The Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) tournament play-in games continued March 2 with the seven seed Bradley University Braves beating the 10 seed Drake University Bulldogs 67-58.
Drake’s roster included one senior, two redshirt juniors and five juniors. But, the Bulldogs lost to an inexperienced Bradley team that gave three of its six first-year players significant playing time.
Neither team had a stellar regular season. Drake’s record was the worst in the MVC, and the Bulldogs ended their season on a nine-game losing streak, finishing with a conference record of 5-13.
The Braves didn’t fare much better, finishing the regular season with a 7-11 conference record.