Age often brings wisdom, but Bradley men’s basketball’s sophomore guard Connor Hickman is showing the old adage that age is just a number. “He’s very mature for his age; he acts like an adult,” graduate forward Ja’Shon Henry said. “Credit to him that he’s been…
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The Bradley men’s basketball team looks to reload at guard after losing star point guard Terry Roberts to Georgia this summer. In his lone season with the Braves, Roberts earned first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) honors while averaging 14.5 points per game (PPG) and four…
It’s been the story all offseason: how will the MVC change with three new teams? On the women’s side, at least, it completely uproots the conference. The addition of the Ohio Valley’s Belmont and Murray State – who both finished in the top three of…
With the entirety of the 2021-22 Missouri Valley Conference First Team departing in the offseason and Loyola-Chicago exiting the league, most expected the Valley to lose a step in 2022. However, the addition of Belmont and Murray State from the Ohio Valley Conference and Illinois-Chicago…
Returning nine players from last year’s 17-14 squad, head coach Brian Wardle brought in four transfers: guards Duke Deen and James ‘Pop’ Weathers alongside forwards Goanar Biliew and Christian Davis. As the season draws closer, the question remains: who will play the biggest role for…
Bradley volleyball (9-16, 5-8 MVC) turned in a 1-1 record to start a four-game homestand last weekend, dropping the first match to Southern Illinois and taking down Missouri State in five sets. On Friday, the Braves lost three consecutive sets to fall 3-1 to the…
Bradley’s men’s and women’s cross country teams lived up to their season-long expectations last Friday, winning their respective titles at the MVC Championships after getting picked to sweep them both before the race. In Terre Haute, Indiana, the men’s team continued their dynasty by earning…
In their final two games before the Missouri Valley Conference tournament, Bradley soccer (4-10-3) fell against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (5-7-2) but took home a victory on Senior Night versus Incarnate Word (2-13-1). Last Saturday night, the Braves fell to the SIUE Cougars 1-0 at…
Every year, sports editors from various student newspapers at schools across the Missouri Valley Conference take their own MVC preseason men’s basketball poll. After the tradition started at The Standard, Missouri State’s campus newspaper, The Scout is continuing it in 2022. The Drake Bulldogs were…
Heading into the 2022 Bradley soccer season, redshirt sophomore Reed Rogers was named captain and one of the crucial pillars of head coach Jim DeRose’s vision. So far, he has only missed one game and has started each game he’s played in. Yet, his new…