PEORIA, Ill. – Senior forward Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) matched a school-record with 12 offensive rebounds and collected 11 points, 22 boards, seven assists and one steal to help power Bradley Women's Basketball to a 70-60 victory over Detroit Mercy Friday afternoon at Renaissance Coliseum in the 2016-17 home opener for the Braves.
First-year Bradley head coach Andrea Gorski earned her first victory as head coach of the Braves in front of 1,619 fans on Field Trip Day, with the crowd ranking as the third largest in Renaissance Coliseum history.
Lerma paced four Bradley players in double figures in scoring and was one of five Braves with nine or more points on the afternoon.