GAME 10 | BRADLEY BRAVES (5-4) at DREXEL DRAGONS (4-4)
SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 2011 | 4 P.M. (EST) | PHILADELPHIA, PA. | DASKALAKIS CENTER (2,532)
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GAME INFORMATION
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BRADLEY
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DREXEL
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| Television: None |
Overall: 5-4 |
Overall: 4-4 |
| Radio: 1470 WMBD |
Road: 1-1 |
Home: 1-0 |
| Dave Snell and Danny Adams |
Head Coach: Geno Ford |
Head Coach: James "Bruiser" Flint |
| Series: Bradley leads 2-0 |
at Bradley: 5-4, 1st year |
at Drexel: 174-138, 11th year |
| Tickets: $15 general admission |
Career: 124-73, 7th year |
Career: 260-210, 16th year |
THE STORYLINE
Two teams looking for a third consecutive win will square off Thursday evening when Bradley visits Drexel in the return game of the 2010 BracketBusters ... The Braves are coming off a 67-66 win Thursday night at George Washington and will be trying for its second 3-game winning streak of the season ... Bradley has not won consecutive road games since a 3-game Missouri Valley Conference road winning streak Dec. 31, 2008-through Jan. 13, 2009, victories at Wichita State (60-58), Missouri State (63-57) and Indiana State (63-52) ... The Braves have not won consecutive non-conference road games since following up a 64-47 win at Loyola-Chicago Nov. 28, 2007 with a 72-65 overtime win at Wright State Dec. 11, 2007 (Bradley split a pair of home games in between the two road wins) ... Bradley has not won both ends of back-to-back non-conference road games since downing Dayton (97-80) Dec. 30, 1987 and Loyola-Chicago (99-82) Jan. 2, 1988 -- the Braves have had 21 instances of back-to-back non-conference road games since the 1987-88 sweep.
THE LAST TIME OUT
Dec. 15 - Bradley 67, at George Washington 66
Sophomore point guard Walt Lemon, Jr. scored a game-high 22 points, including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 44.9 seconds left, and blocked George Washington's potential game-winner at the buzzer, leading the Braves to their first road win of the season ... Bradley shot 50 percent from 3-point range (8-16) for the second consecutive game ... Jake Eastman came off the bench to score 12 points by making 4-of-5 3-point tries.
LOOKING AHEAD
Bradley will make a brief home appearance Tuesday when the Braves host Western Carolina in the third game of a 2-for-1 series ... Western Carolina has won each of the first two meetings in the series ... Western Carolina's head coach, Larry Hunter, Geno Ford's head coach at Ohio University and gave Ford his first college coaching opportunity as an assistant for the Bobcats..
For a complete preview of Saturday's game, click the above link for the PDF version of Bradley's complete game notes package.
