Bradley Braves 1,699 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 36 Postseason Tournaments | 14 Conference Titles
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Bradley Braves 1,699 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 36 Postseason Tournaments | 14 Conference Titles 2020-21 SCHEDULE Bradley INDIANA STATE November 9-8, 3-5 MVC 8-7, 5-5 MVC record at record Wed 25 ~ vs. Toledo W, 61-59 Thu 26 ~ at Xavier L, 50-51 Brian Wardle 185-159 4-7 Greg Lansing 174-161 14-6 head coach career record record vs. isu head coach career record record vs. bu Fri 27 ~ vs. Oakland W, 74-60 December The Bradley basketball team completes its Tue 1 JUDSON W, 105-32 BRADLEY at INDIANA STATE eight games in 16-day stretch with a pair Fri 4 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE L, 84-88 Terre Haute, Ind. • Hulman Center of contests at Indiana State on Sunday and Mon 7 LEWIS W, 95-62 Sunday, Jan. 31 • 3 p.m. CT Monday. The schools are set to tip off the Thu 17 JACKSON STATE W, 83-60 Television series on Sunday at 3 p.m. CT. Sat 19 MIAMI (OHIO) W, 69-68 Station: ...FOX Sports Midwest / Indiana / Kansas City Tue 22 at #14 Missouri L, 53-54 ...................................................... NBC Sports Chicago KEY BRAVES NUMBERS Mon 28 * at Valparaiso PPD Play-by-Play ...................................... Tom Ackerman Bradley and Indiana State have Tue 29 * at Valparaiso PPD Analyst ....................................................Rich Zvosec 3 split the season series in each Radio of the last three campaigns. January Flagship Station ....................................1470 WMBD The Braves have won seven of Sun 3 * LOYOLA PPD Play-by-Play ..............................................Dave Snell eight games this season with Mon 4 * LOYOLA PPD Analyst ................................................... Chad Kleine 7 more free-throw attempts but Braves Plus Pregame ...............................Dan DiOrio Sun 10 * at Northern Iowa L, 72-78 are just 2-7 with fewer. Mon 11 * at Northern Iowa W, 75-73 Series history Elijah Childs is on pace to be Sat 16 * EVANSVILLE W, 69-60 Overall ............................................... Bradley, 54-39 the first Brave to average 15 points and eight rebounds in Sun 17 * EVANSVILLE W, 86-55 at Indiana State ....................... Indiana State, 26-18 23 Under Brian Wardle .................... Indiana State, 6-4 23 years (Adebayo Akinkunle Wed 20 * at Illinois State L, 56-71 Last Meeting ................Bradley 72, ISU 61 (2/12/20) in 1997-98). Sun 24 * LOYOLA L, 56-69 Last 10 Games .............................. Indiana State, 6-4 Bradley ranks ninth nationally Mon 25 * LOYOLA L, 58-65 MEDIA INFORMATION with a field goal percentage Thu 28 * at Valparaiso (2ot) L, 85-91 38.2 Basketball SID .................................Jason Veniskey defense of 38.2 (eighth with a Sun 31 * at Indiana State (MVC TV) 3 p.m. Office ..............................................(309) 677-3636 2-point of 42.1 percent). Cell ..................................................(585) 615-5316 The Braves place 22nd in the February E-mail ................................. [email protected] 40.7 country by collecting 40.7 Mon 1 * at Indiana State (ESPN3) 4 p.m. The Bradley Athletic Communications staff is rebounds per game. Sat 6 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (MVC TV) 3 p.m. available to assist home and visiting media. Contact BU is 8-2 this season when Sun 7 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS (ESPN3/+) 3 p.m. Jason Veniskey for credentials, releases, statistics or scoring 65 or more points in general basketball info and for assistance arranging Wed 10 * at Valparaiso (ESPN3/+) 6 p.m. 65 regulation but just 1-6 when interviews with players and/or coaches. Sat 13 * at Missouri State (ESPN3/+) 5 p.m. held under the number. Sun 14 * at Missouri State (ESPN3/+) 3 p.m. Wed 17 * ILLINOIS STATE (ESPN3/+) 7 p.m. BradleY’S LAST GAME STARTERS Fri 26 * DRAKE (MVC TV) 6 p.m. Sat 27 * DRAKE (ESPN3/+) 7 p.m. March Thu 4 ! MVC First Round (MVC TV) TBA Fri 5 ! MVC Quarterfinals (MVC TV) TBA Sat 6 ! MVC Semifinals (CBSSN) TBA Sun 7 ! MVC Championship (CBS) 1 p.m. 5 EAST II 23 TAHVANAINEN 4 NOLAN JR. 10 CHILDS 51 MAST * - Missouri Valley Conference Game So • G So • G Jr • G Sr • F R-Fr • F ! - Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (St. Louis, Mo.) 8.8 PPG 7.9 PPG 12.0 PPG 15.4 PPG 5.5 PPG ~ - Xavier Invitational (Cincinnati, Ohio) 4.0 APG 3.0 RPG 3.0 APG 8.0 RPG 5.1 RPG 3.5 RPG 39.3 FG% 1.4 SPG 1.2 BPG 1.2 APG 42.0 FG% 35.7 3P% 44.3 FG% 50.2 FG% 42.5 FG% game no. 18: bradley AT INDIANA STATE 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 ‘01 185-159 overall record (11th year) 90-94 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. 18: bradley AT INDIANA STATE BRADLEY TEAM NOTES ABOUT THE BRAVES CHILDS ON LOU HENSON WATCH LIST By the numbers • Bradley is 9-8 during the 2020-21 campaign with • Senior Elijah Childs was named to the Lou Henson Bradley Stat Indiana State a 3-5 record in Valley play. Award Watch List on Tuesday. 72.4 <<< Scoring 68.4 45.6 <<< FG Pct 43.2 • The Braves have dropped their last four contests • The award is presented annually to the nation’s 32.3 3FG Pct >>> 33.8 after a 3-1 start to the Valley season. top Division I mid-major player. 68.8 FT Pct >>> 76.4 • Coming off a career-best 27-point performance at • The senior is one of four Valley players on the 40.6 <<< Rebounds 32.1 Valparaiso on Thursday, senior Elijah Childs leads 40-man midseason watch list. 14.4 <<< Assists 10.5 the Braves with 15.4 points, 78.0 rebounds and 13.1 <<< Turnovers 13.9 64.5 <<< Scoring Def. 69.5 1.18 blocks per game. CHILDS PLAY 38.2 <<< FG% Def. 46.2 • Two additional Braves average in double figures • Elijah Childs is on the Lou Henson Watch List 34.9 3FG% Def. >>> 34.4 with Terry Nolan Jr. posting 12.0 points per game because he is enjoying a superb senior season. 4.1 <<< Blocks 3.2 and Ja'Shon Henry adding 11.1. • Childs leads the Braves with 15.4 points, 8.0 5.9 Steals >>> 6.8 • Sean East II chips in 8.8 points, while also leading rebounds and 20 total blocks. the Braves with 4.0 assists per game. series facts & figures • The senior is currently on pace to accomplish • The Braves are averaging 72.4 points per game some feats that no Brave has in years. All-Time Series .................................. Bradley, 54-39 in 2020-21, while ranking 49th nationally with a • No Brave has collected 8.0 rebounds per game at Bradley ........................................... Bradley, 35-11 scoring defense of 64.5. since Patrick O'Bryant in 2005-06. at Indiana State .........................Indiana State, 26-18 • No Brave has totaled 15.0 points and 8.0 boards Neutral Site ...................................Indiana State, 2-1 SERIES HISTORY Postseason.....................................................Tied, 3-3 since Adebayo Akinkunle in 1997-98.