PEORIA, Ill. – True freshman point guard Ka'Darryl Bell scored all of his career-best 10 points in the final 6:54, helping Bradley (15-12, 7-8 MVC) pull away from a 2-point lead for an 80-68 Missouri Valley Conference victory versus Indiana State (16-10, 9-6) Saturday afternoon at Carver Arena.

Bell's performance highlighted Bradley's inaugural “Go Pink, Go Bradley” game in honor of breast cancer survivors.  Donning solid pink uniforms, the Braves dominated the second half, outscoring Indiana State 45-30 after the break, while outrebounding the Sycamores 21-11 and forcing 12 Sycamore turnovers in the final 20 minutes. 

Walt Lemon, Jr. and Tyshon Pickett shared team-high scoring honors with 17 points as five Braves scored in double-figures.  Dyricus Simms-Edwards, who was questionable before the game due to the back spasms he suffered Wednesday night at Illinois State, scored 13 points off the bench and senior center Will Egolf chipped in 12 points and a game-high nine rebounds.  Lemon became the 46th player in school history to eclipse 1,000 points when he scored in transition off a Simms-Edwards steal with 1:03 left in the first half.

Dawon Cummings led Indiana State with 19 points off the bench to pace Indiana State, while Jake Odem and R.J. Mahurin both scored 14 for the Sycamores.

Bradley led 58-56 with 7:25 left in the second half when Lemon picked up his fourth personal foul.  Subbing for Bradley's scoring leader, Bell came in and keyed an 11-3 run over the next 3:53, scoring eight points and grabbing one of his four steals in the deciding stretch.  His signature play of the game came with 3:05 remaining and the Braves ahead 70-59.  After Indiana State had inbounded the ball from the Bradley baseline, Odum was allowing the ball to roll up court before the clock started, but Bell dove onto the loose ball and called timeout for his fourth steal and one of Odum's six turnovers.