Its a Missouri Valley Conference matchup on Wednesday as the Bradley Braves travel to Illinois State to take on the Redbirds. Bradley is 17-8 overall and 10-4 in the Missouri Valley while Illinois State is 10-15 overall and 5-9 in the conference. Bradley beat Illinois State 79-75 back on January 25th in overtime, but Illinois State easily covered playing at Bradley. Tipoff is at 8:00 p.m. EST at Redbird Arena in Normal, Illinois.
Bradley has been surging as of late, winning their last four games to improve to 17-8 overall and 10-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference. They are coming off a win last Saturday at Northern Iowa, where they prevailed by the score of 77-69 as a 3 point favorite. Bradley shot the lights out, shooting 55% from the floor and draining 16 of 26 from three point range.
“That's a beautiful win..” pic.twitter.com/H7jlu0oHAB
— Bradley Basketball (@BradleyUMBB) February 5, 2023
The main man for Bradley was Malevy Leons, who dropped 19 points with 4 three pointers. Rienk Mast added 18 points while Connor Hickman drained 17 points with 5 three pointers. Duke Deen added 11 points with 5 rebounds and 4 assists with 3 three pointers. Mast leads the team with 13.9 points per game. Braley ranks number 84 in the country in the latest KenPom rankings.
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