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Bradley Braves Basketball Update
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament | Quarterfinal #3

(10) Bradley Braves (9-23, 3-15 MVC) vs. (2) #11/12 UNI Panthers (27-3, 16-2 MVC)

Friday, March 6, 2015 | 6:05 p.m. | St. Louis, Mo. | Scottrade Center (20,948)

HOW THEY GOT HERE
Bradley is the No. 10 seed for Arch Madness and advanced to Friday's quarterfinal round with a 52-50 upset of No. 7 seed Drake during Thursday night's first round at Scottrade Center … Junior point guard Tramique Sutherland made two free throws with 2.9 seconds left in overtime to score the game's final points … Senior forward Auston Barnes led the Braves with 13 points, including a transition 3-pointer with 1:08 left in overtime to give the Braves a 50-47 lead … Junior center Nate Wells matched his career-highs with 10 points, six rebounds and four blocked shots … Jacob Enevold sank 14-of-14 free throw attempts and led the Bulldogs with 24 points, 12 rebounds and four blocked shots.

UNI earned the tournament's No. 2 seed by posting a 16-2 league record … At 27-3 overall, the Panthers are ranked as high as No. 11 in this week's national polls.

SERIES BREAKDOWN
55th meeting – Bradley leads 28-26
Although Bradley maintains a 28-26 lead in the all-time series, which dates to a 117-71 non-conference Braves win Jan. 27, 1971 at Robertson Fieldhouse, UNI has had the upper hand of late … UNI has won 14 of the last 17 meetings since the start of the 2008-09 season … Included in UNI's recent run of series success, the Panthers have won the last three postseason meetings, two in St. Louis at Arch Madness (2009, 2010) and once in the quarterfinals of the 2013 CIT at McLeod Center … Fourth-year Bradley head coach Geno Ford is 2-7 against the Panthers, while UNI head coach Ben Jacobson is 17-5 all-time against the Braves.

2014-15 SEASON SERIES RECAP
Jan. 13 | #22/23 UNI 63, at Bradley 52
UNI buried 10 of its first 12 shots to start the game and the Panthers used a 10-1 run early in the second half to build a 45-22 lead with 14:52 remaining … UNI still led 50-29 with 7:33 remaining before the Braves came to life and used a 21-6 run to pull within 56-50 following an Auston Barnes trey with 1:18 remaining … The Braves had a chance to further cut into the deficit after UNI's Wes Washpun missed the front end of a 1-and-1, but Bradley's Josh Cunningham missed a baseline jumper as the clock dipped under one minute remaining and the Panthers made 7-of-8 free throw attempts the rest of the way to prevent the home team from completing the rally … Bradley finished the game shooting just 29.4 percent (15-51) from the field, including just 8-for-29 (.276) from inside the 3-point line.

Feb. 21 | at #11 UNI 56, Bradley 39
Bradley employed a diamond-and-1 defense on UNI star forward Seth Tuttle and the defensive effort flustered the Panthers enough to allow the Braves to trail by just four, 27-23, at halftime … The Braves made just three of their first 16 field goal attempts to start the second half and UNI steadily pulled away for the lopsided win … Bradley's 39 points were the second-lowest of the shot clock era, trailing only a 51-37 loss at Missouri State Jan. 27, 1992 … A trio of Braves – Ka'Darryl Bell, Josh Cunningham and Nate Wells - each scored six points to lead Bradley in scoring.

CUNNINGHAM REBOUND COUNTER
Bradley freshman forward Josh Cunningham shared team-high honors with six rebounds in Friday's game versus Drake … Cunningham entered the tournament fourth nationally among freshman rebounders and he has pushed his season total to 241 boards, leaving him 11 shy of setting Bradley's single-season record for total boards by a freshman … Dick Petersen has held the record for 63 years since pulling in 251 rebounds during the 1951-52 season.

TV CLEARANCES
FOX Sports Midwest -- Live at 6 p.m. Central.
Comcast SportsNet Chicago – Tape-delay at 12:30 a.m. on March 7.
ESPN3 – Live at 6 p.m. Central outside the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.
DirecTV – Live at 6 p.m. Central on channel 671 (FOX Sports Midwest).
Dish Network – Live at 6 p.m. Central on channel 418 or 412-08 (FOX Sports Midwest).
AT&T U-Verse – Live at 6 p.m. Central on channels 748 and 1748 (FOX Sports Midwest).

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Players Mentioned

Auston Barnes

#4 Auston Barnes

F
6' 8"
Senior
Josh Cunningham

#21 Josh Cunningham

F
6' 7"
Freshman
Tramique Sutherland

#5 Tramique Sutherland

G
5' 11"
Junior
Nate Wells

#52 Nate Wells

C
7' 1"
Junior
Ka

#0 Ka'Darryl Bell

G
6' 1"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Auston Barnes

#4 Auston Barnes

6' 8"
Senior
F
Josh Cunningham

#21 Josh Cunningham

6' 7"
Freshman
F
Tramique Sutherland

#5 Tramique Sutherland

5' 11"
Junior
G
Nate Wells

#52 Nate Wells

7' 1"
Junior
C
Ka

#0 Ka'Darryl Bell

6' 1"
Senior
G