Bradley will have the opportunity to try and play spoiler during the final three weeks of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season as four of its final five games come against the top four teams in the current MVC standings. The Braves will start the closing stretch by hosting a Southern Illinois team that enters Friday's matchup one-half game behind Illinois State in The Valley standings.
BY THE NUMBERS
1 - Freshman guard Caroline Waite enters Friday's game as the top-scoring underclassman (Fr/So) in the Valley at 13.1 ppg and the league leader in 3FGM/gm (2.