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Career game by Green sends UNI past Bradley, 69-64

Jan 4, 2020 at 9:17 PM

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa – The Bradley game plan Saturday night was to let UNI guard AJ Green get his points and concentrate the defense on stopping everybody else.

That’s exactly what happened. The only thing was the Braves didn’t count on a career-best 35-point effort by Green as the Panthers (12-2, 1-1) posted a 69-64 Missouri Valley Conference victory before a jacked-up crowd of 4,289.

“AJ Green singlehandedly beat us,” said BU coach Brian Wardle. “He was tremendous. He made huge shots and huge plays at big moments.