Bradley Wins 67-61!!!

[ser_solace]

Sweet. I didn't think they could do it after that terrible 1st half.

2nd half though was awesome. Some good signs, and AW not playing may have been a blessing in disguise. Chris Roberts got more minutes, and he absolutely came alive. Dodie Dunson was the man. He had 20 pts? Geez, didn't expect that after the exhibition games. Theron and Sam finally played to form in the 2nd half too.

Now, let's imagine how we'll do when AW gets back.

[ser_solace]

Oh, and defense was great. Looking forward to my drive to Gainesville!

[BUFAN]

Good job ser
Loved what i saw out of dd too

[mexicobufan]

EM and TB are outstanding freshman.......they will be something in a year or two. Good win without AW............

[massivemike3]

Dodie Dunson

Sweet. I didn't think they could do it after that terrible 1st half.

2nd half though was awesome. Some good signs, and AW not playing may have been a blessing in disguise. Chris Roberts got more minutes, and he absolutely came alive. Dodie Dunson was the man. He had 20 pts? Geez, didn't expect that after the exhibition games. Theron and Sam finally played to form in the 2nd half too.

Now, let's imagine how we'll do when AW gets back.

Dodie looked real nice.He plays like this, he could make big impact.

[CABUFan]

Lots to like in that game. Hard to say how good we are going to be this year, but I have a feeling we are going to be very good next year.

[ser_solace]

Box score from espn.com:

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=283190071

Ugly FG%, but I wonder what it looks like broken-down by the halves. I heard on the radio that we were 17% from the field in the 1st half. So, likely our 2nd half FG % was much much better.

By the way, we outrebounded them!

[AE Braves Fan]

47 attempted free throws!!

[InMnBob1]

Glat to hear on the post game show that Coach Les indicated that he should have called a time out up when up 10 before the UIC run. It could have gotten away from us really easily. I think Les is growing from a coaching perpective and needs to make less mistakes too

[Buesch N Chips]

A tale of two halves. Neither half was particularly exciting to watch, not much to cheer about until the last 10 minutes or so. Jordan Prosser was in attendance. Pretty good size crowd. White out was a massive failure. Stick with the every game red out. I gotta give the PR people credit, they have left no opportunity unexplored. Games on the court every timeout, ads EVERYWHERE in the Civic Center, all those things to look at in the concourse. It's an assault of the senses, which is what it should be.

Also - Will Egolf - zero minutes. He didn't look happy.

[InMnBob1]

RPI Jump

Big jump in the BU RPI rating -- Now at 43 up from 214 :-)

[mike radigan]

I never heard a status report on Drew's injury. Obviously there is a setback as he didn't even dress. Anybody hear anything?

And why didn't WE play?

[Bradleyguy10]

Lots to like in the 2nd half I think...disregarding the 9 points in 20 seconds from them we kept a pretty good offensive team to 52 points...that's good defense. And the offense will come around..shots will start falling with more experience and a net gain of probably 10 points when AW comes back to shape...

Anyone in the front student section see the interview during halftime??? Who was that tall guy??

[Da Coach]

Attendance was 10,034- and there was a lot of students there.
Congratulations to the BU students for a tremendous presence that the game!

Bradley was 3-17 in the first half for 17.6%
They were 12-29 for 41.4% in the second half.
15-46 overall for 32.6%.

Only 6 assists for the game, and only 2 by guards (1 by Sam M., and 1 by Chris Roberts)

Final stats--

http://www.bradleybraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=19332&SPID=1498&DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1625244

Bradley-UIC Box Score Courtesy: Bradley University
          Release: 11/14/2008
    Official Basketball Box Score
UIC Flames vs Bradley Braves
11-14-08 7:05 p.m. at Peoria, Ill. - Carver Arena
 
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VISITORS: UIC Flames 0-1
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
42 BOYD, Tori.......... f  1-2    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   5   2  0  1  0  0  12
41 VANDERMEER, Scott... c  5-10   0-0    5-8    4  7 11   4  15  1  0  4  0  32
01 MAYO, Josh.......... g  5-14   1-7    2-2    1  3  4   3  13  5  2  0  1  40
03 KREPS, Robo......... g  7-15   5-9    5-6    0  4  4   4  24  2  0  0  0  34
25 STEWART, Spencer.... g  0-3    0-3    0-0    0  1  1   5   0  1  2  0  1  13
21 EPPINGER, Rob.......    0-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   3   0  0  0  0  0   7
22 HARRIS, Kris........    1-2    0-0    0-0    1  2  3   2   2  1  4  0  0  15
23 NEELY, Zavion.......    1-3    1-2    0-0    0  0  0   2   3  2  1  0  0   9
31 BUCHANAN, Chris.....    0-1    0-1    0-1    0  0  0   1   0  0  1  0  2   9
32 IGNJATOVIC, Jovan...    0-4    0-1    0-0    1  2  3   1   0  0  1  0  1   7
33 BUTTELL, Jeremy.....    0-1    0-0    2-2    2  6  8   2   2  0  0  0  0  22
   TEAM................                         1  1  2
   Totals..............   20-57   7-23  14-20  11 28 39  32  61 12 12  4  5 200 TOTAL 
FG% 1st Half:  9-30 30.0%   2nd Half: 11-27 40.7%   Game: 35.1%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-12 25.0%   2nd Half:  4-11 36.4%   Game: 30.4%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-8  87.5%   2nd Half:  7-12 58.3%   Game: 70.0%    2
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HOME TEAM: Bradley Braves 1-0
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
12 Wilson, Theron...... f  2-9    0-1    8-13   4  9 13   3  12  3  2  0  1  31
04 Collins, David...... c  1-2    0-0    2-2    1  1  2   4   4  0  1  1  0  15
02 Dunson, Dodie....... g  4-11   3-7   10-12   1  3  4   1  21  0  1  0  1  37
05 Maniscalco, Sam..... g  4-9    0-5    6-8    1  3  4   4  14  1  4  0  2  33
23 Roberts, Chris...... g  4-9    1-4    3-3    2  5  7   4  12  1  2  0  1  22
01 McCain, Eddren......    0-2    0-1    0-3    0  2  2   1   0  0  1  0  1  22
03 Norris, Darian......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  2  0  0   8
13 Brown, Taylor.......    0-2    0-2    2-4    1  2  3   0   2  1  0  0  0   9
54 Singh, Sam..........    0-1    0-0    2-2    3  4  7   2   2  0  2  1  1  23
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   15-46   4-21  33-47  13 30 43  20  67  6 15  2  7 200 TOTAL 
FG% 1st Half:  3-17 17.6%   2nd Half: 12-29 41.4%   Game: 32.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-9  22.2%   2nd Half:  2-12 16.7%   Game: 19.0%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 12-17 70.6%   2nd Half: 21-30 70.0%   Game: 70.2%    4
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Officials: Frank Spencer, Brad Gaston, Dave Draucker
Technical fouls: UIC Flames-None. Bradley Braves-None.
Attendance: 10034Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
UIC Flames....................   28   33  -   61
Bradley Braves................   20   47  -   67

[Da Coach]

Andrew tweaked his foot in practice (Friday, I think) and was kept out as a precaution.