Final score: Bradley 76 Valparaiso 52

[Da Coach]

Bradley is now 10-11, and 4-8 in the MVC. The next game is the second of two rescheduled games at Valparaiso.
Bradley lost at Valpo on January 28 in a double-overtime game 91-85-
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/...alparaiso.aspx
Box score- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/bradley.sidearmsports.com/documents/2021/1/28/Valparaiso_91_Bradley_85.pdf

With that earlier loss, Bradley is 6-5 all time versus Valparaiso. Three of those games were played in the early 1980's. Bradley won twice at Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse in 1980 & 1981, and Valparaiso won in their campus gym in 1983.
The last 7 regular-season games between them were after Valparaiso joined the MVC for the 2017-18 season. In those 7 MVC conference games (2018, '19, '20, and '21), Bradley has won all 3 games played in Carver Arena, and Valparaiso has won all 4 games played in their campus arena, the ARC. The one other game was the MVC Championship game last March in St. Louis, won by Bradley.
Bradley was originally scheduled to play at Valparaiso this season on Dec. 28 & 29, 2020, but at the time, the Valpo program was shut down with Covid issues.

Valparaiso is 7-12 overall, and 4-6 in the MVC. They are coming off a 74-57 upset against Drake.

Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

The game is available to watch on ESPN3.

Bradleyfans Chat Room- http://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Live Stats- http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=324502

Valpo schedule & results- http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/schedule/

Valpo web site- http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbasketball/

Valpo stats- https://cdn.streamlinehosting.net/valpoathletics/446FBD8E-BDDE-43F7-BB3F-512333EA913D/MBBSeasonStats_020721.pdf

Valparaiso remains the worst 3-point shooting team in the MVC. They shoot just 29.2% from three.
Bradley ranks 9th in the MVC in 3-point shooting at 31.7%%.

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

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

[Da Coach]

Ari Boya and Sean East II are out for Bradley tonight.

For Valparaiso, freshman starter Connor Barrett, their 5th leading scorer (6.5 ppg) and top 3-point percentage shooter (39.7%), is out with an achilles tendon injury.

[Big Mike]

Starting to worry about this East mystery?

[sam hannam]

PJStar article said that East could possibly be back this weekend.

[Bradley3342]

What is wrong with Nolan!? 2-6 from the floor and 4 turnovers. I know we’re up but this team is becoming really hard to watch! We just can’t put teams away right now. At this point it is really hard to believe that if it wasn’t for missed free throws we could have beaten both Xavier and Missouri!

[Bradley3342]

I don’t really mean to focus on Nolan alone. There seems to be no consistency from anyone on this team right now. No fire.

[Classof77]

A much needed win for the Braves. This was the team I expected to see all season long. Good balance, good defense.

[Big Mike]

Well glad to get a Win.....have been hard to come by for sure. Be nice to build on this by stacking a couple more on it.

[Da Coach]

Bradley wins at Valparaiso- 76-52
stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21/valparaiso/boxscore/19747

Kevin McAdoo played 29 minutes at point guard, and despite a poor shooting game (just 3-10), the offense flowed much better tonight. McAdoo had 5 assists, and the team had 15, more than we've seen in a while. Bradley was making their threes more efficiently, with Ville 4-9, Mast 2-3, Nolan 3-8, and a team total of 13-30. And the defense seemed to guard much more aggressively and make switches faster, which frustrated Valpo. They shot only 35% overall, and 35% from three.

There were still a few too many unforced turnovers and bad passes, but the team appeared to recover quickly from them, and it did not lead to long dry spells like we've seen in past games.

Bradley had 6 players in double-figures- Ville was the POG with 14 points & 8 rebounds; Childs had 11 & 8, Mast had 10 & 7, Ja'Shon Henry had 11 & 5, and Nolan had 13 points and 4 assists, and McAdoo had 10 points.

Bradley is now 11-11 overall, and 5-8 in the MVC. They play Saturday and Sunday at Missouri State.

[Dub]

I don’t really mean to focus on Nolan alone. There seems to be no consistency from anyone on this team right now. No fire.

Just when you think the fire’s gone out 3342...

[Bradley3342]

Just when you think the fire’s gone out 3342...

Crazy! It’s like Jekyll and Hyde.. Go Braves!

[Da Coach]

Game story-

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/2/10/mens-basketball-braves-run-past-valparaiso-76-52.aspx

Official box score-

https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21/valparaiso/boxscore/19747

[Tommy]

Crazy! It’s like Jekyll and Hyde.. Go Braves!

haha! totally noticed the same things you were pointing out, brother, but man, it's good to be back on the positive side!

On a side note, I really like what McAdoo brings. I think he is making a difference.

[Bradley3342]

haha! totally noticed the same things you were pointing out, brother, but man, it's good to be back on the positive side!

On a side note, I really like what McAdoo brings. I think he is making a difference.

I do too Tommy. They have definitely played better since he has been back... I thought he was gone for good.

[bigjimmy]

7 in double figures, the same 7 played 24 or more minutes. Pretty darn efficient. And the defense, where Coach hangs his hat, put the hammer down in the second half and never allowed Valpo to get it under double digits after a Mast 3 at 17:45. During this last month where we’d build a lead only to see the other team come right back. In the second half they never scored on back to back possessions. Hopefully this is a building block win.