Bradley had the game against Missouri State in their hands, quite literally, on Wednesday night. Such a statement may have been regarded as implausible when the Braves (7-8 overall, 1-2 MVC) trailed by 18 points early in the second half. But Bears guard Isiaih Mosley…
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Missing three starters and playing with just seven scholarship athletes due to COVID-19 protocols, Indiana State defeated Bradley 76-71 on Sunday afternoon at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute. The Braves (7-7, 1-1 MVC) were at full strength with the exception of senior forward Ja’Shon…
After a 14-point 2nd-half comeback, Bradley men’s basketball captured the Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational title on Wednesday night, defeating Texas-El Paso 73-66 on the Miners’ home floor. The regular season tournament title is the Braves’ first since 2018, when it defeated Penn State to…
Bradley (6-6) left little doubt in an 87-61 win over Sam Houston State (4-8) in the first game of Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational on Tuesday night. Despite the loss of Ja’Shon Henry, who did not play due to a head injury, the Braves boasted…
Bradley head coach Brian Wardle walked into the postgame press conference after Saturday’s game against Saint Joseph’s with a smile on his face. “By the end of the year, I’m going to have gray hair,” Wardle joked. The Braves’ list of nail-biting losses early in the…
Bradley women’s basketball suffered their fifth straight loss at the hands of No. 22 LSU, who picked up their eighth straight win on Saturday, defeating the Braves 77-51,. WHEN: The Braves committed 12 of their season-high 27 turnovers in the first quarter, allowing the Tigers…
After trailing by as many as 12 with 6:54 to play in the second half, Bradley men’s basketball surged back to tie the game in the final minute, but fell 67-65 at Toledo on Tuesday night. WHEN: After trailing from the 7:15 mark of the…
Life on the road isn’t always easy. Life on the road without your top scorer is even tougher and that was the case for Bradley’s women’s basketball team (3-4) on Monday night in a 62-39 loss at South Dakota. With freshman guard Caroline Waite (14.0…
Wins haven’t come as easy for the Bradley Braves in 2021 as other seasons in recent memory. Looking to win three games in a row for the first time since mid-January, the Braves made winning look easy again, breezing past the SIUE Cougars 80-55 on…
The greatest basketball player to ever wear a Bradley Braves jersey, 1988 graduate Hersey Hawkins, is now enshrined in the National College Basketball Hall of Fame. Hawkins is a part of the 2021 class that included many other great players such as Paul Pierce, Antawn…