PEORIA, Ill. -- Third-year Bradley Women's Basketball head coach Andrea Gorski made two additions to the 2019-20 roster during the Fall Signing Period with Mahri Petree (Detroit, Mich./Arbor Prep) and Roni Roberts (Brownsburg, Ind./Brownsburg) both signing National Letters of Intent to attend Bradley.
A 5-11 guard, Petree is the younger sister of Bradley freshman guard Lasha Petree, who was named Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week Monday after a 24-point performance in the season opener.
Mahri earned First-Team Class C All-State honors from the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan as a junior after averaging 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game last year. She has helped the Gators to back-to-back second-place state finishes. A two-time team captain, Petree was a Detroit News Second-Team All-State pick in addition to earning honorable mention all-state recognition from the Detroit Free Press. Petree also landed on the Ann Arbor News All-Area First-Team.
"Mahri is the type of player every coach wants to have in their program," said Gorski. "She is a tough, physical player that will do whatever necessary for her team to win. Besides her impressive skill set, she is the consummate team player who makes everyone around her better."
A 6-2 forward, Roberts was an all-conference performer as a junior, averaging 8.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.0 assist and 1.0 steal per outing. She also garnered all-county honors, while helping the Bulldogs to a conference and sectional title in 2017-18.
Roberts was part of two sectional and county championship teams at Brownsburg in addition to taking part in the North/South All-Star Game. She also lettered in track at Brownsburg, qualifying for regionals in the discus each of the past two seasons and was part of a conference and sectional championship squad last year.
"With the addition of Roni, we have added an extremely physical and strong post player," added Gorski. "Her footwork and ability to get low-post position are impressive for a young player and she will bring an outstanding work ethic from day one."
Bradley opened the 2018-19 regular season with an 85-79 home victory of Southeast Missouri State Saturday and will host Rockhurst Sunday at 2 p.m. to close out a two-game home stand.
