Braves Send Panthers to 7th Straight Loss, 72-61

Wednesday, January 11

Peoria, Ill.

8 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa

5-11, 0-5MVC

Bradley

8-10, 3-2MVC

UNI

Bradley

Braves Send Panthers to 7th Straight Loss, 72-61

1/11/2017 10:31:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

PEORIA, Ill. – The Bradley University Braves posted a 72-61 win over the University of Northern Iowa men's basketball team at Carver Arena.

The Braves move to 8-10 overall and 3-2 in Missouri Valley Conference play, while UNI will fall to 5-11 overall and 0-5 in league action.

Bradley scored the first seven points of the game, but UNI would respond and knot the game at 20-20 after back-to-back 3-pointers from Klint Carlson with 7:48 left in the half. The Braves would answer with a 10-2 run and would close the half on a 22-7 spurt. The Braves led 42-27 at the break.

UNI came out and trimmed the Bradley lead to 50-44 with 10:44 left in the game, only to see the Braves's Luuk van Bree hit a pair of three-pointers to push the advantage back to double-figures at 56-44.

UNI was led in scoring by redshirt freshman Spencer Haldeman with 16 points.

UNI will return home for a Sunday matchup with the Drake Bulldogs. Tip is set for 3 p.m. in the McLeod Center. Tickets are available for purchase to the game starting as low as $10 for adults and $5 for youth (16 and under). To buy tickets log on to www.UNIPanthers.com/tickets or call 319-273-4849.

NOTES: UNI featured its eighth different starting lineup for the game – Klint Carlson, Juwan McCloud, Jordan Ashton, Bennett Koch and Spencer Haldeman … senior guard Jeremy Morgan sat out the game with an ankle injury – the first game he had missed following a streak of 117 straight games played … UNI has dropped seven straight games … the Panthers have made at least one 3-pointer in 547 straight games – the longest active streak in the MVC.