PEORIA, Ill. -- Loyola’s Taylor Johnson scored six of her game-high 29 points and also had an assist in the final four and a half minutes to highlight a 10-2 Rambler spurt to close the game as Bradley fell 67-54 in the Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams Sunday night at Renaissance Coliseum.
The Braves (4-8 overall, 0-1 MVC) fell behind early with Loyola (5-7 overall, 1-0 MVC) scoring the first eight points of the contest. Bradley missed its first nine shots from the field and trailed 12-2 before junior Whitney Tinjum (Stacy, Minn.