The Storyline
Fresh off its first win of the 2012 calendar year, Bradley will shoot for consecutive wins for the first time since Dec. 6-15 when the Braves visit Evansville Wednesday night ... First-year Bradley head coach Geno Ford will lead the Braves into Evansville's new downtown arena, the 11,000-seat Ford Center, for the first time ... Bradley has dropped five consecutive road games since its 67-66 win Dec. 15 at George Washington ... Two of three Valley players averaging at least 20.0 ppg through seven rounds of league play will square off Wednesday night:  Evansville's Colt Ryan is second at 22.1 ppg and Bradley's Taylor Brown is third at 20.0 ppg ... Bradley won consecutive Valley games once last season, following up its first league win Feb. 1 versus Creighton (69-61) with a 69-66 win Feb. 5 at Southern Illinois.

Series Notes
Bradley leads 22-16  |  At Evansville: Evansville leads 12-6
Wednesday's game will be the 39th in the all-time series between Bradley and Evansville, which dates back to a 77-68 Purple Aces non-conference home win Dec. 22, 1986 ... Bradley has taken a 22-16 lead in the series by winning 12 of the last 15 meetings ... The Braves won four of the last six meetings at Roberts Stadium ... Geno Ford has never faced Evansville, while Marty Simmons is 2-6 against the Braves.

The Last Time Out
Jan. 15:  at Bradley 78, UNI 67
Bradley overcame a 16-point deficit with 17:17 remaining to end a 9-game losing streak Sunday afternoon at Carver Arena ... The Braves had not rallied from such a large deficit since climbing out of an early 17-point hole (28-11) for a 79-76 overtime victory Jan. 28, 2006 at Evansville ... Junior guard Dyricus Simms-Edwards matched his career-high with 26 points by sinking a career-best six 3-pointers, while senior forward Taylor Brown added 23 points and eight rebounds ... After UNI stretched a 36-24 lead to 44-28 by making three of its first five field goal attempts in the second half, Bradley abandoned its man-to-man defense for a combination of zone defenses ... The switch helped force UNI into cold shooting the rest of the night as the Panthers made just 8-of-24 (.333) field goal attempts and committed seven turnovers in the final 17 minutes.

Turning The Tide
Since the start of the 2003-04 season, Bradley has endured six losing streaks of at least four games ... The Braves have responded relatively well to those skids, putting together a winning record for the remainder of the season after four of the previous five losing streaks:

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