Braves Host Loyola on Wednesday

Men's Basketball 2/12/2019 3:03:00 PM

Bradley (13-12, 5-7 MVC) vs. Loyola (16-9, 9-3 MVC)
Game Details	Wednesday, Feb. 13 • 7 p.m. • Peoria, Ill. • Carver Arena
Television	FOX Sports Midwest/Indiana Plus/Kansas City \| NBC Sports Chicago
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Radio	1470 WMBD
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Coming off its largest Valley win in 13 years, the Bradley men's basketball team looks to maintain its momentum against Loyola on Wednesday night. First tip at Carver Arena is set for 7 p.m.

PROMOTIONS
• Christian and Scooby from America's Got Talent will perform at halftime.
• The final Bradley Braves Club Game Day Luncheon is set for Wednesday at 11:30 a.m.
• In Kaboom!'s Korner is inflatables from Fun on the Run, including a Bounce House.

ABOUT THE BRAVES
• Bradley has won five of its last seven to improve to 13-12 on the season and 5-7 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
• The MVC Player of the Week, Darrell Brown averaged 27.5 points in two wins last week. He now leads the team with 15.1 points and 3.0 assists per game.
• Sophomore Elijah Childs is second on the team with 11.8 points and leads BU with 7.9 rebounds.
• Junior Nate Kennell (9.3) and senior Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye (8.6) rank third and fourth on the team in scoring.
• The Braves are averaging 68.0 points per game, while ranking third in the Valley with a scoring defense of 66.9.

SERIES HISTORY
• The Braves hold a 34-26 all-time advantage against the Ramblers in a series that dates back to 1928. However, Loyola has won 9-of-13 games since joining the MVC in 2013.
• The schools met three times in 2018 with both teams winning on their home court before Loyola squeaked out a 62-54 win in the MVC Semifinals.
• Bradley was the last team to defeat Loyola before its Final Four run a year ago, earning a 69-67 win at Carver Arena on Jan. 31.

ABOUT THE RAMBLERS
• Loyola sits in first place of the Valley standings with a 9-3 conference record.
• Overall, the Ramblers are 16-9 and have won their last two after a 56-51 road win at Valparaiso.
• Marques Townes leads Loyola with 15.4 points and 3.6 assists per game.
• Cameron Krutwig is second with 14.4 points to go with a team-leading 7.4 rebounds.
• Loyola averages 67.1 points per game to go with the top scoring defense in the Valley at 60.8.

VALLEY PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• Junior Darrell Brown led the Braves to a pair of wins last week and earned Missouri Valley Player of the Week honors.
• Brown averaged 27.5 points versus Northern Iowa and Indiana State – shooting 60.6 percent from the field and 73.3 percent from 3-point range.
• The junior earned the weekly honor for the second time in his career and is the third different Brave to collect the accolade this season.

DOMINANT OFFENSIVE DISPLAY
• The Braves are coming off one of their most dominant offensive games in recent history.
• Bradley cruised past Indiana State on Saturday to earn a 96-67 victory.
• The Braves' 29-point win was its largest in MVC play since 2006, while their 96 points are the most in a regulation conference game since 2007.
• BU also made 14 3-pointers (in just 25 attempts) against the Sycamores – tied for the most from beyond the arc in a Valley game in school history.

3-POINT SURGE
• Saturday's game against Indiana State showcased Bradley's recent 3-point strength.
• BU has made more than half of their 3-pointers in five of the last nine games, connecting on 44.8 percent during the stretch.
• In the season's first 16 games, Bradley shot over 40 percent only once (40.9 vs. Chicago State) and made just 32.0 percent of its triples.
• BU has also made at least 10 triples in back-to-back MVC games for the first time since 2007-08.

STAY HOT DARRELL BROWN
• The player most responsible behind Bradley's offensive surge is junior Darrell Brown.
• In the last three games, Brown has hit on 65.2 percent of his triples (15-of-23) with a 56.0 percent clip during BU's nine-game surge (28-of-50).
• Last week, Brown made 5-of-6 from beyond the arc at Northern Iowa before a career-best six (in nine attempts) at Indiana State.
• The junior is the first Brave with at least five triples in back-to-back games since Jeremy Crouch in 2007-08 and the first in consecutive Valley games since Phillip Gilbert in 2002-03.
• Overall, Brown leads Bradley with 15.1 points – shooting 46.6 from 3-point range.

OH HENRY!
• Freshman Ja'Shon Henry is starting to make an impact during his freshman season.
• After playing 14 minutes with five points in the win at Northern Iowa, Henry broke out for a career-best 17 points in Saturday's victory against ISU.
• The rookie made 5-of-9 field goals with five boards (four offensive) as he scored more points on Saturday than in BU's first 11 Valley games (15).
• Overall, Henry has played in 19 games, averaging 3.4 points and shooting 48.9 percent.

BENCH SCORING
• Bradley is receiving contributions from everybody during their scoring surge.
• In Saturday's win, two of the three Braves to score in double figures came off the bench with the reserves scoring 44 of the team's 96 points.
• In fact, Bradley's 44 bench points are its most since also scoring 44 on Feb. 27, 2010 against Creighton.

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