Final games of 2017 - @Bradley and @Fort Wayne

[ST_Lawson]

The women are now 10-3 after a 1-1 road trip to the west coast including the HUGE win over top-25 ranked Stanford.
They have a non-conference matchup at Bradley coming up on Thursday and then start in on conference play at Fort Wayne on Saturday.

Bradley Braves

Peoria, IL
Thursday, December 28 at 7 PM
ESPN3/WatchESPN.com
Live Stats
Bradley is 5-5 overall with DI wins over Omaha, Nicholls State, UIC, and EIU, losses to Illinois, SEMO, NIU, UW-GB, and Cleveland State. Last year the Braves finished 12-19.

Fort Wayne Mastadons

Fort Wayne, IN
Saturday, December 30 at 1 PM (2 PM Eastern/Local time)
Live Stats
Fort Wayne is 3-10 so far this season with DI wins over Loyola-Chicago and Eastern Illinois, losses to Illinois, Belmont, UIC, Xavier, Coastal Carolina (OT), Milwaukee, Michigan, and Valparaiso. Last year, they finished 5-24 overall.

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[wiu712]

The Bradley game can be heard in the Peoria area on WIRL Radio (1290 AM and 102.7 FM).

[sealhall74]

Ouch. Holiday hangover in Whiskey Town tonight. Had a great 1st qtr. It was all Bradley from that point forward.

My two cents is we were doing too much dribbling into the paint. Made a few but forced quite a few which did not fall.
We are a .500 team in the Summit playing like we did tonight. On to Fort Wayne where it counts.

[wiu712]

Bradley won the game 87-80.

87 is the most points that Bradley has scored against a Division 1 opponent.

At one time in the first half, Western had an 18 point lead. But Bradley out-scored Western 18-11 in the 2nd qr and 29-13 in the 3rd qr.

Emily Clemens led the Western scoring with 21 points. Taylor Higginbotham had 15. Sam Pryor had 12. Morgan Blumer had 11. Olivia Braun had 10.

Taylor Higginbotham fouled out with 5:24 left in the game.

Attendance at Bradley = 854.

[wiu712]

Bradley tops Western Illinois in women’s basketball, 87-80.

From today's Peoria Journal-Star:
http://www.pjstar.com/sports/20171228/b ... ball-87-80

[wiu712]

There was a 30-point swing in this game. Western went from 18 points up to 12 points down.

I noticed that Bradley had a Pep Band at the game. Wonder how they are able to have a Pep Band for these semester-break games while Western does not ??????

[ST_Lawson]

There was a 30-point swing in this game. Western went from 18 points up to 12 points down.

I noticed that Bradley had a Pep Band at the game. Wonder how they are able to have a Pep Band for these semester-break games while Western does not ??????

More students in the immediate vicinity.


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[meganeck]

Very disappointing loss for the women. I don't know what it is about the Bradley women, but I really wanted them to beat up on them

[Neckfansince71]

Yes, we felt the pain up here in the suburbs too. My wife is a Peoria girl who dated a Bradley basketball player for a while and she was anxious to see the Leathernecks beat up on the Braves. But the Braves really took it to the Necks in the 4th quarter. I have always said that the way to win a ball game is to keep scoring to the end. If you do, the opposition is forced to take chances defensively which did them in instead of giving them the win! jc

[wiu712]

Western beat Fort Wayne 100-64.

Emily Clemens led the Western scoring with 28 points. Taylor Higginbotham had 20. Morgan Blumer had 19. Michelle Farrow had 12.

Attendance at Fort Wayne = 347.

Western will open the home Summit League season with 2 games next week: Jan 4 vs South Dakota and Jan 6 vs Oral Roberts. Both of those home games come during semester break. The promotional calendar is showing no promotion for either game.