Bradley Hosts Missouri State Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Men's Basketball 1/4/2022 11:15:00 AM

Bradley (7-7, 1-1 MVC) vs. Missouri State (10-5, 1-1 MVC)
Game Details	Wednesday, Jan. 5 • 8 p.m. • Peoria, Ill. • Carver Arena
Television	CBS Sports Network
Radio	1470 & 100.3 WMBD
Game Notes	Bradley \| Missouri State
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The Braves return to Carver Arena for the first time in 18 days, hosting Missouri State in a nationally-televised game. The Valley contest is for Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.

PROMOTIONS
• The Flying Disc Dogs will perform at halftime of Wednesday's game.

ABOUT THE BRAVES
• Bradley is 7-7 during the 2021-22 season with a 1-1 record in Valley play.
• The Braves lost their first conference game of the season on Sunday, falling at Indiana State, 76-71.
• Junior Terry Roberts leads BU with 16.8 points and 4.1 assists per game.
• Senior Ja'Shon Henry (11.2) and junior Malevy Leons (10.9) also average in double figures.
• Rienk Mast leads BU with 8.1 rebounds per game.
• Bradley averages 72.0 points per game, while allowing 67.0 defensively.

SERIES HISTORY
• Missouri State holds a 41-25 edge in a series that dates back to when the Bears joined the Valley for the 1990-91 season.
• The series has been streaky as the schools have traded regular-season sweeps the last four years.
• Last season, Missouri State earned a pair of home wins against Bradley – ending BU's three-game winning streak in the series.

ABOUT THE BEARS
• Missouri State enters with a 10-5 overall record and a 1-1 mark in Valley play.
• The Bears are led in scoring by Isiaih Mosley – who averages 17.4 points per game.
• Overall, four Bears average in double figures with Gaige Prim ranking second on the team with 14.7 points and a league-leading 8.5 rebounds.
• Missouri State averages 78.9 points on offense, while allowing 66.6.

HOME SWEET HOME
• Bradley will be excited to be back home for the first time in 18 days on Wednesday.
• The Braves have won their last five home contests and are 5-1 overall in Peoria this year.

A LEADER IN TERRY ROBERTS
• Junior Terry Roberts has consistently led the Braves during the 2021-22 season.
• In just 14 games this season, Roberts has led the team in scoring on nine occasions – including the last three contests and six of the last seven.
• Roberts has also led BU in assists in 11-of-14 games and in both points and assists eight times.
• Roberts leads Bradley overall with 16.8 points and 4.1 assists. The last Valley player to average 16 points and four assists was Illinois State's Milik Yarbrough in 2017-18.

VERSATILE MALEVY LEONS
• Junior Malevy Leons is showing why he was so highly-regarded joining the Braves and has done a little bit of everything for Bradley.
• Leons is third on the team in scoring (10.9) and second in rebounds (5.7). He also leads BU with a field goal mark of 52.5 and a 3-point clip of 41.2.
• No player in BU history has shot at least 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from beyond the arc in the same season (min. 0.5 3PM/game).
• Leons also leads BU with 19 blocks and is third with 18 assists.

DOUBLE TROUBLE
• The Braves have a number of threats to record a double-double in any given game.
• After Malevy Leons tallied 11 points and 12 rebounds on Sunday at Indiana State, four different Braves have registered a double-double.
• Rienk Mast has four double-doubles with Ja'Shon Henry adding two and Terry Roberts one.
• Bradley is the only Valley school to feature four players with double-doubles as no other team has more than two players.

CLEANING THE GLASS
• Bradley has controlled the glass during the 2021-22 campaign.
• The Braves lead the Valley and rank among the nation's best in rebounding – collecting 39.9 per game to place 48th in the country.
• BU has lost the rebounding battle in only three games this season.

44 PERCENT
• The number BU needs to aim for this season is 44.
• Bradley is a perfect 6-0 this season when shooting 44 percent from the field but just 1-7 when held under the number.
• Overall, Bradley is making 43.8 percent of its field goals this season.

INJURY REPORT
• Ja'Shon Henry is a key piece of the Braves' success and BU eagerly awaits his return to the lineup.
• Henry has missed the last three games for Bradley with a head injury suffered on Dec. 18.
• Since arriving on campus, Bradley is just 5-13 in 18 games that Henry has missed and winless in 11 games against Valley schools.
• Henry ranks second on the team with 11.2 points in 2021-22 and third with 5.1 rebounds.

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