OPENING PITCH
•  A night after the two teams played into the wee hours of the morning, No. 3 seed Bradley will take on No. 7 seed Missouri State in the championship round of the Pool B bracket Friday night to cap the third day of action at the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship.
•  After a weather delay during Thursday's first game pushed back the entire day's schedule, Bradley and Missouri State started their Pool B winners bracket game at 10:42 p.m. Thursday night and the Braves completed their 10-0, 7-innings victory at 1:02 Friday morning. | Game Recap
•  Bradley enters Friday's rematch riding a 5-game winning streak, during which the pitching staff has surrendered a total of five runs.
•  Missouri State entered Thursday's late-night game on a 6-game winning streak, during which it scored 56 runs, and the Bears earned their rematch against the Braves by belting four home runs en route to an 11-4 victory Friday afternoon in an elmination game against tournament host and second-seeded Indiana State.
•  Friday's tournament action was delayed by an hour due to Thursday's late night finish and the start time for the Bradley-Missouri State game is not expected to begin before 8:30 p.m. ET with a minimum 40 minutes after the completion of Game 11 between Dallas Baptist and Evansville.

LOOKING AHEAD
•  If Bradley wins Friday's rematch against Missouri State, the Braves will advance to the MVC Baseball Championship title game for the second consecutive year, a 7:00 p.m. ET winner-take-all game versus the Pool A champion (either No. 1 seed Dallas Baptist or No. 5 seed Evansville).
•  If Missouri State wins Friday's rematch, the two teams will meet for a third time, a 3:00 p.m. ET game to determine the Pool B representative in Saturday night's tournament title game.