Final score: Bradley 78 Indiana State 67

[Bradley8792]

With this crew nothing would surprise me.

[BradleyBiz]

Zek didn’t like my comment. He has been a monster on offense in the second half! Wow!

[tecon89]

Are we back?

[braves16]

A road win. All is right with the world again.

[BUfan14]

Are we back?

This is a good first step. Indiana State played sloppy, but we did take advantage and on the road no less. I also think we found some things that can work with Montgomery bringing the ball up, and a Mast/Leons two man game.

Now we need to beat another good team and defend our home court against Belmont. You think we'd be fired up for it after what happened in Nashville. Win that and I'm willing to say we are back in contention.

[Tommy]

REDEMPTION!
Hope renewed!

[Big Mike]

Very big WIN for the Braves tonight!
Montgomery with career high 18 pts all in the second half. Now the Braves are back in contention....Good Job Boys...

[Classof77]

ZEK MONTGOMERY !!!

We needed somebody to step up, and Zek Montgomery answered the call !!

[Bradley8792]

Much better effort in the second half. Things go a lot better when you only have 2 turnovers. Great win.

[Da Coach]

What a fantastic 2nd half. Zek was incredible! Rienk was great! The entire team played terrific defense, especially in the 2nd half, outscoring Indiana State 44-28 to win 78-67.
ndiana State shot 45.5% in the first half and lead by 5 (35-30), but Bradley held them to 28% (7-20) in the second half, and the Braves shot 58.1% (18-31) to take back the lead, and hold on down the stretch. BU also outrebounded the Sycamores 41-33, and had only 2 turnovers in the second half (12 for the game).
Bradley 78 Indiana State 67
Final stats- https://gosycamores.com/sidearmstats/mbball/media

Player of the game- Zek Montgomery

[bigjimmy]

Outscored them 44-28 in the second half. This is the BU team we've seen at home. When we play well we have 5-6 guys in double figures and we had 5 tonight, led by Rienk in the first 28 minutes and dominated by Zek in the last 12:00. Both had 18. Mast also had 13 rebounds. We shot 58% in the second half and held them to 28%. Outrebounded them 41-38 and we just had 3 turnovers in the 2nd half. The 2nd half effort is what we need to keep seeing.

[tecon89]

This is a good first step. Indiana State played sloppy, but we did take advantage and on the road no less. I also think we found some things that can work with Montgomery bringing the ball up, and a Mast/Leons two man game.

Now we need to beat another good team and defend our home court against Belmont. You think we'd be fired up for it after what happened in Nashville. Win that and I'm willing to say we are back in contention.

I agree. I still have apprehension. But no doubt Braves will be favored at home rest of the way. Remaining road games aren’t as daunting as the first four. At SIU sure, but other then that where do we see a loss? UNI? Valpo? ISU? UIC?

[Nashville Cat]

Let's not overlook Ja'Shon's 8 rebounds...huge!

[Stryker]

Really happy with this win! Feels great and was really needed, probably the defining moment of the season so far. Hope is still alive.

that said still a little worried about the sloppy play we saw in the first half. A lot of bad turnovers. However Rienk and then Montgomery took over and willed a win to happen.

[BUfan14]

I agree. I still have apprehension. But no doubt Braves will be favored at home rest of the way. Remaining road games aren’t as daunting as the first four. At SIU sure, but other then that where do we see a loss? UNI? Valpo? ISU? UIC?

This is why Saturday will be so huge. Win and SIU will be ahead of you by one game at most, as the sole team in first place. Lose and many teams could pass you up, and Belmont would have a three game lead essentially since they would own the tiebreaker after sweeping us. Saturday now, once again, becomes the biggest game of the year for the third straight game. Win that and the schedule eases up somewhat the rest of the way. I see a path to the championship. However, we must win Saturday first.