Bradley Braves 1,693 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 36 Postseason Tournaments | 14 Conference Titles
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Bradley Braves 1,693 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 36 Postseason Tournaments | 14 Conference Titles 2020-21 SCHEDULE Bradley lewis November 3-2, 0-0 MVC 1-1, 0-0 GLVC record VS record Wed 25 ~ vs. Toledo W, 61-59 Thu 26 ~ at Xavier L, 50-51 Brian Wardle 179-153 0-0 Scott Trost 414-242 0-0 head coach career record record vs. lu head coach career record record vs. bu Fri 27 ~ vs. Oakland W, 74-60 December The Bradley men's basketball team Tue 1 JUDSON W, 105-32 BRADLEY VS. lewis continues play at Carver Arena, hosting Fri 4 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L, 84-88 Peoria, Ill. • Carver Arena Lewis on Monday night. The Braves and Mon 7 LEWIS (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7 • 7 p.m. Flyers are set to meet for a 7 p.m. tipoff on Thu 17 JACKSON STATE 7 p.m. Television ESPN3. Sat 19 MIAMI (OHIO) 7 p.m. Station: ........................................................... ESPN3 KEY BRAVES NUMBERS Tue 22 at Missouri 6 p.m. Play-by-Play .............................................Brian Bedo Mon 28 * at Valparaiso TBA Analyst .................................................Matt McClain The schools have met on one Tue 29 * at Valparaiso TBA previous occasion with the Radio 1 Braves winning 109-77 in January Flagship Station ....................................1470 WMBD 1977-78. Play-by-Play ..............................................Dave Snell Sun 3 * LOYOLA TBA Senior Elijah Childs has led BU Analyst ................................................... Chad Kleine Mon 4 * LOYOLA TBA Braves Plus Pregame ...............................Dan DiOrio 5 in scoring in all five games this Sat 9 * at Northern Iowa TBA season – the first Brave to do so since 1999. Sun 10 * at Northern Iowa TBA Series history Sat 16 * EVANSVILLE TBA Overall ................................................... Bradley, 1-0 Bradley ranks 16th in the at Bradley ............................................. Bradley, 1-0 country this season with 6.2 Sun 17 * EVANSVILLE TBA 6.2 Under Brian Wardle ........................... First Meeting blocks per game. Wed 20 * ILLINOIS STATE TBA Last Meeting ........ Bradley 109, Lewis 77 (12/13/77) The Braves are outscoring Sat 30 * at Indiana State TBA Last 10 Games ....................................... Bradley, 1-0 their opponents by 15.6 Sun 31 * at Indiana State TBA MEDIA INFORMATION 15.6 points in the paint this season Basketball SID .................................Jason Veniskey (33.6 to 18.0) February Office ..............................................(309) 677-3636 Bradley has tallied at least Sat 6 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TBA Cell ..................................................(585) 615-5316 20 assists in three-straight Sun 7 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS TBA E-mail ................................. [email protected] 20 games. The Braves had 20 Sat 13 * at Missouri State TBA The Bradley Athletic Communications staff is assists in three games total Sun 14 * at Missouri State TBA available to assist home and visiting media. Contact last season. Wed 17 * at Illinois State TBA Jason Veniskey for credentials, releases, statistics or The Braves are allowing teams general basketball info and for assistance arranging Fri 26 * DRAKE TBA to shoot just 30.9 percent interviews with players and/or coaches. 30.9 Sat 27 * DRAKE TBA from inside the arc this year. March BradleY’S LAST GAME STARTERS Thu 4 ! MVC First Round TBA Fri 5 ! MVC Quarterfinals TBA Sat 6 ! MVC Semifinals TBA Sun 7 ! MVC Championship TBA * - Missouri Valley Conference Game ! - Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) ~ - Xavier Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) EAST II KINGSBY NOLAN JR CHILDS BOYA 5 So • G 0 Sr • G 4 Jr • G 10 Sr • F 1 Jr • F 9.4 PPG 4.4 PPG 10.6 PPG 15.4 PPG 5.8 PPG 4.8 APG 2.0 APG 5.2 RPG 7.6 RPG 5.6 RPG 4.2 RPG 1.4 RPG 3.0 APG 2.2 BPG 1.4 BPG 45.0 3P% 41.7 FG% 40.0 FG% 48.5 FG% 52.4 FG% game no. 6: bradley VS. LEWIS 2020-21 ROSTER photo roster 2020-21 BRADLEY BRAVES ROSTER # Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown/Last Team 0 Danya Kingsby G Sr. 6-1 175 Milwaukee, Wis./Southern Idaho 1 Ari Boya F Jr. 7-1 245 Douala, Cameroon/Scotland Prep 2 Antonio Thomas G So. 6-2 185 Memphis, Tenn./East 4 Terry Nolan Jr. G Jr. 6-4 190 Baltimore, Md./George Washington 5 Sean East II G So. 6-3 175 Louisville, Ky./Massachusetts 10 Elijah Childs F Sr. 6-8 230 Kansas City, Mo./Lee’s Summit West 14 Riley Burger G/F So. 6-5 200 Orono, Minn./Totino-Grace Danya Kingsby Ari Boya Antonio Thomas 20 Jayson Kent G/F Fr. 6-7 190 Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest 0 Sr • G • 6-1 • 175 1 Jr • F • 7-1 • 245 2 So • G • 6-2 • 185 21 Kevin McAdoo G Jr. 6-2 180 Pontiac, Mich./Eastern Michigan Milwaukee, Wis. Douala, Cameroon Memphis, Tenn. 22 Ja’Shon Henry F Jr. 6-6 230 Saskatoon, Canada/Athol Murray College of Notre Dame 23 Ville Tahvanainen G So. 6-4 210 Helsinki, Finland/Helsinki Basketball Academy 25 Thomas Hall F Fr. 6-7 220 Metamora, Ill. / Metamora Township 34 Connor Linke F Fr. 6-9 225 St. Charles, Ill./St. Charles North 35 Darius Hannah F Fr. 6-8 190 Milwaukee, Wis./Milwaukee Academy of Science 51 Rienk Mast F R-Fr. 6-9 240 Groningen, Netherlands/Donar Groningen BRADLEY COACHING STAFF Terry Nolan Jr. Sean East II Elijah Childs 4 Jr • G • 6-4 • 190 5 So • G • 6-3 • 175 10 Sr • F • 6-8 • 230 Baltimore, Md. Louisville, Ky. Kansas City, Mo. Brian Wardle Head Coach Marquette ‘01 179-153 overall record (11th year) 84-88 at Bradley (Sixth year) Riley Burger Jayson Kent Kevin McAdoo 14 So • G/F • 6-5 • 195 20 Fr • G/F • 6-7 • 190 21 Jr • G • 6-2 • 180 Orono, Minn. Oak Forest, Ill. Pontiac, Mich. Drew Adams Mike Bargen Jimmie Foster Julian Springer Mike Nesbitt Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Player Development/ 6th year at BU 6th year at BU 6th year at BU Operations Video Operations Tennessee ‘09 Marquette ‘99 South Dakota ‘02 2nd year at BU 1st year at BU Southern Illinois ‘05 Missouri S&T '15 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Ja’Shon Henry Ville Tahvanainen Thomas Hall 22 Jr • F • 6-6 • 225 23 So • G • 6-4 • 210 25 Fr • F • 6-7 • 220 Name Pronunciation Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Helsinki, Finland Metamora, Ill. Ja’Shon Henry juh–SHAWN Danya Kingsby DAN–yay Connor Linke link–EE Rienk Mast RINK Ville Tahvanainen vee–LAY TAH–va–nine–in Connor Linke Darius Hannah Rienk Mast 34 Fr • F • 6-9 • 225 35 Fr • F • 6-8 • 190 51 R-Fr • F • 6-9 • 240 St. Charles, Ill. Milwaukee, Wis. Groningen, Netherlands 2 2020-21 bradley basketball game no. 6: bradley VS. LEWIS BRADLEY TEAM NOTES ABOUT THE BRAVES A LEADER IN CHILDS By the numbers • Bradley is 3-2 through five games of the 2020-21 • The first player on opposing teams' scouting Bradley Stats Lewis campaign, coming off an 88-84 setback to South reports is senior Elijah Childs. 74.8 <<< Scoring 71.0 Dakota State on Friday. • Childs has led the Braves in scoring in all five 44.2 <<< FG Pct 42.4 33.3 <<< 3FG Pct 29.3 • The Braves' two losses this season have been by games this season. He is the first Brave to 65.0 FT Pct >>> 75.0 a combined five points. accomplish the feat since Rob Dye led BU the 46.0 <<< Rebounds 36.0 • Senior Elijah Childs leads Bradley with 15.4 points, first five games of the 1999-00 campaign. 16.8 <<< Assists 10.5 7.6 rebounds, 2.2 blocks and 1.6 steals through • Overall, Childs leads Bradley in points (15.4), 12.6 Turnovers >>> 12.5 five games this season. rebounds (7.6), blocks (2.2) and steals (1.6). 58.0 <<< Scoring Def. 78.0 • Juniors Terry Nolan Jr. and Ja'Shon Henry also 32.8 <<< FG% Def. 46.4 average in double figures, tallying 10.6 and 10.5 DOMINATING THE PAINT 35.3 <<< 3FG% Def. 39.7 points per game, respectively. 6.2 <<< Blocks 2.5 • Thanks to Elijah Childs anchoring the inside 7.0 < Steals > 7.0 • Sophomore Sean East II leads Bradley with 4.8 game, Bradley has controlled the paint this year. assists per game to go with 9.4 points. • The Braves have outscored their opponent in the series facts & figures • The Braves are averaging 74.8 points per game, paint by at least 10 points in 4-of-5 contests this while allowing 58.0 on the defensive end. All-Time Series ......................................Bradley, 1-0 season, winning the battle inside by an average at Bradley ............................................... Bradley, 1-0 of 33.6 to 18.0 this season. at Lewis ............................................................... n/a SCHEDULE UPDATE • The dominant inside game has also led to Neutral Site ......................................................... n/a • Bradley's game versus Lewis was scheduled after Bradley having the edge in rebounds (46.0-37.8) Postseason............................................................. n/a an opening was created from BU's contest with and blocks (6.2-2.2). Current Streak ............................................. Bradley, 1 Saint Joseph's being postponed. Last 10 Games .......................................... Bradley, 1-0 • The Hawks paused all team activities after a TOP-RANKED DEFENSE Bradley Superlatives positive COVID test. • Bradley is already showcasing an elite defense to Most Points ........................................109, 12/13/77 • Bradley then moved up its game against South start the 2020-21 season. Fewest Points Allowed .........................77, 12/13/77 Dakota State from Tuesday to Friday, while • The Braves currently rank 32nd nationally by Largest Win ..........................................32, 12/13/77 adding Lewis to the schedule for Monday night.