BRADLEY BRAVES (1-3) at GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC vs. Towson (1-3) | Nov. 22, 2015 | Charleston, SC | TD Arena (5,100) | ESPN Networks

BRADLEY Head Coach:  Brian Wardle at Bradley:  1-3 (1st year) Career:  96-68 (6th year) vs. Towson:  1st meeting

2015 GILDAN CHARLESTON CLASSIC
Thursday, Nov. 19 | First Round | All Times EST
Game 1  12:00 p.m.  George Mason 68, Ole Miss 62 (ESPN3)
Game 2  2:00 p.m.   Oklahoma State 69, Towson 52 (ESPN3)
Game 3  7:00 p.m.   Long Beach State 80, Seton Hall 77 (ESPNU)
Game 4  9:30 p.m.   #6 Virginia 82, BRADLEY 57 (ESPN2)

Friday, Nov. 20 | Second Round | All Times EST
Game 5  1:00 p.m.   George Mason 71, Oklahoma State 68 - OT (ESPNU)
Game 6  3:30 p.m.   Ole Miss 76, Towson 60 (ESPN3)
Game 7  7:00 p.m.   Seton Hall 67, BRADLEY 59 (ESPN3)
Game 8  9:30 p.m.   #6 Virginia 87, Long Beach St. 52 (ESPNU)

Sunday, Nov. 22 | Final Round | All Times EST
7th Place     1:30 p.m.  Towson vs. BRADLEY (ESPN3)
5th Place     3:30 p.m.  Ole Miss vs. Seton Hall (ESPN3)
3rd Place     7:00 p.m.  Oklahoma St. vs. Long Beach St. (ESPNU)
Championship  9:30 p.m.  George Mason vs. #6 Virginia (ESPN2)

OPENING TIPS
Bradley will try to snap a 3-game losing streak Sunday when the Braves (1-3) face Towson (1-3) in the seventh-place game of the 2015 Gildan Charleston Classic at TD Arena … Bradley's skid has come against the trio of #12/10 Arizona (90-60), #6/6 Virginia (82-57) and Seton Hall (67-59), a triumvirate that has combined for a 9-2 record through Friday night's action … Bradley's next two games will be played against teams that are a combined 2-5 through Saturday.

TOURNEY RECAP
Thursday: #6/6 Virginia 82, Bradley 57
Friday: Seton Hall 67, Bradley 59
After leading Virginia, 22-19, with 7:38 left in the first half Thursday, Bradley battled with Seton Hall for 35 minutes Friday before succumbing to its third straight loss … Bradley is shooting 39.4 percent from the field, including 26.3 percent from 3-point range in the first two games of the Gildan Charleston Classic … Bradley also has been outrebounded by 9.5 boards per game in the first two rounds of the tourney … Three Braves are averaging in double-figures in the first two tournament games: Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (13.5 ppg), Callum Barker (11.5) and Luuk van Bree (10.5).

SERIES HISTORY
First Series Meeting
Sunday's seventh-place game in the Gildan Charleston Classic will be the first-ever men's basketball meeting between Bradley and Towson … The Braves are 8-2 (.800) all-time against the Colonial Athletic Association's current 10-team membership with all 10 games coming against the quartet of Delaware (1-0), Drexel (2-1), Northeastern (3-1) and William & Mary … Bradley will visit Delaware Dec. 1 … Sunday's game will be the first-ever meeting against a CAA team for first-year Braves head coach Brian Wardle, who never faced a CAA squad during his five-year tenure at Green Bay.

SEE YOU NEXT WEEK
Sunday's fifth-place game at the Gildan Charleston Classic will match Ole Miss against Seton Hall … The Braves will host Ole Miss Saturday (Nov. 28) at Carver Arena … Although not officially part of the Gildan Charleston Classic tournament schedule, Saturday's game against Ole Miss is counted as an exempt game because it falls within two weeks of the tournament.

JUST GETTING STARTED
Bradley's entire 12-man active roster includes one senior (Ka'Darryl Bell), one sophomore (Donte Thomas) and 10 freshmen … The entire active roster has totaled just 709 career points … Entering Thursday's game against Virginia, 469 individual players from across the country had more career points than Bradley's entire roster … By comparison, Towson's entire roster has totaled 2518 career points … A star player at Marquette from 1997-2001, first-year Braves head coach Brian Wardle scored 1690 points for the Golden Eagles.

FOUR GAMES, THREE FRESHMAN LEADERS
In each of Bradley's first three games, the Braves were led in scoring by a different freshman … Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye pumped in 18 points in the season-opening win against Ball State … Ronnie Suggs scored 17 Monday at #12/10 Arizona … Luuk van Bree scored 16 points Thursday against Virginia … The Braves were on track for a fourth freshman scoring leader in as many games when center Callum Barker scored a career-best 17 points Friday versus Seton Hall, but Lautier-Ogunleye scored nine of Bradley's final 11 points to finish with a game-high 19 points.

TOURNEY DROUGHT
Bradley is playing in its 11th regular-season tournament in the last 10 years … The Braves are seeking their first neutral-site regular-season tourney win since a 64-63 victory against Southern California Nov. 20, 2010 at the Basketball Hall of Fame Tipoff tournament … Bradley has lost 12 consecutive regular-season tournament neutral-site games since that 2010 win against USC.