PEORIA, Ill. -- After matching the best record at the halfway point of the Missouri Valley Conference schedule in program history at 7-2, Bradley Women's Basketball opens the second half of the league slate Friday when the Braves play at I-74 rival Illinois State.
Bradley (16-4 overall, 7-2 MVC) is tied with Drake for second in the MVC standings halfway through the Valley schedule to mark the highest the Braves have been in the standings nine games into the league slate. Illinois State (13-7 overall, 5-4 MVC) is in a three-way tie with Northern Iowa and Southern Illinois for fourth in the Valley standings, two games back of BU.