Central Michigan @ Bradley

by **bradley_brave1989** » November 12th, 2013, 5:03 pm

Bradley favored by 10.5 I fear the game might be closer. Hopefully Walt takes over and the newcomer Grier continues to shoot well. 7pm central tip.
GO BRAVES!

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by **squirrel** » November 12th, 2013, 7:10 pm

Announced this afternoon that Jordan Prosser is suspended for 4 games.

This stretch includes the Braves 2 upcoming games against BCS opponents, Illinois and Arizona State.

by **squirrel** » November 12th, 2013, 7:26 pm

Braves open up with a 12-2 lead. 13:45 1st

by **squirrel** » November 12th, 2013, 8:09 pm

Bravos 39-28 at the half

Blake started for Prosser

Lemon with 10 pts and 5 boards
Barnes with 7 and 6
Pickett and Xzavier Taylor each have 8 pts

by **isumvc1** » November 12th, 2013, 9:14 pm

Bradley wins easily it appears.

by **squirrel** » November 12th, 2013, 9:19 pm

Couldn't shake the Chips completely and need to get better on D.

That said, BU dominated the boards, with 12, 10, 10 and 8 in the individual rebound column.

Pickett and Barnes both post dub-dubs.

by **freddycat68** » November 12th, 2013, 9:45 pm

Bradley is talented and deep. This game was never in doubt regardless of the mere 10-point final margin. It all comes down to chemistry and toughness. We shall see.

by **bcg** » November 13th, 2013, 7:10 am

Solid performance by Bradley. 50-28 rebounding advantage.

Keno Davis' team basically shot 3 point shots. They weren't falling (6-30), so it wasn't much of a game.

I think it helped that Bradley had a former CMU player (Austin Barnes - 13 pts, 10 rebs) on their team to keep the energy level up. They didn't get stuck on a number in the second half and allow the Chippawas to make a run.

by **Mikovio** » November 13th, 2013, 1:24 pm

This was the first game I was able to attend and it looks like Bradley's new big men are very good. Auston Barnes was a steal and has a knack for making plays and coming up with loose balls. He and Grier are the shooters Bradley has been lacking. Taylor and Blake play great defense under the basket and I think both had a couple blocks, although there were a couple occasions they neglected to help on drives and Taylor had a real boneheaded over and back violation. All in all, Bradley is much longer and more athletic than last year. No more Jake Eastman playing the 4 *shudder*. I'm not impressed so far with Fields, Swopshire (who on paper was our best recruit) and Zecevic. None contributed anything and Zecevic airballed a 3 and missed both FTs.

The problem is turnovers. Bradley should've won by 20+ last night but turned it over a lot against the full court press and on inbounds plays. 19 turnovers is unacceptable. The team is very young and sloppy now but I see no reason why they can't finish in the top half. This game was never in doubt with the BU lead between 10-17 most of the way so maybe that contributed to lack of focus. Still, need to clean that up.

Hopefully BU gets a big lead early on Friday vs Chicago State so they can give minutes to the deep bench and rest our starters up for the big game Sunday in Champaign. 5 games in 10 days is brutal, and Prosser just made it worse with his 4 game suspension.