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Drake Bulldogs at Bradley Braves

· NCAA Men's Basketball
Drake Bulldogs
13-5, 3-3 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
69 - 52
Bradley Braves
8-10, 5-5 Home

Drake builds big first-half lead to beat Bradley 69-52

Drake (13-5, 2/3 Missouri Valley Conference) has defeated the Braves (8-10, 0-5) in three of the last four meetings.

The Bulldogs closed the first half on a 26-6 run for a 33-15 advantage at the break. Brady Ellingson made three 3-pointers during the surge.

Tremell Murphy scored eight of his 11 points in the first half and finished with a career-high 11 rebounds. Ellingson had 15 points and D.J. Wilkins chipped in with 10.

Elijah Childs had 15 points and a career-best 13 rebounds to lead Bradley. The Braves shot just 19 of 61 (31 percent) from the field that included 12 missed 3-pointers while Drake was 26-of-50 shooting (52 percent).

Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye added 13 points and Luqman Lundy had 10 for the Braves.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 69 - 52
2nd 0:20 Luqman Lundy made Three Point Jumper. 69 - 52
2nd 0:22 Noah Thomas Turnover. 69 - 49
2nd 0:53 Tremell Murphy Defensive Rebound. 69 - 49
2nd 0:53 Ja'Shon Henry missed Jumper. 69 - 49

Statistics

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26-50 FG 19-61
52 Field Goal % 31
9-22 3PT 3-15
41 Three Point % 20
8-12 FT 11-17
67 Free Throw % 65
42 Rebounds 30
10 Offensive Rebounds 13
32 Defensive Rebounds 17
16 Assists 8
7 Steals 14
2 Blocks 4
19 Turnovers 11
1 Team Turnovers 0
19 Total Turnovers 11
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
8 Points Off Turnovers 19
6 Fast Break Points 8
34 Points in Paint 32
17 Fouls 14
25 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Venue: Carver Arena

Location: Peoria, IL
Attendance: 4,654 | 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
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