Bradley will open its season-long, 4-game home stand by hosting Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake Thursday night at Renaissance Coliseum in the first meeting between the two programs since the Braves knocked off the Bulldogs in the championship game of the 2021 Hoops in the Heartland MVC Women's Basketball Championship for their first-ever league title.
BY THE NUMBERS
1 – Freshman guard Caroline Waite enters Thursday's game as the top-scoring underclassman (Fr/So) in the Valley at 12.2 ppg.
5 – Bradley's roster includes five student-athletes from the state of Iowa, led by senior point guard Tatum Koenig (West Branch), who has averaged 10.