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22011-12011-12 SCHEDULESCHEDULE 2012 STATE FARM MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT DATE OPPONENT TV CT/SCORE #10 Bradley (7-24, 2-16 MVC) vs. #7 Drake (16-14, 9-9 MVC) N 13 !UMKC W, 68-58 THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012 | 8:35 P.M. (CST) | ST. LOUIS, MO. | SCOTTRADE CENTER (18,592) N 16 SEMO - RC (WTVPW) W, 66-65 GAME INFORMATION BRADLEY DRAKE N 19 NORTH DAKOTA W, 78-69 TV: MVC-TV N 22 !WOFFORD L, 66-70 John Rooney, Mark Adams, Chicago Invitati onal Challenge Tom Ackerman Sears Centre - Hoff man Estates, Ill. Radio: 1470 WMBD Overall: 7-24, 2-16 MVC Overall: 16-14, 9-9 MVC N 25 vs. #11 Wisconsin (BTN) L, 43-66 Dave Snell and Danny Adams Neutral: 0-2 Neutral: 1-2 N 26 vs. Nevada L, 59-64 Series: Bradley leads 79-55 Head Coach: Geno Ford Head Coach: Mark Phelps Mountain West-Missouri Valley Challenge 2011-12: Drake 2-0 at Bradley: 7-24, 1st year at Drake: 60-67, 4th year D 3 at Wyoming L, 49-66 MVC Tourney: Bradley 5-3 Career: 126-93, 7th year Career: 60-67, 4th year D 6 NORTHEASTERN W, 79-68 D 15 at George Washington W, 67-66 BradleyBraves.com: Free audio stream | ArchMadness.com: Tournament Central D 17 at Drexel L, 68-73 D 20 WESTERN CAROLINA L, 68-67 TTHEHE STORYLINESTORYLINE SSERIESERIES NOTESNOTES • Bradley will begin play in its 33rd Missouri Valley Conference Bradley leads 79-55 D 22 at #19 Michigan (BTN) L, 66-77 men’s basketball postseason tournament when the 10th-seeded MVC Tournament: Bradley leads 5-3 D 28 *WICHITA ST. (WTVPW) L, 51-90 Braves face seventh-seeded Drake in a fi rst-round game Thursday • Bradley will renew the most-played D 31 *at Indiana St. (WTVPW) L, 66-77 night at the Scott rade Center. series in program history when the Braves J 4 *S. ILLINOIS (WTVPW) L, 65-74 • Thursday’s fi rst-round game against the Bulldogs is a rematch take on Drake for the 135th ti me. J 7 *#24 CREIGHTON (WTVPW) L, 83-92 of last year’s 7-10 pairing in the fi rst round, which resulted in • Thursday’s game also will be the J 10 *at Drake (WTVPW) L, 74-82 a 63-48 win by the 10th-seeded Braves March 3, 2011 at the ninth postseason meeti ng in the series, J 13 *at Wichita State (KY22) L, 41-78 Scott rade Center. the most against any team in Bradley’s J 15 *UNI (ESPN3.com) W, 78-67 • Bradley is 29-30 all-ti me in the MVC Tournament and has 33-year MVC Tournament history. J 18 *at Evansville (WTVPW) L, 67-90 won its fi rst game in three consecuti ve years, as well as fi ve • Bradley owns a 5-3 postseason record J 21 *MISSOURI ST. (WTVPW) L, 48-51 ti mes in the last six years. against Drake and the Braves are 4-0 J 24 *at S. Illinois (WTVPW) L, 60-77 • As Geno Ford prepares for his fi rst-ever State Farm MVC against the Bulldogs in St. Louis. J 28 *at #14 Creighton (WTVPW) L, 59-73 Tournament, no fi rst-year Bradley coach has ever won a game in • Bradley will be trying to avoid losing F 1 *EVANSVILLE L, 62-92 the MVC Tournament. to Drake three ti mes in a season for F 4 *at Illinois State (CSNC) L, 48-78 • The Braves enter the tournament suff ering from a 5-game just the second ti me (1976-77) in series F 8 *INDIANA ST. (WTVPW) W, 68-60 losing streak and are just 2-20 in their last 22 games history. F 12 *at Missouri St. (MVC-TV) L, 53-64 F 15 *DRAKE (MVC-TV) L, 55-62 2011-12 BRADLEY BRAVES F 18 %LOYOLA-CHICAGO L, 44-56 F 22 *at UNI (WTVPW) L, 55-64 PROBABLE STARTERS F 25 *ILLINOIS ST. (WTVPW) L, 53-54 No. Name Pos. Yr. PPG RPG APG Notes State Farm MVC Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 0 Charonn Woods G Jr. 0.9 0.6 0.3 Walk-on has started 4 of last 7 games M 1 vs. #7 Drake (MVC-TV) 8:30 p 1 Dyricus Simms-Edwards G Jr. 11.5 3.8 2.9 Chasing 300 pts, 100 reb., 100 A, 40 S M 2 winner - #2 Creighton (MVC-TV) 6 p 4 Jake Eastman F Jr. 6.0 4.0 1.8 27 rebounds (6.8/gm) in the last 4 gms M 3 Semifi nal (MVC-TV) 4 p 5 Jalen Crawford G Fr. 2.7 1.0 0.5 Averaging 6.8 ppg in the last 8 games M 4 Championship (CBS) 1 p 44 Jordan Prosser C So. 7.8 6.7 0.5 Valley’s 7th-leading rebounder RC - Home games at Renaissance Coliseum OFF THE BENCH ! Home games in the Chicago Invitati onal No. Name Pos. Yr. PPG RPG APG Notes Challenge 3 Taylor Brown F Sr. 14.8 6.4 1.6 Missed last three games with toe injury * Missouri Valley Conference games 14 Milos Knezevic F Jr. 1.0 0.7 0.0 Earned U.S. citi zenship Dec. 2 % Created through Sears BracketBusters 23 Shayok Shayok F Fr. 3.5 3.1 0.6 10 pts, 8 reb at #19 Michigan Dec. 22 Overall Record: 7-24 (.226) 25 Walt Lemon, Jr. G So. 12.5 3.0 2.5 Team-best 17.6 ppg in 7 games off bench Home: 6-10 (.375) 32 Donivine Stewart G Fr. 0.4 0.4 0.3 Peoria nati ve from Limestone H.S. Road: 1-12 (.077) 34 Devon Hodges F Fr. 0.0 0.4 0.1 Has appeared in 7 games Neutral: 0-2 (.000) 41 Anthony Thompson C Sr. 2.9 2.4 0.1 5th in The Valley with 33 rejecti ons BBRADLEYRADLEY RRADIO/TVADIO/TV PPHOTOHOTO ROSTERROSTER 0 1 3 4 5 Charonn Woods Dyricus Simms-Edwards Taylor Brown Jake Eastman Jalen Crawford Jr. • G • 5-11 • 175 Jr. • G • 6-3 • 200 Sr. • F • 6-6 • 210 Jr. • G/F • 6-5 • 200 Fr. • G • 6-2 • 185 St. Louis, Mo. Peoria, Ill. Atlanta, Ga. Richmond, Va. Detroit, Mich. 14 21 23 25 Milos Knezevic Will Egolf Shayok Shayok Walt Lemon Jr. Jr. • F • 6-8 • 225 5Sr. • C/F • 6-9 • 230 Fr. • F • 6-8 • 215 So. • G • 6-3 • 180 Las Vegas, Nev. Juneau, Alaska. Ott awa, Ontario Chicago, Ill. 32 34 41 44 52 Donivine Stewart Devon Hodges Anthony Thompson Jordan Prosser Nate Wells Fr. • G • 5-11 • 190 Fr. • F • 6-7 • 225 5Sr. • C • 6-10 • 225 So. • C • 6-9 • 235 Fr. • C • 7-1 • 240 Peoria, Ill. Plainfi eld, Ill. Houston, Texas. Goodfi eld, Ill. Davenport, Iowa Geno Ford Greg Graham Willie Scott Jaden Uken Patrick Beilein Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations Ohio University ‘97 Oregon ‘78 Bradley ‘83 Nebraska ‘03 West Virginia ‘06 7-24 at Bradley (1st season) 1st season at Bradley 2nd season at Bradley 1st season at Bradley 1st season at Bradley 126-93 Overall (7th season) 1108th08th SSeasoneason ofof BradleyBradley BasketballBasketball www.BradleyBraves.comwww.BradleyBraves.com BBRADLEYRADLEY TTEAMEAM NNOTESOTES BBRADLEYRADLEY QQUICKUICK FACTSFACTS SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Feb. 29 Locati on Peoria, Ill. (61625) March 4 March 5 Feb. 28 March 1 March 2 March 3 Press Conf. Founded 1898 MVC Tourney Off Off vs. Drake MVC Tourney MVC Tourney 1:30 p.m. Enrollment 5,813 Championship 8:30 p.m. Quarterfi nals Semifi nals Braves Club Nickname Braves 1 p.m. St. Louis 12/2:30 p.m. 1:30/4 p.m. Room School Colors Red (PMS 200) & White 6/8:30 p.m. Primary Arena Name Carver Arena Capacity 11,164 22011-12011-12 BRADLEYBRADLEY BBRAVESRAVES NNUMERICALUMERICAL ROSTERROSTER Press Row (309) 680-3795 No. Name Pos. Yr. Exp. Ht. Wt. Hometown, High School/Last School Secondary Arena Name Renaissance Coliseum 0 Charonn Woods G Jr. 2L 5-11 175 St. Louis (Mo.) M.A.C. H.S. Capacity 4,200 1 Dyricus Simms-Edwards G Jr. 2L 6-3 200 Peoria (Ill.) Washington Community H.S. Press Row 309-256-4302 3 Taylor Brown F Sr. 2L 6-6 210 Atlanta (Ga.) Dunwoody H.S. Conference Missouri Valley Conference 4 Jake Eastman G Jr. 2L 6-5 200 Richmond (Va.) Douglas Freeman H.S. President Joanne K. Glasser, Esq. 5 Jalen Crawford G Fr. HS 6-2 185 Detroit (Mich.) Oak Park H.S./Impact Academy Director of Athleti cs Michael Cross, PhD 14 Milos Knezevic F Jr. 2L 6-8 225 Las Vegas (Nev.) Liberty H.S. 21 Will Egolf C/F 5Sr. 3L 6-9 230 Juneau (Alaska) Douglas H.S. TTEAMEAM IINFORMATIONNFORMATION 23 Shayok Shayok F Fr. HS 6-8 215 Ott awa (Ontario) Chicago Julian HS/IMG Academy 2010-11 Final Record 12-20 (.375) 25 Walt Lemon, Jr. G So. 1L 6-3 180 Chicago (Ill.) Julian H.S. MVC Record 4-14 (T-9th of 10) 32 Donivine Stewart G Fr. HS 5-11 190 Peoria (Ill.) Limestone H.S. Postseason N/A 34 Devon Hodges F Fr. HS 6-7 225 Plainfi eld (Ill.) Lett ermen Returning/Lost 9/3 41 Anthony Thompson C 5Sr. 3L 6-10 225 Houston (Texas) Klein Forest H.S. Starters Returning/Lost 3/2 44 Jordan Prosser C So.