PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Men's Basketball falls to Davidson, 62-45, in its first road contest of the season.
The game began with strong defense, with the two sides tied at six after the first 7:30 of the game. After a Davidson run extended its lead to 12, Bradley outscored the Wildcats 11-3 over a four-minute period to cut the deficit to four. Davidson responded to end the first half, scoring nine of the final 12 points of the half to take a 30-20 lead into the intermission.
Bradley started the second half strong, cutting a 10-point deficit to four after made threes from
Ben Thornbrue and Max Gaspà. Davidson responded by scoring 11 of the game's next 13 points over a three-minute stretch to reinstate a double-digit advantage to keep Bradley at a distance.
Both teams played strong defense throughout the game, as both teams were held under 38 percent from the floor and 30 percent from three-point range. Davidson -- who entered tonight's game shooting roughly 53 percent from the floor and 44 percent from three-point range -- was limited to 37.3 percent (22-for-59) from the field and 28.6 percent (8-for-28) from three-point range by the Bradley defense.
Offensively, four Wildcats finished with 12 points to lead all scorers -- Ian Platteeuw, Nick Janowski, Josh Scovens and John Carter Jr. Platteeuw also led all rebounders with 14, securing a double-double. Janowski, who entered as Davidson's leading scorer at 23 points per game on 73.1 percent shooting and 50 percent from three, was limited to five made field goals on 15 attempts and two made threes on seven attempts. Its second-leading scorer, Sam Brown (20 PPG, 57.7 FG%, 60% 3PT%) was contained to just one made field goal on 11 attempts with no made threes in seven tries.
Trevon Payton led all Braves in scoring for the second time in as many games, scoring 11 points with a pair of three-pointers.
Ben Thornbrue finished with nine points while shooting four-of-eight from the floor.
Josh Ibukunoluwa finished with seven points and a team-leading nine rebounds, and
Noah Williams scored seven points with a made three-pointer and four free throws.
The Braves now travel to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the Showdown in St. Pete. Bradley will face Coppin State on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 6:00 p.m. EST/5:00 p.m. CST and George Mason on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST. Both games will be broadcast live from the McArthur Center on YouTube. Fans can also follow the Bradley Basketball social media accounts for live in-game coverage.