PEORIA -- Four Bradley Braves scored in double figures Saturday night as BU posted a 66-53 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Evansville before 6,205 at Carver Arena, the largest crowd of the season for Bradley.
Bradley (14-7, 4-4) bolted to a 14-2 lead and led the entire game, the largest at 17 with 17:54 left. Evansville fought back in both halves, though, and closed to within six in the final two minutes.
Darrell Brown topped BU with 17 points. Donte Thomas posted his 12th career double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye added 12 and held MVC leading scorer Ryan Taylor to 10 points.