Final: Bradley 73 UTEP 66

[Da Coach]

Bradley plays the University of Texas-El Paso on Wednesday, Dec. 22, at 8 pm Central in the Championship game of the 2021 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational in El Paso, Texas.
Bradley advanced to the Championship game with a 87-61 win over Sam Houston State on Tuesday night.
Tournament web page- http://www.sunbowl.org/events/don_ha...l_invitational

Bradley is now 6-6, and they will play UTEP, who won the second game Tuesday 70-61 over North Carolina Central
Bradley 87- Sam Houston 61-
Box score- https://dbukjj6eu5tsf.cloudfront.net...506-BRAD12.pdf

UTEP 70 - North Carolina Central 61
Box score- https://dbukjj6eu5tsf.cloudfront.net...11-1983469.pdf
Recap of game- https://utepminers.com/news/2021/12/...ral-70-61.aspx

Xavier transfer Keonte Kennedy lead UTEP with a career-high 27 points.
UTEP was without 4 of their regular players, including 2 starters. Leading scorer Souley Boum (21.1 ppg) missed the game, along with starter Tydus Verhoeven (4.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg) due to injuries. Reserves Alfred Hollins, Cam Clardy and Ze'rik Onyema also missed last night's game.

Direct link to YouTube to watch live video stream of Day 2 games (Wednesday, 8 pm- Bradley vs. UTEP)-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vdTt6a9rs

Note that the link for Wednesday's games is a different YouTube link than for Tuesday's games.

Live stats- https://utepminers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

UTEP is 7-4 after their win Tuesday night.
They were picked 10th out of 14 teams in the Conference USA Preseason Poll-
https://conferenceusa.com/news/2021/...ecognized.aspx

UTEP website- https://utepminers.com/sports/mens-basketball
Schedule/results- https://utepminers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://utepminers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...easonStats.pdf

Updated Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...1/pdf/cume.pdf

[Da Coach]

Final score in game 2 Tuesday-
UTEP 70 North Carolina Central 61
https://dbukjj6eu5tsf.cloudfront.net...11-1983469.pdf

Bradley will play host team UTEP at 8 pm (Central) tonight (Wednesday, 12/22) in the 2021 WestStar Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational.
UTEP advanced to the championship game of the Sun Bowl tournament for the 46th time, and they will be going for a second straight and 33rd tournament title overall.

Video link-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vdTt6a9rs

Live stats- https://utepminers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

[sam hannam]

Is the time correct? It looks like ESPN is showing a 7 PM start time.

[Mikovio]

It is 7 pm Mountain Time, 8 pm Central Time, according to both UTEP and Bradley sites.

[Dub]

This could be an interesting game. If we can play smart, control the pace, and continue shooting FTs well, we have a great opportunity.

[bradleyfan124]

How is Henry doing? I hope he is just recuperating and it is nothing serious

[Tommy]

BU is a 1.5 point favorite on UTEP's home court? That's pretty astonishing, especially if they pack that place with people like yesterday's game (44 in attendance, yes, that's a joke).

Also, anyone know if there is a way to get the WBNH game call after a game is over? I was thinking of adding it to the video of the Sam Houston game since the audio for that game was so terrible.

We streamed Dave Snell to our sound bar and synced up the audio with the video and it was a pretty good experience for watching that game.

[Dub]

WMBD Tommy means. They used to have these links saved in the Bradley athletics website, but for several years now they don’t seem to have it anymore. Agree tho the ultimate way to experience any Bradley game would include Dave Snell’s call.

[Tommy]

WMBD Tommy means. They used to have these links saved in the Bradley athletics website, but for several years now they don’t seem to have it anymore. Agree tho the ultimate way to experience any Bradley game would include Dave Snell’s call.

Whoops. You are correct, WMBD! Though Dave Snell could probably throw down a pretty good sermon on WBNH, as well!

[Da Coach]

I think Dub is right. I'm not sure why, but I don't believe WMBD archives their game broadcasts.

And here are the betting lines and how they've moved (the "Spread" column)-
https://www.vegasinsider.com/college.../date/12-22-21

Some have UTEP as a 1 to 2 point favorite (Wynn) and some have Bradley as a 1 to 1.5 point favorite, and there are some pickems. It appears the betting line shifted slightly more in favor of UTEP this afternoon.

[Da Coach]

Looks like Sam Houston State will finish 3rd in the Sun Bowl Invitational, and North Carolina Central 4th.
Sam Houston is clobbering NCC by 20 points late in their 3rd-4th place game-
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...meId/401376708

Bradley-UTEP game likely to start a little after 8 pm.
Video Link- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5vdTt6a9rs

Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Live Stats- https://utepminers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary

[Da Coach]

Bradley is the Sun Bowl Tournament Champion!
Final score- Bradley 73 UTEP 66
Stats- https://utepminers.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

[Big Mike]

Nice win by the Braves.....team effort and another great game by Robert's. Was getting concerned by all the fouls but the Braves weathered the storm.

[Da Coach]

Bradley trailed the throughout the 2nd half by as much as 14 points, but then chipped away with great defense in the final 10 minutes, and finally took the lead with a Rienk Mast three with 4:49 left, and never trailed again. Terry Roberts with a terrific game- 26 points, 11 points,

Malevy Leons and Terry Roberts were all-tournament, and Roberts was the Tournament MVP.

[Tommy]

We won this game without Henry!

And Roberts is amazing, what more can be said!

26 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks. Wow!