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Final score: Bradley 61 Illinois State 57

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Bradley (17-3, 8-1) vs. Illinois State (12-8, 4-5), Saturday, Jan. 25, 1:00 pm at Carver Arena
This is the first meeting this season between Bradley and ISU.
ISU started the MVC season 2-5, but they have won their last 2 games, home games over Missouri State and Indiana State. - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/2287

The game is on the CBS Sports Network
Live Stats- https://bradleybraves.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary
Chat room- https://www.chatzy.com/bradleyfans
Radio- https://wmbdradio.com/player/?playerID=2045
Tickets - https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/070061309A371E5C
Still some decent upper bowl tickets available.

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/schools/illinois-state/men/
Stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/....com/documents/2025/1/21/Season_Stats__1_.pdf

Former Bradley assistant coach Rob Judson is an assistant on the staff of Head Coach Ryan Pedon. This is Pedon's 3rd season.

BU stats- https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/...earmsports.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/cume.pdf

Bradley is still the leading team in Division I in 3-point field goal percentage - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...ffensive/sort/threePointFieldGoalPct/dir/desc

Sortable MVC team stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...up/18/table/offensive/sort/avgPoints/dir/desc
MVC Individual stats- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/stats/player/_/group/18

ISU sophomore center Chase Walker is their leading scorer, and he is the highest scoring big man in the MVC with an average of 14.8 ppg.
Sophomore guard Johnny Kinziger averages 14.5 ppg. The only other double-digit scorer is 5th year transfer from SIU Dalton banks (10.2 ppg).
As a team, ISU shoots 40.0% from three, which ranks second in the MVC to Bradley's 41.2%
 
We have to guard them out at the 3 point line because they have some decent shooters. We need to make them move and not get set in order to make those shots that much tougher. We can try and double team Walker as long as we can trap him and not let him make good passes out to open shooters. We need to jump on them early and get our fans into the game.
 
BUFAN1 said:
I'm more worried about walker. That boy is gonna EAT us up down low.
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Yeah, possibly. I'm more concerned if they get hot from outside. They are a good 3-point shooting team, and capable of staying in games with their shooting.
 
ISU lost in close games to Drake, UNI and Belmont. They are better than their record says.

Makes me a little nervous for us to cough up a loss on national TV and in front a possible sell out crowd.

Bradley finally seems to be playing well though. I am hoping it continues tomorrow.
 
BUfan17 said:
ISU lost in close games to Drake, UNI and Belmont. They are better than their record says.

Makes me a little nervous for us to cough up a loss on national TV and in front a possible sell out crowd.

Bradley finally seems to be playing well though. I am hoping it continues tomorrow.
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That is why you cannot take any game for granted, need to stay focused and play hard each and every game. We are the better team and need to play like it tomorrow.
 
Got an email yesterday from Bradley saying there was a pregame party at Jacks on Adams Saturday before the game. Anyone been in there and know if there is plenty of room for everybody? Cant imagine any of those places on Adams having alot of room
 
Interesting... we've been discussing ( LINK - LINK ) the possibility of former juco players like Duke Deen getting an extra year
of eligibility due to the recent NCAA ruling. But I kinda wondered why nobody was asking Coach Wardle or Duke about it.
Then as soon as Jim Mattson addresses it with Duke ( LINK ), then the PJStar has a blurb about it ( LINK )
Both Coach Wardle and Duke gave non-committal answers and are "100% laser focused" on winning this year, and I think that is the right way to answer this question at this time.

(The PJS article may be behind a paywall, but PM me if you want to read it)
 
I want to give a shout out to Tommy and thank him for putting all the games on YouTube. I enjoy rewatching the games they win plus I rewatch the games over the summer to satisfy my Bradley fix in the off season..
 
Bradley3342 said:
Got an email yesterday from Bradley saying there was a pregame party at Jacks on Adams Saturday before the game. Anyone been in there and know if there is plenty of room for everybody? Cant imagine any of those places on Adams having alot of room
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I signed up. It is $10 per person. As of now, I think 26 people registered. I have never been there before.
 
Wow Braves win in an ugly...slow moving game with no rythm on offense....18-3 and 9-1 in Valley!:mrgreen:
 
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