TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Bradley senior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. led all players with 22 points, six assists and four steals, but it was a trio of Lucas Eitel 3-pointers down the stretch that lifted host Indiana State (13-3, 4-0 MVC) to a 62-59 Missouri Valley Conference win Saturday afternoon at the Hulman Center.
Bradley (6-11, 1-3 MVC) held the Sycamores without a field goal for a stretch off 11-minutes, 2-seconds in the first half, but still faced a 25-24 deficit after the break after Lemon drained a fadeaway 3-pointer at the buzzer.
The Braves kept up the defensive work, though, and eventually took its biggest lead of the game, 44-38, on a Tyshon Pickett bucket with 10:11 remaining. After Jake Odum started Indiana State's comeback with a bucket with 9:05 left, Eitel drained the first of his treys with 8:35 remaining, then gave the Sycamores the lead , 47-46, on his second trey with 5:16 remaining.
