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Northern Iowa Panthers at Bradley Braves

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Northern Iowa Panthers
16-18, 3-9 Away
<span class="badge bg-danger" style="font-size: 1.2em; margin: 5px 0;">Final</span>
54 - 57
Bradley Braves
20-14, 10-6 Home

Bradley storms back from 18 down to win Missouri Valley title

Bradley trailed 35-17 with 17 minutes left to play. The Braves used a 12-0 run to get close, then scored six straight points to go up 55-50 on a layup by Childs with 1:41 left. Lautier-Ogunleye had four free throws during the late surge.

Luqman Lundy had 11 points as Bradley won the MVC Tournament title for the first time 1988.

AJ Green led sixth-seeded Northern Iowa (16-18) with 23 points.

The Panthers rushed to a 14-2 lead. Bradley had separate stretches of nearly nine minutes and more than six minutes where it didn't score in the first half, then hit 15 of 26 shots after the break.

ON TARGET

Northern Iowa went 8 of 20 from 3-point range and has made at least one 3-pointer in 628 successive games, the longest streak among MVC teams.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 54 - 57
2nd 0:01 Bradley Defensive Rebound. 54 - 57
2nd 0:01 Wyatt Lohaus missed Three Point Jumper. 54 - 57
2nd 0:02 Northern Iowa Timeout 54 - 57
2nd 0:02 Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye made Free Throw. 54 - 57

Statistics

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21-59 FG 21-53
36 Field Goal % 40
8-20 3PT 5-17
40 Three Point % 29
4-5 FT 10-12
80 Free Throw % 83
35 Rebounds 33
8 Offensive Rebounds 5
27 Defensive Rebounds 28
8 Assists 9
5 Steals 0
3 Blocks 3
9 Turnovers 9
0 Team Turnovers 1
9 Total Turnovers 9
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
0 Points Off Turnovers 0
0 Fast Break Points 0
0 Points in Paint 0
14 Fouls 11
18 Largest Lead 5

Game Information

Venue: Enterprise Center

Location: St. Louis, MO
Attendance: 8,108 | 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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