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BRADLEY BRAVES (3-20, 1-9 MVC) at MISSOURI STATE BEARS (9-13, 5-5 MVC)
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016
Time: 7:05 p.m. CST
Location: Springfield, MO | JQH Arena (11,000)
Tickets: Upper Level $10 | Lower Level $22, $29, $45 | Buy Online
TV: The Valley on ESPN3 | Don West and Kelby Stuckey
Radio: 1470 WMBD | Dave Snell, Chad Kleine and Dan DiOrio
Series: Missouri State leads 35-19
OPENING TIPS
• The youngest team in college basketball will open the final month of the regular season with a road trip to Springfield, MO for a Tuesday night game at Missouri State.
• Tuesday's game features the two youngest teams in the Missouri Valley Conference.
• Bradley's 11 available players for Tuesday night will include 10 freshmen and one sophomore, while Missouri State's roster includes four freshmen and two sophomores.
• While Missouri State's four freshmen are producing significant statistics for the Bears, including 31.4 percent of the team's scoring and 33.7 percent of the team's rebounding, Bradley's freshman production is believed to be the greatest by percentage in the nation.
• Bradley's freshmen have combined for 80.4 percent of the team's scoring (1,001 points) and 74.9 percent of the team's rebounding (576 boards).
• Tuesday's game will be the 55th meeting in the all-time series, which Missouri State leads by a 35-19 margin since joining The Valley in 1990.
• Missouri State is 20-4 all-time at home against Bradley and the Bears have won six straight versus the Braves at JQH Arena since Bradley's 63-57 win Jan. 3, 2009 in the venue's first season.
