austin Phyfe (12.1 ppg & 6.2 rpg) have been their top scorers and rebounders. Their only other double-digit scorer is 5'11" freshman guard Bowen Born, who has started every game and averages 11.1 ppg. Born is the top scoring freshman in the MVC
UNI individual stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...0/pdf/cume.pdf

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

MVC individual stats- http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...ype/2/group/18
MVC team stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/CONFLDRS.HTM

Yesterday's game story from BradleyBraves.com-
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/...ey-opener.aspx

And PJ Star-
https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/...wa/6616675002/

The PJ Star article reports that regular UNI starters Tywhon Pickford and Trae Berhow did not start the game or the 2nd half because they violated team standards. However, there is no mention of why Danya Kingsby or Kevin McAdoo did not play for Bradley.
It confirms that Ari Boya will not play tonight.

Bradley gets the chance to bounce back tonight with the second game at Northern Iowa.
Today's game is at 7:00 pm and will be on the MVC TV Network, which includes NBCSports Chicago, FoxSports Midwest, and the FoxSports Go App
https://www.foxsportsgo.com/program/...71566871834499

It is also streamed on ESPN+, but is blacked out in the areas covered by the cable networks.
https://www.espn.com/espnplus/schedu...nnel/ESPN_PLUS

Northern Iowa is a 2 point favorite tonight.

[Jim]

Any updates on Danya Kingsby and Kevin McAdoo?

[Da Coach]

Any updates on Danya Kingsby and Kevin McAdoo?

No, but I saw where Coach Wardle said after last night's game that they sat out because he wanted to give the other guys a chance. He said McAdoo and Kingsby would probably play tonight.

[Classof77]

Rats. Thought I'd be able to get tonight's game on ESPN+ but can't.

[Da Coach]

Rats. Thought I'd be able to get tonight's game on ESPN+ but can't.

Are you in the blackout area?

Here is a link to watch the game-
http://cdn.sportcast.life/webplayer....55&ci=428&si=3

Close any windows that pop up.

[bigjimmy]

WOW!

[Big Mike]

A little homer action on the uni game clock at the end.....glad the refs got it right

[bujeff23]

This team competes hard, but just struggles to close out games. Childs missed two front end 1 & 1’s, couple turnovers etc, but we made our last 6 free throws which was clutch.

I was going to throw something at my TV if they allowed UNI’s basket. The guy touched the ball, then a quick scramble, they dribble, miss 3, then put back. I was pretty confident that took more than 3.4 seconds.

Great job to split at a tough venue!

[Da Coach]

An incredible ending to the Bradley-UNI game. Bradley went up by 3 points on a pair of FTs by Terry Nolan, Jr., and UNI had the ball for a final shot. Bradley fouled with 3.4 seconds left to prevent UNI from getting a 3-pointer to tie. Bowen Born made the first FT to cut it to 75-73, then intentionally missed the second FT. The rebound bounced off a UNI player, and was recovered on the wing by Born, who paunched a long three attempt that missed. Berhow got the rebound and put it in for an apparent tie. However, the game clock never started after the missed FT. So the officials went to the video, and timed the last play and determined that time expired before the rebound-putback by Berhow. Thus Bradley wins 75-73! What a game!
Final score- Bradley 75 UNI 73
Box score-

https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/1/11/Bradley_75_Northern_Iowa_73.pdf

Elijah Childs with 16, Ja'Shon Henry with 16, Rienk Mast with 13 , and Terry Nolan with 10.
Sean East had 7 points and 4 assists, and I though Antonio Thomas played very well in the 14 minutes he played. He had 5 points and 2 steals.
Bradley shot 62.5% (15-24) and 66.7% on threes (4-6) in the second half to come from 8 points down and build an 8 point lead, fueled by Rienk Mast's three 3-pointers. Bradley had only 9 turnovers for the game, but none in the final several minutes with the game on the line.
Bradley also went 6-6 on FTs (4 by Nolan and 2 by Mast) in the final 1:38 after shooting only 3-9 prior to that.

[Da Coach]

A little homer action on the uni game clock at the end.....glad the refs got it right

That is exactly what I thought.
The UNI beat writer tweeted that they have had "clock issues multiple times a season".-
https://twitter.com/NickatCourier/st...28694857592833



Maybe time to get another timekeeper?

[Da Coach]

Some nice game photos from the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Gazette-

https://wcfcourier.com/sports/basketball/college/photos-northern-iowa-mens-basketball-vs-bradley-jan-11-2021/collection_7a487d88-256d-53a8-ac55-73ec1c7ad7f2.html