Game 9 BRADLEY BRAVES (3-5, 0-0 MVC) at Kansas State Wildcats (4-4, 0-0 Big 12) Tuesday, Dec. 9 | 7:02 p.m. | ESPN3 Manhattan, Kan. | Bramlage Coliseum (12,528) |
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TELEVISION
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RADIO
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LIVE STATS
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SERIES INFORMATION
Overall: 5th meeting | Tied 2-2
In Manhattan: K-State leads 1-0
Current Streak: K-State W2
Last Meeting: 12-7-1996 at Bradley, L, 61-73
Ford vs. Kansas State: 1st meeting
Weber vs. Bradley: 6-8 (5-7 at SIU, 1-1 at Illinois)
vs. the Big 12: Bradley leads 37-26 against membership, but 3-5 since Big 12 formation in 1996
THE STARTING FIVE
1) Bradley will see a bench full of familiar faces when the Braves play their final game before Fall semester final exams Tuesday at Kansas State.
2) The Kansas State coaching staff includes former Bradley assistant coach Alvin Brooks III, as well as a pair of former head coaches at rival Southern Illinois in Wildcats head coach Bruce Weber and Chris Lowery.
3) Tuesday's game will be the fifth all-time meeting in a series that is tied, 2-2. Kansas State won the last two matchups by sweeping a home-and-home series in 1995 and 1996.
4) Tuesday's game is Bradley's second against a current member of the Big 12 Conference this season (the Braves dropped a 57-49 decision to TCU Nov. 28 in Corpus Christi, Texas) and the Braves are in search of their first win on a Big 12 Conference court (0-1) since the league was formed in 1996. Bradley is 37-26 all-time against the current Big 12 Conference membership, including a 7-10 record in true road games, however.
5) The injury bug continues to bite the Bradley lineup with Monday's news that leading scorer, junior guard Warren Jones, will miss 4-6 weeks with a stress fracture in his right foot. The Braves already have played the first eight games without presumed starting point guard Tramique Sutherland (fractured left ring finger), while junior forward Mike Shaw has played through a sprained big toe.