GAME 25

Missouri State Bears (18-6, 10-3 MVC)
vs.
Bradley Braves (8-16, 2-11 MVC)

Game Outlook:

   Missouri State (18-6, 10-3 MVC) will conclude its only two-game home stand of the Missouri Valley Conference season Wednesday night when the Bears entertain the Bradley Braves at 7:05 p.m. at JQH Arena.  The game will be televised on FS Midwest and the MVC Television Network with Mitch Holthus and Rich Zvosec calling the action.

 MSU got back on the winning track Saturday with a 73-66 home win over Indiana State at JQH Arena. MSU matched a season-high with 10 three-pointers against the Sycamores and got double-figure scoring from its entire starting unit. Adam Leonard (Sr., G, Lees Summit, Mo.) led the way with 19 points on five three-pointers, while Will Creekmore (Sr., C, Tulsa, Okla.) contributed 16 points, 7 rebounds and a team-high 4 assists. With the victory, the Bears snapped a two-game losing streak and climbed within 908 fans of eclipsing 100,000 in home attendance for the third year in a row and sixth time in seven seasons.

 Bradley (8-16, 2-11 MVC) comes to town on a two-game winning streak after claiming its first pair of MVC wins. The Braves snapped an 11-game losing streak with a 69-61 home win over Creighton last Tuesday and then continued the trend with a 69-66 triumph on Saturday at Southern Illinois. BU is 1-8 on the road this season and has lost seven of the last eight in Springfield.

 The Bears lead the all-time series with Bradley, 27-17, and have won two of the last three overall in the series and six of the last 10.

 

Cuonzo Martin:

   Missouri State head coach Cuonzo Martin (Purdue, 2000) is 53-38 (.582) in his third season at MSU and overall. In Missouri Valley Conference games, he is 21-28 (.429) in his tenure, including an 15-9 league record at JQH Arena (7-2 last season and 5-1 this season) and 6-19 mark in road games (5-2 this season). Martin is also 2-3 against Bradley, 7-12 in February, 15-9 on Wednesdays, 40-11 at JQH Arena and 11-25 on the road.

 Originally from East St. Louis, Ill., he spent eight seasons as an assistant coach and associate head coach at Purdue (2000-08) where he was a standout player for coach Gene Keady from 1991-95.  Martin, 39, became MSU’s 16th head basketball coach on April 1, 2008. 

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