Final score: Bradley 76 Valparaiso 66

[Heemeskerk]

Ugh. I am in fl. Found it by chance assumed it was not on since it wasn’t listed in thread

[Da Coach]

Bradley started a little slow as Valpo his their first 3 three pointers and lead 9-2. But then the offense got rolling and Bradley leads 42-30 at hallftime,

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=429189

Bradley outrebounding Valpo 24-13, including 10-2 on offensive rebounds.
Bradley 22 points in the paint in 1st half to 10 for VU.
Only 3 turnovers for BU.
Mast with 12 & 7 already.
Ja'Shon has 8 points, and needs just to to hit 1,000 for career.
Duke Deen with 4 points, 2 assists, and 6 rebounds.
BU has 6 steals.

[Da Coach]

Espn+ blacked out in Peoria.

It's on Bally Sports (Cardinals channel) and NBCSports Chicago PLUS channel.

[Big Mike]

It's on ESPN+ but blacked out in Peoria...

[Big Mike]

Gotta say...those red throwback unis look SWEET....

[Big Mike]

That's 1000 pts for Henry...CONGRATS!

[Big Mike]

Done deal....15-4 and ready for the Big Showdown Sunday......

[BUfan14]

Did what was needed tonight. Only negative was Deen is really struggling and seems to be forcing it too much now. Everyone else did their job and played well. Glad to see Davis get in and hit a shot again too. Could be a secret weapon. Mast has the look of a guy ready to lead this team through some big games. Every game from here on out is do or die (Sunday for the Valley title). Exciting times! Who would have thought after the Belmont game (even the ISU game after) this team could maybe role off 10 straight to win the league title. One more to go!

I don’t think the committee will see it that way, but nice that Kaplan thinks this team is an NCAA team. Need to win out to the Valley title game to even have a prayer I think. Course then might as well just win it and leave no doubt.

[Mikovio]

If ISU beats Drake we clinch a share of the title.

I’m still not rooting for ISU.

[Da Coach]

Bradley gets their 9th win in a row, and their 8th road win of the season. They improve to 22-8, 15-4.
Final score: Bradley 76 Valparaiso 66-

http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=429189

Ja'Shon Henry joins the 1,000 point club with 15 points tonight. He now has 1,005 for his career.
Rienk Mast with his usual great game- 18 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists
Ville Tahvanainen with 11 points, 2-3 from three, and good defense
Connor Hickman- 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists
Malevy Leons- 8 & 6 and terrific defense, as always. He held Kobe King to 4-13 shooting and just 10 points.
Duke Deen- just 4 points, but 6 rebounds and 5 assists
Hannah- 5 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists

Bradley shoots 47%, 29.2% from three, outrebounds Valpo 37-28, and only 8 turnovers.
Bradley gets 25 points off turnovers
34 bench points (Henry 15, Ville 11, Hannah 5, Davis 3)
10 steals and 20 assists (on 31 FG)

Player of the Game- #22 Ja'Shon Henry

[Bradley8792]

A couple BU stats that stick out. 25 points off turnovers, 13 second chance points, and 12 offensive rebounds.

[Da Coach]

I have to add one other thing... it was an extremely well officiated game. Not saying that just because Bradley won, but because I cannot remember a single call that I thought should not have been called, should have been called, or that I would have called differently. Nice job by this crew that we don't see too often-
Owen Shortt, Steve Divine, and Ervin Wilson.

[BUBraves2006]

Bradley is an 8.5 point favorite-
https://www.vegasinsider.com/college...teams/bradley/

Bradley won by 22 (88-66) in Peoria on January 7.

And a reminder- even though Valparaiso, Indiana is in the Central Time Zone, tonight's game starts at 6:00 pm.
I assume the earlier start time is for the MVC TV Network stations.
It will be broadcast on Bally Sports channel and NBCSports Chicago Plus Channel. It will also be on ESPN+ (subject to blackouts in areas served by any of the cable channels).

Got a good laugh at the last second when Valpo chucked up a meaningless three that would have flipped the line. Vegas is ridiculous!

I have to add one other thing... it was an extremely well officiated game. Not saying that just because Bradley won, but because I cannot remember a single call that I thought should not have been called, should have been called, or that I would have called differently. Nice job by this crew that we don't see too often-
Owen Shortt, Steve Divine, and Ervin Wilson.

Can't remember the last game I could say I didn't even notice the refs ... which of course means they did a great job.

[Da Coach]

Bally Sports has a reply of the Bradley-Valparaiso game at midnight tonight.
And NBCSports Chicago PLUS has a replay at 10 pm tonight, as soon as the current A-10 game between Loyola and Fordham ends.

[Da Coach]

Box score- http://www.valpoathletics.com/mbaske...po-02-22-2023/

Attendance 1,848