Final score: Bradley 74 Akron 55

[basketball nut]

We're passing on today's game with the way its blowing out in the country.
Will watch it from home this time

[Da Coach]

Bradley is currently a 5 point favorite.

[Nashville Cat]

Bradley is currently a 5 point favorite.

O/U 122.5 Go over. I'm not touching -5.

[BRAVE82]

As of 2:51 pm... the temperature has dropped 20 degrees since 11:30 am. From 31 down to 11. Overnight low gonna be -11. And the winds are picking up.

[bubraves82]

Now you tell me, I took the Braves -5

[Da Coach]

The roads are fairly good, though slightly slick. We did see a couple cars that slid off Route 116 in E. Peoria, so if you are going to be driving, go slow.
There are only a few dozen people in the arena right now.

[braves16]

Have they said how many people are at the game?

[Nashville Cat]

Now you tell me, I took the Braves -5

Then you're smarter than me, and a winner!

[Classof77]

What a performance. I think that's the best we have played this season. Great defense, good balanced offense. How nice it is to have everybody back and healthy.

Not sorry I stayed home. :-) The camera work was great, and the announcers were very good.

[️ Fanatic]

Solid Victory tonight vs. Akron... started with strong defense that had Akron out of rhythm, then we had bursts of offense. 9-4 is a good place to be before conference!! Enjoy the break until next week - Happy Holidays!! Go Braves!!

[bubraves82]

Then you're smarter than me, and a winner!

I doubt I'm smarter, but I took the over too, so thanks for that!

[Tommy]

This team has 7 guys that are solid 3 point shooters and with JaShon and Zek back, we are just very deep, and this team is going to be tough if we can stay healthy. I don't think we've been this dominant at home since the Les era and it's making going to games a lot of fun right now. Let's hope it holds up when we start playing the tougher conference teams.

Side note: Ville has had a handful of games where he lit it up from 3 and tonight was one of them. Remember how everyone used to double team him and now he's getting a lot of open looks. If we can get the Ville that is consistent from 3's, look out!

[Da Coach]

Final score: Bradley 74 Akron 55-
Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/21487

Bradley dominated a pretty good Akron team from the start. BU lead by as much as 32 points (54-22 at 14:08 of the 2nd half).
Great defense and great shooting (14-30 from three). Another double-double by Rienk Mast (15 points, 13 rebounds).
Duke Deen was awesome again, 14 points and 4-7 from three. He is 11-18 over the last 2 games and is now 30-78 (38.5%) on the season.
Zek Montgomery had a great game, too. His defense was solid, as was everyone's. He was 5-9, and 2-3 from three for 13 points.
And Ville had 14 points, and was 4-6 from three with 4 rebounds.
Connor Hickman struggled again with shooting (just 1-10), but he will get that straightened out. But his defense was good, and he had 6 rebounds.
An all around nice performance by the entire team. Bradley will need games like thi in the upcoming MVC season.

[braves16]

Final score: Bradley 74 Akron 55-
Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/21487

Bradley dominated a pretty good Akron team from the start. BU lead by as much as 32 points (54-22 at 14:08 of the 2nd half).
Great defense and great shooting (14-30 from three). Another double-double by Rienk Mast (15 points, 13 rebounds).
Duke Deen was awesome again, 14 points and 4-7 from three. He is 11-18 over the last 2 games and is now 30-78 (38.5%) on the season.
Zek Montgomery had a great game, too. His defense was solid, as was everyone's. He was 5-9, and 2-3 from three for 13 points.
And Ville had 14 points, and was 4-6 from three with 4 rebounds.
Connor Hickman struggled again with shooting (just 1-10), but he will get that straightened out. But his defense was good, and he had 6 rebounds.
An all around nice performance by the entire team. Bradley will need games like thi in the upcoming MVC season.

Boxscore says 3500 in stands. How accurate is that?

[tecon89]

Beat all around game. Shooting awesome,
open looks consistently due to good ball movement and great transition offense. Good to see Ville hit those open shots.

Looking onward. Think the boys should be favored in every home game. If they can pull of 4-5 of 9 on the road. They are pry valley regular season champs at 15-5/16-4. Keep winning.

Fun game to watch. At Belmont should be fun