Final score: Bradley 86 Missouri State 62

[Da Coach]

Next game: Bradley (18-9, 10-6) at Missouri State (15-12, 7-9), Wednesday, Feb. 21, 7:00 pm
Missouri State is 8-4 at home, Bradley is 5-5 in road games.
In the first meeting between these 2 teams, Bradley beat Missouri State in Peoria, on Jan. 6, 86-60 - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/...uri-state.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/21919

TV- ESPN+ - https://www.espn.com/espnplus/player...9-1642e34f2239
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Live Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=485984
Radio- www.wmbdradio.com

Missouri State schedule/results- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...tball/schedule
Roster- https://missouristatebears.com/sport...ketball/roster
Stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s...3/pdf/cume.pdf

Bradley stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s...3/pdf/cume.pdf

MVC Stats- https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/mvc.sidearmsports.com/documents/2023/11/7/2023_24_MVC_MBB_Stats.pdf

Game preview from BradleyBraves.com - https://bradleybraves.com/news/2024/...e-preview.aspx
Game preview from MissouriStateBears.com - https://missouristatebears.com/news/...y-matchup.aspx
Game Notes- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s...vs_Bradley.pdf
Game program- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s...eb_Version.pdf

[LittleBrave]

Play like this game matters - need to have the mentality from the tip that this is do or die time. If St. Lou is our focus, time to start tonight.

[tomahawk chop]

Wow it seems like the excitement has left because really not many posts about this game.

[Da Coach]

It could be worse... Here is the entire pregame thread from the Missouri State fan message board - https://247sports.com/college/missou...494389/?page=1

Most of the posts on their board revolve around attacks directed at their coach or athletic director. - https://247sports.com/college/missou...d-forum-59468/

[Dub]

The excitement is alive in my heart, tomahawk chop! Tommy and will be in Springfield tonight! My daughter who is a student at CofO in Branson will drive up and join us. Let’s goooo!

[BUfan39]

The excitement is alive in my heart, tomahawk chop! Tommy and will be in Springfield tonight! My daughter who is a student at CofO in Branson will drive up and join us. Let’s goooo!

Let’s go Braves! Love the excitment!

[Fetz86]

For me, if we win our two home games we stay out of Thursday. This would be a nice bonus, and hopefully they can show they have worked to right the ship. No giving up a big early lead. Trust the players, don't bench the freshman. If it's the same as the last few games I may find something else to do after halftime. If they make an SIU like comeback I can always watch it later on ESPN+.

[tomahawk chop]

I just do not get who coach chooses to play anymore. This will hurt any chances we have in winning the Tour. It just seems like he wants to punish players for whatever reason instead of going with the ones with the most talent. Nothing personal against Linke but how do play a guy at this point when he has not played much at all in his 4th season. Something seems really wrong in this program.

[Bradley8792]

Not our worst start. 4-18 from 3. That’s definitely holding us back.

[BUfan14]

Even when shots weren’t falling early we seemed more crisp. Had good looks all game and Duke heated up. Defense was much better too all game. Now this Missouri State team isn’t great, but they’re not terrible either so doing that on the road is nice. Let’s hope this Bradley team keeps showing up in this Jekyll and Hyde season. One thing that confused me is Linke. I’ve been critical of Meta’s defense, but has Thomas fallen so far he’s below a fourth year guy who hasn’t played in years? It’s weird at the end of the year to add Linke in. I guess Linke didn’t make any huge mistakes, but I don’t know if that will hold up against better teams. Nice to see Atalson hit a few threes, hopefully that’ll get him going the next few. Overall, a good night for Bradley coming off some tough ones.

[BUBraves2006]

Donovan Clay - 0
Duke - 35

Wowwwwww....

[Da Coach]

Donovan Clay - 0
Duke - 35

Wowwwwww....

For the record, Clay was 1st team preseason All MVC, and got votes for POY.

[Da Coach]

What a terrific game, especially that 2nd half. Bradley shot 67% on the 2nd half, and outscored Missouri State 53-35 to win 86-62.
Duke Deen with a career game- 35 points, 25 in the 2nd half. He was 9-10 in the 2nd half, and 7-8 from three.
IMO, the technical foul was not justified, Duke was merely celebrating a basket, not taunting anyone.
One other interesting disparity- Free throws in the 2nd half- Bradley 1-1, Missouri State 11-17

Final score- Bradley 86 Missouri State 62- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=485984

Deen 35 points, 4 assists, 2 steals, only 2 turnovers
Leons 17 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
Hickman 10 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists
Hannah 7 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists (limited by fouls)
Atlason 9 points, 2 steals
Bradley had only 6 turnovers for the game.

Bradley remains in 3rd place.
Standings- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

[Bradley8792]

. One thing that confused me is Linke. .

I get what you mean, but at the end of the game look at his line. 5 rebounds, a block, and a steal. Is that any worse than meta or Thomas?

[bradleyfan124]

A nice comeback game.. responding to a previous loss