NCAAB

Bradley Braves at Evansville Purple Aces

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Bradley Braves
12-5, 2-4 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
44 - 68
Evansville Purple Aces
11-6, 9-1 Home

Evansville breezes to 68-44 victory over Bradley

Blake Simmons chipped in with 12 points, five assists and three steals for Evansville (11-6, 1/3 Missouri Valley Conference), which shot 49 percent from the floor, made 8 of 15 from 3-point range and made all 10 of its free throws. Dainius Chatkevisius grabbed seven rebounds to help Evansville control the boards 35-22.

Taylor scored the last five points in a 20-4 run and the Purple Aces pulled away from a tie at 10 to lead 30-14. Noah Frederking's jumper pushed the lead to 21 midway through the second half and Evansville coasted to snap a four-game slide.

Donte Thomas topped the Braves (12-5, 2-2) with 12 points, while Elijah Childs scored 10. Bradley made just 15 of 43 shots (35 percent) and hit 3 of 14 from long range.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 44 - 68
2nd 0:03 Luuk van Bree made Jumper. 44 - 68
2nd 0:20 K.J. Riley made Free Throw. 42 - 68
2nd 0:20 K.J. Riley made Free Throw. 42 - 67
2nd 0:20 Foul on Luqman Lundy. 42 - 66

Statistics

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15-43 FG 25-51
35 Field Goal % 49
3-14 3PT 8-15
21 Three Point % 53
11-15 FT 10-10
73 Free Throw % 100
22 Rebounds 35
6 Offensive Rebounds 10
16 Defensive Rebounds 25
10 Assists 23
9 Steals 9
4 Blocks 4
17 Turnovers 16
2 Team Turnovers 3
17 Total Turnovers 16
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Off Turnovers 10
0 Fast Break Points 2
18 Points in Paint 26
16 Fouls 13
0 Largest Lead 26

Game Information

Venue: Ford Center

Location: Evansville, IN
Attendance: 4,171 | Capacity:

2025-26 Missouri Valley Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Belmont 16-4 - 26-6
Bradley 13-7 3 21-13
Illinois State 12-8 4 23-13
Murray State 12-8 4 20-13
UIC 12-8 4 19-16
Northern Iowa 11-9 5 23-13
Valparaiso 11-9 5 18-15
Southern Illinois 10-10 6 16-16
Drake 6-14 10 14-20
Indiana State 4-16 12 11-21
Evansville 3-17 13 7-25
Full Standings