Final: Missouri State 71 Bradley 69

[Da Coach]

Bradley is 1-1 in the MVC, and 7-7 overall. They play Missouri State Wednesday, January 5.
Note that the start time has been moved to 8:00 pm to accommodate a national broadcast on CBS Sports Network.
https://bradleybraves.com/news/2022/...-pm-start.aspx

CBSSports was scheduled to broadcast the Loyola-Illinois State game, but when that was cancelled, they chose to selected the Bradley-Missouri State game to broadcast.

TV- CBSSports Network- https://www.cbssports.com/cbs-sports-network/
Live stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Bradleyfans Chat Room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans

Missouri State was picked 4th in the preseason MVC poll- https://mvc-sports.com/news/2021/10/...-favorite.aspx

They are 10-5 overall, and 1-1 in the MVC. They lost on the road at Illinois State and won at home against the top MVC pick, Drake.
Schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...tball/schedule
Roster- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...ketball/roster
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...1/pdf/cume.pdf

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

There has not been any news regarding Ja'Shon Henry's status for the game Wednesday.

[Da Coach]

Pregame article-

https://bradleybraves.com/news/2022/1/4/mens-basketball-bradley-hosts-missouri-state-wednesday-at-8-pm.aspx

[Da Coach]

Missouri State is a 2 point favorite in Wednesday's game-

https://www.vegasinsider.com/college-basketball/teams/team-page.cfm/team/bradley

[Tommy]

I'm really anxious to see how we handle Prim. I think it's going to tell us a lot about how the rest of the season goes.

[LittleBrave]

Any way to watch this game if you don't have CBS Sports Network? I'm pretty sure not many of us has it.

Thanks in advance.

We need this game badly to rebound from a terrible loss on Sunday vs the lowly Mores.

[Da Coach]

Any way to watch this game if you don't have CBS Sports Network? I'm pretty sure not many of us has it.

Thanks in advance.

We need this game badly to rebound from a terrible loss on Sunday vs the lowly Mores.

Watch online or with the CBSSports app-

https://cbs-sports.app.link/NEwgEP7hPdb

[Da Coach]

Ja'Shon Henry is out tonight

[Da Coach]

Bradley loses a heartbreaker to Missouri State 71-69 on a buzzer-beating second-chance shot by Isiaih Mosley.
Bradley played good defense in the 2nd half and it allowed them to come back from an 18 point deficit, and take the lead into the final seconds. But several missed free throws down the stretch and the inability to get that final rebound allowed Missouri State to get the game-winning basket.
Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Again, for the second straight game, Bradley really missed Ja'Shon Henry. Let's hope he recovers and can return soon.

[wily coyote]

I would love to hear what was ruled on the 3 pt shot that bounced on the top of the backboard several times then fell in. It did not look like it hit the Shot clock but was there a bracket up there holding it on. I couldn’t tell from my seat. If it just bounced on the top of the backboard then fell in without hitting the shot clock or any bracket then we got hosed.

[Fyrebyrd]

I would love to hear what was ruled on the 3 pt shot that bounced on the top of the backboard several times then fell in. It did not look like it hit the Shot clock but was there a bracket up there holding it on. I couldn’t tell from my seat. If it just bounced on the top of the backboard then fell in without hitting the shot clock or any bracket then we got hosed.

there is a small black speaker box at the base of the shot clock mount that I believe is the shot clock horn. It blends in pretty well but it definitely looked from the replays like the ball touched something, likely that speaker box, that prevented the ball from going over the rear of the backboard and instead pushed the ball back over the front.

[wily coyote]

If that’s the case they got it right.

[Dubl R 1]

If that’s the case they got it right.

Bout the ONLY thing the refs got right

[Fyrebyrd]

Here’s the best image I could find.

[Classof77]

On the post game show Chad thought the refs weren't even reviewing that shot to see if it should have counted. They were looking to see if Prim had elbowed Leon in the face.

Tough loss. No way I thought we would come back from 18 down

We really need Henry. I wish they would tell us how he is doing and when they expect him back. If they know.

[ihatetea]

I don’t think they know. Concussions can be tough to gauge. I’m not sure we win tonight even with Jashon, MSU is very talented. Tonight would have played different with him for sure. Probably a better first half, but not as good second half. I think we win for sure against ISU with him putting us at 2-1 in valley regardless. That was about as poorly as we can play a first half. Kent was great, Leons was great, while Hickman and Roberts struggled, particularly in the first half. Overall I’m not upset about any particular thing about tonight. It took a miraculous shot to beat us on a night we played horrifically the first half against arguably the most talented team in the valley.

I wish we were deeper on the perimeter. I wish Roberts didn’t have no-show halves. I wish we were fully healthy. But taking the world at its realities instead of wish fulfillment this isn’t the worst outcome. Trying to see the best of things, Roberts turned in a solid night while not being able to score well and turning it over a lot. Leons was his consistently understatedly great. Mast and Tahvaneinen were both good in the way they weren’t to begin the year. If Kent plays this way going forward I know who I expect to take the mantle at sf. And even Ekono played well.

Tonight had the brightest silver lining to a loss we’ve had all year.