2013-14 Bradley Basketball Game Notes
Game 6 | Bradley (4-1) at Arizona State (4-0)
The Bradley men's basketball team will leave the state of Illinois for the first time this season when the Braves (4-1) visit Arizona State (4-0) Friday night at Wells Fargo Arena. Bradley is playing its first game in the state of Arizona since the Braves suffered an 85-83, triple overtime loss at Arizona Feb. 3, 1965 just two days after their last visit to Arizona State.
Braves Head West
• Bradley will leave Central Illinois for the first time Friday when the Braves Arizona State.
• After playing five games in the season's first 10 days, Friday's game is the first of just two games in a 16-day stretch for the Braves.
• Bradley is playing in the state of Arizona for the first time since visiting both the Sun Devils (Feb. 1) and Arizona (Feb. 3) in 1965.
• Bradley has lost 17 consecutive games played west of the Mississippi River since a 63-48 win against Drake March 3, 2011 in the first round of the MVC Tournament in St. Louis.
Series Information
• Friday's game will be the third all-time meeting between Bradley and Arizona State and the series is tied, 1-1.
• The teams have not met since Arizona State's 92-81 home victory against Bradley Feb. 1, 1965.
• Bradley started that 2-year, home-and-home series with a 92-85 win Dec. 11, 1963 at the old Robertson Memorial Fieldhouse.
• Bradley is 35-33 all-time against the current Pac-12 Conference membership, including 6-17 in true road games.
• Most recently, Bradley split two games against USC (W) and Utah (L) in 2010-11.