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Bradley's next game is Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 pm in Springfield, MO, in Great Southern Bank Arena, against Missouri State.
The arena had been known as JQH Arena since it opened in 2008, in honor of John Q. Hammons, who donated $30 million for construction and naming rights. However, Hammons died in 2013, and his hotel company went into bankruptcy in 2016, and Missouri State did not receive all of the money pledged. So this year, Great Southern Bank paid $5.5 million to buy permanent naming rights.
The game is on ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/...4-12336b6bf98b
Live stats- https://missouristatebears.com/sidea...s/mbball/media
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
Bradley is now 5-3 after their 68-53 win Wednesday over UNI. And Missouri State is 4-3 after they won Wednesday 66-51 at UIC.
Missouri State was picked 4th in the MVC Preseason Poll- https://mvc-sports.com/news/2022/10/...-favorite.aspx
Last season, MSU was 23-11 overall, and 13-5 in the MVC, tied with Loyola and Drake for 2nd place a game behind UNI. They played in the NIT and were eliminated in their first game, an 89-72 loss at Oklahoma.
Bradley lost both games to Missouri State last season.
They returned only 1 starter (Donovan Clay), and 2 deep reserves (Raphe Ayres, Dawson Carper) from last year's team. Head Coach Dana Ford rebuilt the roster with a bunch of transfers and several freshmen recruits.
Roster- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...ketball/roster
Schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...tball/schedule
Leading scorer is 6'6" sophomore guard Chance Moore, a transfer from Arkansas. He was a 4-star recruit for Arkansas, but only appeared in 5 games for them last season before transferring to MSU. He averages 15.5 ppg in 22 minutes/game off the bench, and is shooting an MVC-leading 53.8% from three.
Starters are:
6'8" senior forward Donovan Clay, a transfer from Valparaiso (9.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
6'2" sophomore guard Alston Mason, a transfer from Oklahoma (8.9 ppg)
6'3" senior guard Bryan Trimble, a grad-transfer from Akron (8.7 ppg)
6' senior guard Kendle Moore, a grad transfer from Colorado State (8.1 ppg)
6'8" junior forward Jonathan Mogbo, a junior college transfer from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg).
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...ason_Stats.pdf
They shoot 44.4% overall, and 35.3% from three as a team. They are shooting 58.3% on Free Throws, which ranks 12th among MVC teams this year.
They are a very good rebounding team. MSU leads the MVC in offensive rebounds and rebounding margin, and is 2nd in overall rebounds/game.
Their starting point guard at the beginning of the season, Matthew Lee, a senior transfer from St. Peter's, is out with a torn ACL suffered in their second game of the season. Donovan Clay now leads them in assists (4.0 per game).
Bradley's 3-point shooting (36.3%) ranks 2nd among MVC teams behind Belmont (38.9%).
Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...2/pdf/cume.pdf
Sortable MVC stats- https://mvc-sports.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2022
The arena had been known as JQH Arena since it opened in 2008, in honor of John Q. Hammons, who donated $30 million for construction and naming rights. However, Hammons died in 2013, and his hotel company went into bankruptcy in 2016, and Missouri State did not receive all of the money pledged. So this year, Great Southern Bank paid $5.5 million to buy permanent naming rights.
The game is on ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/watch/player/_/...4-12336b6bf98b
Live stats- https://missouristatebears.com/sidea...s/mbball/media
Chat room- www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio/audio stream- WMBD 1470 AM or 100.3 FM
Bradley is now 5-3 after their 68-53 win Wednesday over UNI. And Missouri State is 4-3 after they won Wednesday 66-51 at UIC.
Missouri State was picked 4th in the MVC Preseason Poll- https://mvc-sports.com/news/2022/10/...-favorite.aspx
Last season, MSU was 23-11 overall, and 13-5 in the MVC, tied with Loyola and Drake for 2nd place a game behind UNI. They played in the NIT and were eliminated in their first game, an 89-72 loss at Oklahoma.
Bradley lost both games to Missouri State last season.
They returned only 1 starter (Donovan Clay), and 2 deep reserves (Raphe Ayres, Dawson Carper) from last year's team. Head Coach Dana Ford rebuilt the roster with a bunch of transfers and several freshmen recruits.
Roster- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...ketball/roster
Schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...tball/schedule
Leading scorer is 6'6" sophomore guard Chance Moore, a transfer from Arkansas. He was a 4-star recruit for Arkansas, but only appeared in 5 games for them last season before transferring to MSU. He averages 15.5 ppg in 22 minutes/game off the bench, and is shooting an MVC-leading 53.8% from three.
Starters are:
6'8" senior forward Donovan Clay, a transfer from Valparaiso (9.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg)
6'2" sophomore guard Alston Mason, a transfer from Oklahoma (8.9 ppg)
6'3" senior guard Bryan Trimble, a grad-transfer from Akron (8.7 ppg)
6' senior guard Kendle Moore, a grad transfer from Colorado State (8.1 ppg)
6'8" junior forward Jonathan Mogbo, a junior college transfer from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (5.1 ppg, 5.1 rpg).
Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...ason_Stats.pdf
They shoot 44.4% overall, and 35.3% from three as a team. They are shooting 58.3% on Free Throws, which ranks 12th among MVC teams this year.
They are a very good rebounding team. MSU leads the MVC in offensive rebounds and rebounding margin, and is 2nd in overall rebounds/game.
Their starting point guard at the beginning of the season, Matthew Lee, a senior transfer from St. Peter's, is out with a torn ACL suffered in their second game of the season. Donovan Clay now leads them in assists (4.0 per game).
Bradley's 3-point shooting (36.3%) ranks 2nd among MVC teams behind Belmont (38.9%).
Bradley stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sit...2/pdf/cume.pdf
Sortable MVC stats- https://mvc-sports.com/stats.aspx?path=mbball&year=2022
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