Bradley At Northern Illinois

BRADLEY AT NORTHERN ILLINOIS

BRAVES KEYS Bring the kind of game-long defensive intensity that served them well vs. Illinois and get balanced scoring.

7:05 p.m., Convocation Center, DeKalb WMBD-TV (Channel 31) WMBD-AM (1470) BRADLEY (4-2) PPG RPG F Taylor Brown C Will Egolf G Chris Roberts G Andrew Warren G Sam Maniscalco

So. So. Jr. Jr. Jr.

6-6 17.0 6-9 7.2 6-4 11.2 6-5 12.3 6-0 9.7

NORTHERN ILLINOIS (1-4) F Michael Fakuade C Sean Kowal G Darion Anderson G Tony Nixon G Mike DiNunno

7.5 4.5 4.7 4.5 2.5

PPG RPG So. Jr. Jr. Fr. So.

6-7 6-11 6-2 6-4 5-11

2.8 10.6 11.8 8.4 5.0

2.2 6.6 9.6 1.8 1.2

HUSKIES KEYS Shoot better from the field and the line, keep turnovers down and control boards.

NOTEWORTHY: Bradley leads all-time series 7-1 and has won the last seven. ... The last meeting was five years ago, when BU won 76-74 in overtime at DeKalb. ... Coming off its 72-68 Saturday upset of Illinois, Bradley has now won five consecutive nonconference games vs. in-state rivals. ... The Huskies have lost at Northwestern 77-55, at Illinois 80-61, at home to Southeast Missouri State 70-64 in overtime and at Northern Iowa 52-45. Their win was at home vs. Tennessee State 85-57. ... NIU shoots 40 percent from the field, 28 percent on 3s and 51 percent from the free-throw line. ... Third-year coach Ricardo Patton is 17-46 overall at NIU after an 11-year run as Colorado’s coach. PREDICTION: Bradley 68, Northern Illinois 61 (Dave Reynolds’ record 5-1)