SE Missouri State SEMO 0-2

Bradley BRAD 2-0

SE Missouri State SEMO

0-2

Final

Nov. 10, 2018

Bradley BRAD

2-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
SE Missouri State SEMO	23	34	57
Bradley BRAD	31	37	68

Box Score

Bradley Remains Unbeaten After 68-57 Win Over SEMO

Box Score (PDF)

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/10/2018 4:56:00 PM

Peoria, Ill. – Senior guard Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye scored a career-best 22 points to lead the Bradley men's basketball team to a 68-57 victory against Southeast Missouri State on Saturday afternoon. The Braves improve to 2-0 on the season, while the Redhawks drop to 0-2.

Lautier-Ogunleye made 4-of-6 field goals, while connecting on 13-of-15 free throws for his 22-point performance. The senior also added five rebounds, two assists and one steal for the Braves.

Junior Darrell Brown added 15 points, six assists for BU, while sophomore Elijah Childs collected a game-high 11 rebounds and a career-best five blocks.

Trailing 19-18 with five minutes remaining in the opening half, senior Luuk van Bree ignited an 11-0 Bradley run by hitting a 3-pointer in his first game back from injury. Brown and Kennell also added triples during the spurt and a layup by Childs as time expired put Bradley in front at the intermission, 31-23.

The Redhawks never pulled closer than five in the second stanza as the Braves secured their second-straight win to open the season. Bradley pushed its advantage to as many as 19 points in the game after an 18-8 stretch gave BU a 64-45 lead. Van Bree capped the run with two more triples to ice the 11-point victory for Bradley.

The Braves remain unbeaten after a 68-57 victory against Southeast Missouri State on Saturday afternoon! pic.twitter.com/0aM1b5WMMs
— Bradley Basketball (@bradleyumbb) November 10, 2018

The Braves finished by shooting 38.8 percent in the game, while holding the Redhawks to just 31.6 percent from the floor. Bradley also held Southeast Missouri State's top offensive player, Ledarrius Brewer, to just 11 points on 3-of-15 shooting for the game.

Bradley aims for 3-0 and wraps up its early homestand on Wednesday, hosting Jacksonville State as part of the Cancun Challenge. Game time at Carver Arena is set for 7 p.m.

Game Notes: Lautier-Ogunleye's previous career high was 20 points against Missouri State on Feb. 2, 2016 … He also made a career-best 13 free throws, topping his previous high of 10 against Southeast Missouri State two years ago … Childs is the first Brave with five blocks in a game since Koch Bar had five against Hofstra on Nov. 21, 2016 … Bradley improves to 9-2 all-time against Southeast Missouri State and has won its last nine games against OVC schools … Bradley is 2-0 for the second-straight season … The Braves won their first two games of the season by at least 10 points for the first time since 2012-13

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