And his Bears finally came through with two strong home-court performances. Missouri State throttled Loyola Chicago 70-35 Wednesday night, then built on that by dispatching Bradley 55-37 Saturday in Springfield.
"Any time you hold back-to-back opponents under 40 points you're doing something well," Ford said during his news conference after the Bradley victory. "Whether that be what we're doing in terms of keeping the ball longer, or being a little more active and obviously guarding the three-point line better."
"He wanted to start, so we started starting him," Ford said. "He wanted some iso plays run for him, so I started running some isos.