[December 2, 2023] Indiana State (6-1) at Bradley (6-1)

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Indiana State Sycamores (6-1, 1-0) vs. Bradley Braves (6-1, 0-1)

Carver Arena - Peoria, IL
Saturday, December 2nd, 2023
Tip: 2:00pm EST​
 
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Bradley opens conference play on the road at Murray State tomorrow.

ESPN's Predictor has Bradley a 69/31 favorite over us on Saturday currently.
 
The guys should be up for this game. I think Larry is going to come out aggressive as I know he hasnt forgot about the 1 point loss in the tournament. We owe them a whooping.
 
I’ll be there section 110. Should be rocking but I look forward to us showing up on national TV
 
They don't sit down out there until we score, let's put em in their seats for 39:57
 

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Though early test here. 6-0 and all of their wins are solid.
Leons and Hannah have daunting length on defense, but don’t have Mast behind them this year. In the games I have watched, Hickman was much more of a focal point and I’m confident in Julian locking him up. Deen will struggle with Swope. Will be interesting who they match up on Robbie since they don’t have a true big. They also lack depth big time.
This will no doubt be a tough test, but a win here may go a long way for that Valley regular season championship ‘96 is chasing. 😆
 
I just wish we didn’t have to wait until Saturday to watch us play again! But 4 wins in 7 days is a heck of stretch I’m sure the guys could use some days off to get right
 
It's bad enough we have to go to the hell hole Peoria for this game, Everyone start praying we don't see Bigbird and his gang in stripes waiting for us when we step on the floor! I just have a bad feeling.
 

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This will be a tough test.....the Braves are the real deal. Watched them twice during Thanksgiving
holiday......they have size and apply defensive pressure. For me...the higher the score, the better our chances.
Go Sycamores.
 
It's going to be crucial for us to hit some 3s in this one. I don't think you beat Bradley going 7 of 21 from 3. Thankfully we didn't need it against SIU. Vermont is the only team that has shot well against them and they went 11 of 29 and had to make a massive comeback to even make it a game... Bradley was up like 18-20 with 5 to play.

Need excellent shooting nights from our guards, need Kent to play Leons even and Hannah keeps getting more confident in the games I've watched so Robbie needs to battle with him and not let him get easy buckets around the rim.
 
Assuming we are at full strength again I have faith in our trio of guards outplaying theirs..As you said the game will be won or lost in the frontcourt. The Kent that was flexing on SIU (literally) and crashing the glass has to show up in this one. I have been very pessimisic about his impact on winning coming into the season, but so far he has played with a confidence and assertiveness on the boards/defense that I did not see from him last season. We HAVE to get that from him this weekend, he's the only one athletically that can hang with Leons and Hannah.
 

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Southgrad07 said:
Assuming we are at full strength again I have faith in our trio of guards outplaying theirs..As you said the game will be won or lost in the frontcourt. The Kent that was flexing on SIU (literally) and crashing the glass has to show up in this one. I have been very pessimisic about his impact on winning coming into the season, but so far he has played with a confidence and assertiveness on the boards/defense that I did not see from him last season. We HAVE to get that from him this weekend, he's the only one athletically that can hang with Leons and Hannah.
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We will be at full strength Saturday it's already been confirmed. I think JS needs to consider setting ball screens higher up because of Bradley's length.
 
I’ll admit that I worry about Kent a little in this game. Him transferring from Bradley was not very popular with their fans, and he was booed a lot last year in Peoria. You could tell it bothered him.

I think he’s definitely more mature, assertive, etc. this year so I hope he puts all of that behind him or at least uses it for motivation.
 
I think Kent will be up to the challenge. He is vastly improved in all areas of his game from last year. Think we match up well against Bradley.
 
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