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DRAKE BULLDOGS (6-21, 1-14 MVC) at BRADLEY BRAVES (4-24, 2-13 MVC)
Date: Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
Time: 7:00 p.m. CST
Location: Peoria, IL | Carver Arena (11,442)
TV: ESPN3 | Brian Bedo and Chris Griffin
Radio: 1470 WMBD | Dave Snell, Chad Kleine and Dan DiOrio
Series: Bradley leads 82-62
GAME DAY PROMOTIONS
Bradley University Alumni Night
Saturday's game will be Bradley University Alumni Night at Carver Arena and the Bradley University Alumni Association is partnering with the Braves Club to sponsor a pregame party in the Peoria Civic Center Theater Lobby. Braves Club members may attend for free, non-members are $10/person.
Kaboom!'s Korner
• Set up in the Peoria Civic Center's Great Hall lobby, Kaboom!'s Korner opens 90 minutes prior to each home game and provides family-friendly entertainment through halftime.
• Each game will include the Basketball Jam Bounce House for the youngsters and a Kaboom! photo station, as well as a rotation of entertainment stations:
Feb. 20 vs. Drake: Facepainting by Wild Style Design Company
Halftime Ceremony
Recognition of the 1,000th Missouri Valley Conference game in Bradley Basketball history.
Student Giveaway
Bradley students will receive free water bottles.
TICKET OPTIONS
Single-Game: $8 White, $14 Red, $20 Bronze, $55 Silver
Groups (15+): $4 White, $8 Red, $15 Bronze
Bradley Athletics Ticket Office
Phone: (309) 677-2625
Email: BradleyTicketOffice@bradley.edu
Buy Online: TicketMaster.com
OPENING TIPS
• The youngest team in college basketball will play a historic game Saturday when Bradley hosts its most common all-time opponent, Drake, in the 1,000th Missouri Valley Conference game in program history.
• In its second stint as a MVC member, Bradley is wrapping up its 64th Valley season since initially joining the league in 1948-49.
• The Braves enter Saturday's game with a 535-464 (.536) record in 999 all-time Valley games.
• Saturday's game also will be the 145th meeting between Drake and Bradley, making the Bulldogs the most-common opponent in program history.
• Bradley owns an 82-62 lead in the all-time series, although the Bulldogs have had the upper hand of late by winning 17 of the last 29 meetings, dating to the start of the 2003-04 season.
• With a win Saturday, Bradley would take a 2-game lead over Drake in the league standings with two games remaining, guaranteeing now worse than a tie for ninth in the final league standings.
