PEORIA, Ill. -- Bradley Women's Basketball scored the first 15 points of the contest and the Braves cruised to a 77-55 victory over Southern Illinois in the team's Missouri Valley Conference home opener Friday night at Renaissance Coliseum.
In a game that featured three of the top five active career scorers in the MVC, junior Lasha Petree tossed in a game-high 23 points in just 24 minutes of action to pace three Bradley (6-4 overall, 2-1 MVC) players in double figures. Petree scored 17 of her 23 points in the second half to help the Braves pull away down the stretch.