Bradley (2-0) at IUPUI (2-1)
Nov. 17, 2012 - 6 p.m. (CST)
Indianapolis, Ind. - The Jungle (1,215)
TV: Comcast SportsNet Chicago - Brian Bedo (pbp) and Danny Adams (analyst)
Radio: 1470 WMBD - Dave Snell (pbp), Chad Kleine (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (pregame)
TIP-OFF
Bradley will be trying to snap one streak and extend another when the Braves visit IUPUI for their first road game of the 2012-13 season Saturday night at “The Jungle” … The Braves are shooting for their third straight win and will be trying to start 3-0 for the third consecutive year … Bradley, however, has lost 11 consecutive road games since its 67-66 win Dec. 15, 2011 at George Washington and the Braves are 3-24 in their last 27 road games since an 83-63 win Feb. 6, 2010 at Evansville.
SERIES HISTORY
Tied 1-1
Bradley and IUPUI have met only two previous times, a home-and-home series played in 2000-01 and 2002-03 … After Bradley earned a 70-53 win Dec. 30, 2000 at Carver Arena, then IUPUI coach Ron Hunter vowed things would be different when the Braves visited Indianapolis and his Jaguars delivered with a 75-73 win Dec. 21, 2002 at The Jungle … Current Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger came off the bench for the Braves in their trip to Indy, finishing with 19 points and six rebounds before fouling out after 22 minutes … The Jaguars shot 70.4 percent (19-27) from the field in the second half and got 21 points apiece from Chris Sanders and Odell Bradley to pull out the 2-point win.
LAST TIME OUT
Bradley 78, UT-Pan American 61 | Nov. 12, 2012 | Renaissance Coliseum
Junior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. and sixth-year senior center Will Egolf both scored 14 points, leading the Braves to the 17-point victory in just the third on-campus game for the Braves since the 1981-82 season … Former Braves star Anthony Parker was inducted into the Bradley Athletics Hall of Fame at halftime and received a salute from Lemon when he made a steal at midcourt and raced in for one-handed slam to ice the game … Bradley recorded assists on 22 of the its 27 field goals and committed only nine turnovers against UT-Pan American's full-court press.
2-0 STARTS
When Bradley visits IUPUI Saturday night, the Braves will be shooting for a 3-0 start for the third consecutive season … Bradley has won the first three games of a season 32 times in its first 108 campaigns.
THAT 70'S SHOW
Bradley has scored at least 76 points in each of its first two games and is averaging 77.0 ppg through the first two games of the season … The 76 points in the opener ended a 13-game streak of failing to score at least 70 and the 78 points Monday equaled the most 16 games since a 92-83 loss Jan. 7, 2012 at Creighton … Bradley had not scored more than 75 points in consecutive games since the first two rounds of the 2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament, 81-74 versus Austin Peay and 76-75 against Oakland … Heading into Saturday's game, Bradley has not scored at least 70 points in three straight games since a 3-game winning streak Feb. 14-21, 2009: 86-79 vs. Evansville, 71-60 vs. Missouri State and 86-75 at Loyola-Chicago … The Braves have not scored at least 75 points in three straight games since a 4-game streak from Dec. 5-23, 2006: 88-49 vs. Wright State, 76-66 against Iowa State, 82-73 vs. Loyola-Chicago and 83-73 against Southern Miss.
BALANCED ATTACK
Bradley boasts seven players averaging between 7.5 and 13.0 points per game … Bradley placed four players in double-figures in Monday's 78-61 win against Texas-Pan American, the most Braves to score in double-digits in a game since Jan. 18, 2012 at Evansville … Bradley has not placed five players in double-figures since Dec. 22, 2011 at Michigan.
POST PRODUCTION
Bradley's four primary post players -- Will Egolf, Tyshon Pickett, Jordan Prosser and Shayok Shayok -- have combined to average 38.0 ppg on 60.9 percent (28-46) shooting from the field and 19.5 rpg through the season's first two games … Last season's top four post players -- Taylor Brown, Prosser, Shayok and Anthony Thompson -- combined to average 27.1 ppg on 42.7 percent (320-750) field goal shooting and 17.7 rpg
LOOKING AHEAD
Bradley will continue a two-game road swing Saturday by visiting South Florida … The 6:30 p.m. (CT) game will cap a Bradley-USF doubleheader, which will begin with a 4 p.m. women's game betweent the two schools … The Braves return home to host Tennessee-Martin Nov. 24 at Carver Arena.
