In the final game of the men’s basketball regular season on Feb. 26, Bradley did something that seemed almost unthinkable in a post-COVID world. They sold out Carver Arena, packing over 10,000 fans into the Peoria Civic Center to watch the Braves clinch their first…
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Bradley men’s basketball had some frustrations to release after their three-point loss at Belmont. Unfortunately for Illinois-Chicago (UIC), they became the victims of a 79-45 thrashing from the Braves (10-5, 3-1 MVC) on Saturday at Carver Arena, one that featured a first-half double-double and a…
The third quarter has not been the strong suit of Bradley women’s basketball this season. In fact, if the third quarter was never played at all, the team would be flirting with a .500 record. Instead, the 3-9 Braves have outscored their opponent in the…
The arctic conditions outside Carver Arena couldn’t stop the red-hot Bradley men’s basketball team, as the Braves won their sixth game in their last seven contests in a 74-55 drubbing of Akron on Thursday. In the final non-conference game of their season, Bradley (9-4) extended…
Bradley women’s basketball held a lead for over 37 minutes against Loyola Chicago on Saturday, but they were unable to keep it when it mattered the most as the final buzzer sounded on a second-straight loss. In the first meeting between the former MVC foes…
On Nov. 22, Bradley women’s basketball was tied with NAIA member Missouri Baptist with 7:15 left in the game. It had been a back-and-forth affair up to that point against a team that the Braves were projected to beat handedly. Then Veronika Roberts subbed in.…
The beach is supposed to be fun. Vacations are supposed to be fun. Fun is not the word to describe these past two days for Bradley men’s basketball (3-3), who dropped their second game in Cancún, Mexico – this time in a 55-44 loss to…
It wasn’t pretty, but Bradley women’s basketball (2-3) came away with a win over Missouri Baptist on Tuesday night, their second straight trip to the victory column. “My team was trying to give me a heart attack for 33 minutes, but we pulled it out,”…
Injuries can never be predicted. Bradley men’s basketball (3-1) knows this all too well. “You don’t become a family until you go through strong adversity, and we’re going through it right now,” head coach Brian Wardle said. “We just gotta come together more.” The Braves…
Head coach Kate Popovec-Goss was 5-0 against Wisconsin during her time at Northwestern, but it didn’t help her lead Bradley women’s basketball to a win Wednesday night in Madison. In the second game of a home-and-home between the Badgers and Braves, Wisconsin (3-1) got their…