Braves Continue Gulf Coast Showcase on Tuesday

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Men's Basketball 11/22/2016 7:00:00 AM

Bradley (2-2, 0-0 MVC) vs. Wofford (1-2, 0-0 Southern)
Game Details	Tuesday, Nov. 22 • 10 a.m. CT • Estero, Fla. • Germain Arena
Webcast	YouTube
Radio	1470 WMBD
Game Notes	Bradley
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The Braves continue play at the 2016 Gulf Coast Showcase with a matchup against Wofford on Tuesday. The schools are set to meet at 10 a.m. CT in Estero, Florida with winner advancing to the fifth-place game.

GULF COAST SHOWCASE
• The Braves lost their opening game of the tournament and now face Wofford on Tuesday.
• The winner advances to Wednesday's 5th-place game against the winner of Kent State and George Mason at 12:30 p.m. CT, while the losers play for seventh place at 10 a.m. CT.

ABOUT THE BRAVES
• The Braves are 2-2 this year after a 92-90 setback against Hofstra on Monday.
• Darrell Brown had the most productive scoring day by a rookie on Monday, scoring 34 points on 13-of-18 field goals, 5-of-7 3-pointers and 3-of-4 free throws.
• Brown now leads the Braves with 16.8 points per game to go along with a team-best 11 assists and six steals. He is shooting 55.0 percent from the field and 56.3 percent from beyond the arc (9-16).
• Junior JoJo McGlaston is second on the team with 13.3 points per game, also shooting above 50 percent from the field and in 3s, while Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye is third with 9.5 points per game.
• Freshman Koch Bar leads the Braves with 6.3 rebounds per game and 2.5 blocks per game.
• As a team, Bradley is shooting 47.9 percent from the field and 40.0 percent from 3-point range.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Braves and Terriers are meeting for the third time with each school winning once.
• The two games between the schools have been decided by a combined six points with the Braves winning the first meeting, 56-54, during the 2009-10 season and the Terriers winning, 70-66, during the 2011-12 campaign.

BRAVES VERSUS SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
• Bradley is 8-5 all-time against schools in the Southern Conference.
• The Braves have lost their last four meetings against schools in the SoCon, losing once to Wofford and three times to Western Carolina.

ABOUT THE TERRIERS
• Wofford is 1-2 on the season after suffering a 60-59 loss to Vermont on Monday.
• The Terriers opened the season with a 91-69 loss at LSU before posting a 117-77 victory against Allen University.
• Fletcher Magee leads four scorers in double figures with 15.7 points per game, while Cameron Jackson ranks second with 13.3 points per game.
• Jackson also leads the Terriers with 5.7 rebounds per game.
• Wofford is shooting 50.0 percent as a team, including a 48.3 percent clip from beyond the arc.

ON THIS DATE
Record on Nov. 22: 4-3
Nov. 22 Highlight: Both of the Braves previous two meetings with Wofford have also been on Nov. 22 with the schools splitting the games. Bradley won in 2009, while Wofford earned the victory in 2011.

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?
• Darrell Brown had a historic game for the Braves in Monday's game against Hofstra, tallying 34 points.
• His 34 points are the most by a Bradley freshman in the program's history, surpassing the previous record of 31 (Deon Jackson vs. Southern Illinois, 1/18/93).
• He scored the most points by any Brave since James Gillingham also had 34 (vs. Drake, 1/15/03).
• Brown is the first Missouri Valley freshman to tally 30 points in a game since Doug McDermott had 31 against Davidson on March 21, 2011.
• Overall, Brown's 34-point performance is the second-best scoring game by a rookie this season, trailing only McDonald's All-American Markelle Fultz's (Washington) 35-point game against Cal St. Fullerton.
• Brown scored more points on Monday (34) than he did in his first three games combined (33).

SHOOTING IS TRENDING UP
• The Braves have been hot in their last two games from the field, connecting on 57.3 percent of their shots (59-of-103) and 54.3 percent of their 3-points attempts (19-of-35).
• Bradley has made at least 50 percent of its shots in back-to-back games for the first time since Nov. 12 and Nov. 15, 2013 against Central Michigan and Chicago State.
• Overall, Bradley is making 47.9 percent of its shots this season and 40.0 percent of its 3-pointers – an increase of 9.9 and 12.0 percent, respectively. Last season, the Braves shot 38.0 percent from the field and 28.0 percent from 3s.

TEAM SUPERLATIVES
• The Braves set a number of highs during Monday's victory.
• Bradley's 90 points are the most since also scoring 90 against Drake on Feb. 26, 2011 and the most away from home since netting 96 versus Virginia during the 2008 CBI.
• The Braves hit 60 percent of their shots for the first time since playing Drake in 2011.
• Bradley also connected on 60 percent of its 3-point attempts for the first time since going 9-of-15 against Northern Iowa on Jan. 9, 2011.

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