MOLINE, Ill. – Junior Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) collected 10 points and 10 rebounds for her third double-double of the year and sophomore Tamya Sims (Milwaukee, Wis./Oak Creek) added 11 points and nine boards of her own to help Bradley to a 56-51 victory over Wichita State in the opening round of the 2016 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Thursday afternoon at the iWireless Center.
With the victory, the Braves advance to face #1 seed and MVC regular-season champion Northern Iowa in Friday’s noon quarterfinal.
Bradley held Wichita State to 32 percent shooting in the victory as the Braves completed a season-sweep of the Shockers, who had won each of the last three MVC Tournament titles.