While madness has run amok in the Missouri Valley Conference as of late, Bradley (11-10) continued to handle its own business with no frills in a 71-56 victory on the road against Valparaiso (10-11). “All road wins are good wins,” Wardle said. “Everybody made some…
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Consistency is a buzzword in Bradley head coach Brian Wardle’s post game press conferences. Following a 70-62 win over Southern Illinois at Carver Arena on Saturday night, signifying back-to-back MVC wins for the first time this season, the Braves’ head man feels as if his…
The Bradley women’s basketball team fell to Missouri State on the road Thursday night, 66-46 – the team’s twelfth straight loss. WHAT: Early on, it looked like there may have been an upset brewingwith Bradley leading 13-9 after the first quarter, but a strong second…
The Bradley Braves (9-10) wanted to break stereotypes on Wednesday night against the Drake Bulldogs (13-6). The average age of Drake’s starters outnumbered Bradley’s by about two years. The Braves also gained notoriety for losing MVC games after holding double-digit leads. But head coach Brian…
There was cautious optimism on Bradley’s side in Redbird Arena when the Braves (8-10) took a 20-point first half lead against their Interstate 74 rival Illinois State (9-8). After seeing multiple games where the Braves seemed like they had the game in hand, only to…
For the 11th straight game, Bradley women’s basketball came out on the short end of the stick, falling to Valparaiso 68-61 on Saturday afternoon at Renaissance Coliseum. What The loss felt eerily similar to Thursday night’s Braves loss to Loyola-Chicago, as the Braves fell behind…
For the first time since the 2014-2015 season, Bradley has lost 10 consecutive games as the Braves failed to overcome a 15-point second half deficit in a 48-41 loss to Loyola-Chicago on Thursday night at Renaissance Coliseum. Who Before tip-off, Bradley found itself at a…
After squandering a 16-point second half lead on Saturday at Loyola-Chicago, Bradley made sure a similar tale wasn’t possible on Wednesday night in a 79-47 victory over Evansville. The drubbing snaps a three-game losing streak for the Braves (8-9, 2-3 MVC),which included the blown lead…
Agony. It has been the epitome of Bradley basketball’s three most recent games after the Braves (7-9) saw a 16-point second half lead at Loyola Chicago evaporate into a 78-71 overtime loss. “We handed that one to them on a platter,” Bradley head coach Brian…
Bradley’s women’s basketball team (3-8) has been through the gauntlet as of late and the Braves were unable to overcome difficult circumstances over the weekend, falling 74-73 at Evansville on Friday and 73-57 at Indiana State on Sunday. The Braves have sorely missed Gabi Haack,…