Bradley 0-2 at Missouri State

[Da Coach]

Bradley's next 2 games are on the road at Missouri State- Saturday, Feb. 13 at 5 pm, and Sunday, Feb. 14 at 3 pm.
https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...tball/schedule

The Sunday, Feb. 14 game is Senior Day for the MSU team.

Bradley is 11-11 overall, and 5-8 in the MVC. MIssouri State is 12-5 overall, and 8-5 in the MVC.
Bradley is coming off a win at Valparaiso on Wednesday, the first time they have won in Valparaiso since the Crusaders joined the MVC.
Missouri State has a 3-game winning streak. They swept Illinois State last weekend in Normal, then beat SIU Wednesday night at home.
Schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...tball/schedule

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

Both games are available to watch on ESPN+
Saturday, Feb. 13, 5 pm game- Direct Link-
https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...ri_State-US-EN

Sunday, Feb. 14, 3 pm game- Direct Link-
https://www.espn.com/watch/player?id...ri_State-US-EN

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

Live stats- https://missouristatebears.com/sidea...s/mbball/media

Missouri State stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...0/pdf/cume.pdf

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

MVC stats- http://www.mvc.org/mbb/stats/confstat.htm

Bradley center Ari Boya is still wearing a boot on his right foot/ankle, and will not play this weekend.
There is no word about whether Sean East will be available to play.

[Da Coach]

Game story from BradleyBraves.com

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2021/2/12/mens-basketball-braves-and-bears-square-off-saturday-and-sunday.aspx

Also- some good news about TV coverage in Peoria on WMBD that is not mentioned in that game info from the Bradley website....
The game was scheduled to be televised locally in the Springfield, Missouri area by KOZL-TV, a local TV station in Springfield, MO.
Now, WMBD TV, Peoria channel 31, has obtained the broadcast rights and will televise the game locally in the Peoria area.
So local fans now have another alternative. It will be available on WMBD TV at 5:00 pm, but the broadcasters will be Missouri State guys.

[Da Coach]

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Bradley center Ari Boya is still wearing a boot on his right foot/ankle, and will not play this weekend.
There is no word about whether Sean East will be available to play.

Good news- Update from Dave Eminian in the PJ Star today-
Bradley guard Sean East II practiced with the team Thursday and will be available to play Saturday and Sunday at Missouri State.
Bradley center Ari Boya remains out with a right foot injury. He has missed all 13 conference games so far.

[LittleBrave]

Good news- Update from Dave Eminian in the PJ Star today-
Bradley guard Sean East II practiced with the team Thursday and will be available to play Saturday and Sunday at Missouri State.
Bradley center Ari Boya remains out with a right foot injury. He has missed all 13 conference games so far.

This is the best news in 3 weeks!!!

Looking f/w to getting Mr. East back and helping this time in the final push of the season!

[LittleBrave]

Let's get 1 out of 2 this weekend, starting with a Saturday W!
I would LOVE to finish #6 in the MVC. That seems like a great spot to be in as a dog this season.

And not looking too far ahead (yeah right), if we were to win in St. Louis, we will have accomplished the 3-peat as:
#4 seed (2020)
#5 seed (2019)
#6 seed (2021)

[Bradley3342]

Great news about East! Sure can’t hurt having a true point guard running your offense. We definitely have missed him during these last few weeks and if we can get Boya back and healthy before the tournament we could possibly contend again for the title because the talent is there to do so.

[LittleBrave]

Great news about East! Sure can’t hurt having a true point guard running your offense. We definitely have missed him during these last few weeks and if we can get Boya back and healthy before the tournament we could possibly contend again for the title because the talent is there to do so.

Absolutely agree - A healthy East and Boya and we are by far the deepest (and arguably most talented) team in the Valley!

[OhRotanes]

Just saw that Childs, Henry, Kingsby, and Nolan were suspended for the Missouri State games this weekend. "Violation of program standards." Anyone know what they did?

[Da Coach]

Yes, this is just now breaking-

https://twitter.com/bradleyumbb/status/1360717908557504516/photo/1

[Da Coach]

I just listened to the pregame interview that Dave Snell does with Coach Wardle, and this was not mentioned. And I have not heard it mentioned on the pregame show by Dan D'Orio. So this must be something that just emerged, possibly due to some activity those players engaged in last night?

[Da Coach]

Dave Snell just reported the news as it was reported in the Bradley tweet. He had no further information to add about the suspensions.

[patrick_o'brian]

Is the game not on WMBD?

[egib52]

Going to be an ugly weekend. Looks like we are probably going to have to play our way in this year. So frustrating!

[Da Coach]

Is the game not on WMBD?

WMBD did not start televising the game until the golf tournament ended at almost 5:30 pm and more than halfway through the first half.
But it is on now.


Bradley trails 44-24 at halftime-

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

Missouri State is shooting 17-23 (73.9%) from the floor, and they are 7-10 from three.
Bradley is 10-28 (35.7%) and 1-8 (12.5%)
Rebounding- Missouri State 14 Bradley 12
Tahvanainen and Mast have 5 each to lead Bradley.
For MSU Jamonta Black has 15, Gaige Prim has 14.

[Da Coach]

Bradley was overmatched from the start with our top 3 scorers suspended, along with our top reserve, and with Boya still out injured. That amounts to about 47 points in average scoring per game that was unable to play. Missouri State fell behind Bradley 9-2 early, but then roared back to build a big lead, and maintain it throughout the game. Bradley trailed by 20 at halftime (44-24), and then played MSU pretty evenly in the second half. But hot shooting by Missouri State was the biggest difference (57%overall and 61% from three) as Missouri State wins game 1 of the two game series 80-58-

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