Final score: Illinois State 82 Bradley 71

[Da Coach]

Next game: Bradley (21-6, 12-4, 7-2 in road games) at Illinois State (15-12, 7-9, 10-4 at home), Wednesday, Feb. 19, 7:00 pm
The game is on the CBS Sports Network.

Bradley beat ISU in Peoria on Jan. 25, 61-57. After that game, ISU won the next 3 games, but then have lost the last 3.
Recap- https://bradleybraves.com/news/2025/...3-overall.aspx
Box score- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/men...boxscore/22356

Bradley remains in a tie for 2nd place in the MVC. ISU is in a 5-way tie for 6th place.
Standings - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...ngs/_/group/18

Live Stats- https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=547294
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045
For those planning on going- Tickets - https://goredbirds.evenue.net/event/B24/B15 (Visitors bench is in front of sections 118 & 119)

Illinois State links-
Schedule/results- https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Roster- https://goredbirds.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster
ISU Historical record- https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb...ois-state/men/
Stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/s..._MBB_Stats.pdf

BU stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats

As of 2/17/25...
Bradley is still the leading team in 3-point field goal percentage (40.7%) - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc
Bradley is 23rd in overall FG% (48.7%) - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc (note ISU is 22nd)
Bradley is also 23rd in Free Throw percentage (77.6%) - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...owPct/dir/desc

Sortable MVC team stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc
MVC Individual stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...yer/_/group/18

[LittleBrave]

This is becoming one of the best races for 1st/2nd place in some time. We have BU and Drake who have been at or near the top since Game 1, and a surging UNI team on a 5-game heater. Good b/c it puts the pressure on us to keep winning. Ultimately, it would be awesome to win the reg. season and take the #1 seed, but I'd be pleased if we snag the #2 seed to avoid playing the last game on Friday night, which might bring fatigue the next day. I don't think there' a real adv. to facing the #7 vs the #6 seed in Arch Madness as the teams from 5th to 9th place are pretty equal.

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[Dubl R 1]

Anybody else get tix yet?…. If so where’s everybody sitting? Lower bowl is $42 bucks.. last thing I want to do is pay $42 bucks and be next to ISU ppl

lol I’d rather buy extra upper bowl tickets to ensure I have space lol

[Da Coach]

Anybody else get tix yet?…. If so where’s everybody sitting? Lower bowl is $42 bucks.. last thing I want to do is pay $42 bucks and be next to ISU ppl

lol I’d rather buy extra upper bowl tickets to ensure I have space lol

Illinois State is averaging 3,997 per game this season. For most home games, their upper bowl has been mostly empty. No doubt, the Bradley game will be their biggest attendance of the season, but I still expect it to be far from a sellout.

Here are their attendance figures this season-

[Dub]

Anybody else get tix yet?…. If so where’s everybody sitting? Lower bowl is $42 bucks.. last thing I want to do is pay $42 bucks and be next to ISU ppl

lol I’d rather buy extra upper bowl tickets to ensure I have space lol

DR, I’m in 118. The ushers do hawk who can come and go into lower bowl, but if it’s not very full I’m assuming there will be some shuffling and compression so we can make a unified front.

[Tommy]

Anybody else get tix yet?…. If so where’s everybody sitting? Lower bowl is $42 bucks.. last thing I want to do is pay $42 bucks and be next to ISU ppl

lol I’d rather buy extra upper bowl tickets to ensure I have space lol

Dub and I will be there. Dub bought the tickets so he'll have to chime in with what section they were in. See you there, DR!

[Dubl R 1]

Got it..Thanks for the info guys..

[wrsmith2phd]

My wife's company, Country Financial, got a group rate set of tickets for us in section 101, rows 5-8 (we're in 6). Some are BU fans, others are ISU, and a few are just interested in a good game. We're looking forward to a GREAT rivalry game! Go Braves!

[BUBraves2006]

Vegas has us just as a -1.5 point favorite. Are they factoring in the rivalry? Let down after a big game? Shocked this isn't at least 4-5 point spread. It always worries me seeing lines that don't make a ton of sense.

[Dubl R 1]

Ended up in 118, Row 7. Go Braves!

[Tommy]

Ended up in 118, Row 7. Go Braves!

NICE! See you there, DR!

[tomahawk chop]

There are plenty of seats available for this game.

[Fetz86]

These refs are freaking awful. What in the world did Zek do to get a technical? Tons of garbage calls against our guys trying to guard Walker too.

[Bradley8792]

Refs aren’t the problem. Giving up 20 points of turnovers is the problem.

[BradleyBiz]

If we don’t win Arch Madness, I think many Bradley fans will consider this season a major underachievement.

It is not a coincidence that teams are shooting 3s at a high percentage against us. Our help defense flow needs to be adjusted before St Louis.