Mar 6, 2020 at 5:12 PM
ST. LOUS — Bradley advanced to the semifinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament Friday with a 64-59 victory over Southern Illinois at Enterprise Center.
Fourth-seeded Bradley (21-11) will play No. 8 seed Drake (20-13), a 77-56 upset winner over top-seeded UNI, at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
The Braves overcame a nine-point second-half deficit with strong play by Darrell Brown, who had 15 of his game-high 19 points in the second half. Freshman Ville Tahvanainen hit a BU high four 3-pointers to also help key the comeback.
Elijah Childs added 16 points, nine rebounds and five blocked shots for the Braves.