Bradley Braves 1,627 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 35 Postseason Tournaments | 12 Conference Titles
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Bradley Braves 1,627 Victories | 37 NBA Draft Picks | 35 Postseason Tournaments | 12 Conference Titles 2016-17 SCHEDULE Bradley drake November 11-19, 6-11 MVC 7-22, 5-12 MVC record record Sun 6 UW-LA CROSSE (Exhibition) W, 83-66 at Fri 11 ~ ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD W, 70-55 Brian Wardle 111-111 3-2 Jeff Rutter 76-132 0-1 head coach career record record vs. du head coach career record record vs. bu Sun 13 DELAWARE L, 49-63 Fri 18 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ST W, 84-78 Mon 21 ~ vs. Hofstra L, 90-92 Bradley looks to continue to build momentum Tue 22 ~ vs. Wofford W, 70-62 BRADLEY AT KNAPP CENTER heading into the Missouri Valley Tournament Wed 23 ~ vs. George Mason L, 66-77 Des Moines, Iowa • Knapp Center (7,152) with a game at Drake on Saturday in the Tue 29 at Eastern Illinois (ot) W, 87-83 Saturday, Feb. 25 • 1 p.m. regular-season finale. The schools are set to meet at 1 p.m. on ESPN3. December Television Sat 3 ^ NEVADA L, 69-91 TV: ......................................................................................ESPN3 KEY BRAVES NUMBERS Play-by-Play .........................................................BJ Schaben Tue 6 at Ball State L, 63-80 Analyst .............................................................Paul Doerrfeld Bradley has posted a turnover Sat 10 CHICAGO STATE W, 83-48 margin of +2.0 in the last eight Fri 16 UT-ARLINGTON L, 51-56 Radio: BRADLEY SPORTS PROPERTIES 2.0 games. In the prior 11, the Mon 19 at Mississippi L, 49-66 Flagship Station ...............................................1470 WMBD team's margin was –5.5. Wed 21 at TCU L, 42-74 Play-by-Play ...........................................................Dave Snell Bradley is aiming to win three- Analyst ..................................................................Chad Kleine straight MVC games for the Thu 29 * SOUTHERN ILLINOIS W, 60-51 Braves Plus Pregame .......................................Dan DiOrio 3 first time since 2009-10. January Series history Bradley has lost its last six Sun 1 * at Wichita State L, 66-100 Overall .............................................................Bradley, 84-62 6 games at Knaapp Center with Wed 4 * at Evansville W, 74-63 at Drake ...........................................................Drake, 39-28 the last win coming in 2008. Under Brian Wardle .......................................Bradley, 2-1 The Braves currently sit in Sat 7 * LOYOLA L, 62-78 Last Meeting ......................Bradley 79, Drake 72 (2/4/17) seventh place in the MVC Wed 11 * NORTHERN IOWA W, 72-61 Last 10 Games ..................................................... Drake, 6-4 standings but can finish Sat 14 * at Indiana State L, 71-81 7 MEDIA INFORMATION either sixth, seventh or ninth Wed 18 * ILLINOIS STATE L, 49-69 depending on Saturday's results. Basketball SID .......................................Jason Veniskey Sat 21 * at Missouri State L, 62-76 Office ..........................................................(309) 677-3636 The Braves have registered 20 Wed 25 * at Loyola L, 50-70 Cell ............................................................... (585) 615-5316 assists in back-to-back MVC Sun 29 * WICHITA STATE L, 49-64 E-mail [email protected] 20 games for the first time since 2006-07. The Bradley Athletic Communications staff is February available to assist home and visiting media. Contact The Braves have shot 50 Wed 1 * at Southern Illinois L, 65-85 Jason Veniskey for credentials, releases, statistics or percent or better in a game Sat 4 * DRAKE W, 79-72 general basketball info and for assistance arranging 50 eight times this season – most Wed 8 * INDIANA STATE L, 54-56 interviews with players and/or coaches. since 2012-13. Sat 11 * at Illinois State L, 50-64 Wed 15 * at Northern Iowa L, 61-64 BradleY'S LAST GAME STARTERS Sat 18 * EVANSVILLE W, 84-72 Wed 22 * MISSOURI STATE W, 77-68 Sat 25 * at Drake (ESPN3) 1 p.m. March 2-5 State Farm MVC Tournament * - Missouri Valley Conference Game ~ - Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.) ^ - Mountain West-MVC Challenge HODGSON KENNELL McGLASTON THOMAS FOSTER 35 Fr • Guard 25 Fr • Guard 24 Jr • G/F 1 Jr • Forward 34 Jr • Forward 5.3 PPG 5.8 PPG 8.7 PPG 7.0 PPG 2.2 PPG 1.9 APG 1.7 RPG 3.9 RPG 6.5 RPG 1.1 RPG 39.4 FG% 45.7 FG% 42.5 FG% 0.8 APG 0.2 PBG 41.7 3P% 43.9 3P% 36.0 3P% 47.4 FG% 59.3 FG% game no. 31: Bradley AT DRAKE BRAVES ROSTER photo roster 2016-17 BRADLEY BRAVES ROSTER # Name Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown/High School/Last School 0 Lou Griffith G Fr. 5-9 155 Washington, IL/Washington Community 1 Donte Thomas F Jr. 6-7 225 Calumet City, IL/Thornwood 2 Ronnie Suggs, Jr. G So. 6-6 190 Washington, MO/Vermont Academy (VT) 3 Antoine Pittman G So. 6-3 210 Rockford, IL/Auburn 5 Darrell Brown, Jr. G Fr. 5-10 175 Memphis, TN/Germantown 12 Koch Bar C Fr. 6-11 225 Abyei, South Sudan/Arlington Country Day (FL) 13 Luuk van Bree F So. 6-9 220 Helmond, Netherlands/Canarias Basketball Academy 14 Peter Hanley F So. 6-7 215 Peoria, IL/Notre Dame Lou Griffith Donte Thomas Ronnie Suggs 20 Jerome Merritt F Fr. 6-5 210 Hudson, FL/Oldsmar Christian School 0 Fr. • G • 5-9 • 155 1 Jr. • F • 6-7 • 225 2 So. • G • 6-6 • 190 Washington, IL Calumet City, IL Washington, MO 23 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye G So. 6-3 205 London, England/Bristol Academy 24 JoJo McGlaston G/F Jr. 6-5 205 Dublin, CA/Dublin/Diablo Valley College 25 Nate Kennell G Fr. 6-6 195 Metamora, IL/Metamora Township 30 Callum Barker C So. 6-9 230 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia/Notre Dame Prep (MA) 34 Alex Foster F RJr. 6-8 230 Plainfield, IL/Seton Academy/Texas Tech 35 Jayden Hodgson G Fr. 6-3 185 Gosford, Australia/UCSSC Lake Ginninderra BRADLEY COACHING STAFF Antoine Pittman Darrell Brown Koch Bar Brian Wardle 3 So. • G • 6-3 • 210 5 Fr. • G • 5-11 • 175 12 Fr. • C • 6-11 • 225 Head Coach Rockford, IL Memphis, TN Abyei, South Sudan Marquette ‘01 111-111 overall record (Seventh year) 16-46 at Bradley (Second year) Luuk van Bree Peter Hanley Jerome Merritt 13 So. • F • 6-9 • 220 14 So. • F • 6-7 • 215 20 Fr. • F • 6-5 • 210 Helmond, Netherlands Peoria, IL Hudson, FL Drew Adams Mike Bargen Jimmie Foster Ryan Sharbaugh Troy Pierce Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Player Development/ 2nd year at BU 2nd year at BU 2nd year at BU Operations Video Operations Tennessee ‘09 Marquette ‘99 South Dakota ‘02 1st year at BU 1st year at BU Westminster ‘08 Emporia State ‘13 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Name Pronunciation D. Lautier-Ogunleye JoJo McGlaston Nate Kennell 23 So. • G • 6-3 • 205 24 Jr. • G/F • 6-5 • 205 25 Fr. • G • 6-6 • 195 Koch Bar KOTCH London, England Dublin, CA Metamora, IL Callum Barker CAL–um Jayden Hodgson HODGE–son Nate Kennell keh-NELL Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye LOW–tee–ay oh–gun–LAY–yay Ryan Sharbaugh SHAR-bah Luuk van Bree Luke vohn–BRAY Callum Barker Alex Foster Jayden Hodgson 30 So. • C • 6-9 • 230 34 R-Jr. • F • 6-8 • 230 35 Fr. • G • 6-3 • 185 Hobart, Tasmania Plainfield, IL Gosford, Australia 2 2016-17 bradley basketball game no. 31: Bradley AT DRAKE BRADLEY TEAM NOTES ABOUT THE BRAVES ON THIS DATE By the numbers • Bradley has won its last two games to move alone Record on Feb. 25 ................................................. 17-13 Bradley Stat Drake 65.3 Scoring >>> 71.6 into seventh place in the MVC standings with a Feb. 25 Highlight: The Braves held Indiana State 42.4 <<< FG Pct 41.2 6-11 record. Overall, the Braves are 11-19 this year. without a field goal for the final 10:16 and James 36.3 <<< 3FG Pct 34.8 66.3 FT Pct >>> 75.6 • Freshman Darrell Brown missed Wednesday's Gillingham made a layup with just 11 seconds remaining 34.7 Rebounds >>> 34.8 win with an injury but leads Bradley with 12.4 as Bradley rallied from 13 points down to earn a 60-59 11.6 Assists >>> 13.1 15.1 Turnovers >>> 12.5 points per game and 82 assists. victory at Indiana State on Feb. 25, 2004. 70.6 <<< Scoring Def. 77.3 • Junior JoJo McGlaston is second on the team 42.2 <<< FG% Def. 46.3 with 8.6 points per game. FINISHING STRONG 34.6 <<< 3FG% Def. 37.2 3.6 <<< Blocks 2.4 • Junior Donte Thomas leads the Braves with 6.5 • With its wins last Saturday and on Wednesday, 6.2 <<< Steals 5.9 rebounds per game, including a mark of 7.4 in Bradley has won back-to-back games for the first series facts & figures conference play. time since defeating North Carolina A&T and Texas All-Time Series ..........................................................Bradley, 84-62 • As a team, Bradley is making 42.4 percent of its A&M-Corpus Christi on Nov. 23 and Nov. 25, 2014. at Bradley .......................................................................Bradley, 51-19 field goals with a 36.3 percent 3-point mark. • The Braves also earned consecutive MVC wins for at Drake .............................................................................Drake, 39-28 Neutral Site........................................................................Bradley, 5-4 the first time since beating Loyola Chicago and Postseason ...........................................................................Bradley, 6-5 MVC TOURNAMENT SCENARIOS Evansville on Feb. 6 and Feb. 9, 2014. Current Streak ..........................................................................Bradley, 2 Last 10 Games .........................................................................Drake, 6-4 • The Braves enter the final game of the season • Prior to Wednesday's win, Bradley was winless in with the possibility of finishing with a sixth, its last 22 attempts after a victory and 0-for-12 in series results winning consecutive MVC victories. 12/19/42 H L, 30-31 2/24/73 H W, 89-88 3/2/96 N W, 64-51 seventh or ninth seed for the MVC Tournament.