Bradley wins in blowout over Drake on Senior Night
PEORIA, Il. -- Bradley senior guard Andrew Warren set new career highs with 33 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, and tied a career high with four steals in the Bradley Braves (11-19, 4-14 MVC) 90-64 win over the Drake Bulldogs (13-17, 7-11 MVC) on Senior Night Saturday at Carver Arena.
Bradley had four players score in double figures led by Warren who shot 14-22 from the field, and 5-10 on 3-pointers.
“I’m amazed this year at the variety of ways he’s been able to score,” Bradley head coach Jim Les said. “He worked in the offseason on his strength so he got to the line quite a bit this year. He posted up quite a bit using his size, and I think really the next part was him being able to put it on the deck and create not only shots for himself, but shots for his teammates.”
Braves senior guard, Dodie Dunson, scored an efficient 17 points on 6-8 shooting to go with seven assists and six rebounds.
“It was a great night,” Dunson said. “It was very exciting, especially my last time at the Civic Center. I’m just happy we pulled through and got the win today.”
Sophomore guard, Dyricus Simms-Edwards, scored 15 points, and junior center, Will Egolf, added 11 for the Braves.
Drake’s only lead came early in the 1st half at 6-5, before Bradley went on a 10-0 run. The Braves stretched the lead to as high as 29 late in the second half.
The Braves led 39-26 at halftime, and then pulled away when Warren scored seven straight to make it 53-36 with 14:29 remaining.
Freshman guard Rayvonte Rice, Drake’s leading scorer, picked up two quick fouls and only played 10 minutes in the first half. Rice scored 12 of his 14 points in the second half, and became the highest scoring freshman in Drake basketball history.
Redshirt junior guard Kirk Alexander came off the bench and scored a career high 15 points for Drake.
Drake shot 37 percent from the field (23-62).
Bradley shot a season high 63 percent (36-57) from the floor, and shot 77 percent (20-26) in the second half.
“I just liked our aggressiveness early on the offensive end, “ Les said. “I thought that there had been some periods in the last few games where we’ve settled on the perimeter and settled for jump shots.”
Tonight’s game was a preview for the State Farm Missouri Valley Tournament showdown between the tenth seeded Braves and 7th seeded Bulldogs on Thursday at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
“We know were going to see a much different Drake team on Thursday and we’ll take some days and get focused,” Les said.
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