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Faith is fleeting, and Bradley basketball needs to believe again

VALPARAISO, Ind. — Successful shooters claim that shooting a basketball is about belief that the ball is going in. Every time.

If that’s that case, then Bradley has a team full of agnostics.

On Tuesday, the Braves shot a season-worst 31.5 percent from the field (17-for-55) in losing 61-50 to Valparaiso. It was their third loss in a row and the fifth defeat in the last six games.

The consistent losing has largely been a result of poor shooting. Bradley has been in the 30s in percentage of shots made for the last four games, hitting just 71 of 210 attempts.