THE BRADLEY BRAVES TOOK ON THE UNIVERSITY of MINNESOTA IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

The Bradley Braves traveled to the University of Minnesota for a woman’s basketball game. It was the semifinal game of the Women’s Basketball Invitational Basketball Tournament. Bradley came into the game with a record of 18-15 and Minnesota came into the game with a record of 16-17.

Minnesota started out in a man-to-man defense. They didn't want Bradley to get any easy baskets. Bradley had a hard time hitting shots in the early goings. That didn't seem to bother them as they kept on shooting the ball.

Bradley also started out in a man-to-man defense. They wanted to make it hard for the Gophers to hit a shot.

At the first media timeout with 15:13 left in the first half the score was Minnesota 6 and Bradley 5.

Bradley got the ball into the hands of Katie Yohn. Yohn was all over the floor. She was able hit shots from anywhere on the floor. The Gophers had a difficult time containing her on the floor.

Bradley went to an all-out full court trap. They looked to force the Gophers to the corners of the floor as they tried to create turn overs.

There was a media timeout with 11:57 left in the first half. The score was Bradley 13 and Minnesota 12.

Neither team went on a run in the first half. The score went back and forth as each team looked to set their own tempo of the game.

Bradley took a lot of time off the clock in the first half. They were successful in running their offense. They made crisp hard passes and everyone knew where they were supposed to be in the offense. Minnesota was able confuse them a little bit by getting a hand up to contest their shots. This made it difficult for Bradley to get clear looks at the basket.

Bradley called a 30 second timeout with 8:44 left in the first half. The score was Minnesota 20 and Bradley 13.

Bradley stayed with their man-to-man defense throughout a good portion of the first half. When they did pick up man-to-man they usually started it from the half court line.

There was a media timeout with 7:36 left in the first half. The score was Minnesota 24 and Bradley 15.

Bradley didn't back down in the first half. They kept on swinging the ball around the three point line and trying to find openings in the Gophers defensive pressure.

At the final media timeout of the first half the score was Minnesota 30 and Bradley 18.

Michaela Riche came up big for the Gophers in the first half as she was able to consistently find the basket and get open shots from all over the floor. Her teammates did a good job of getting her the ball in good shooting positions.

At halftime the score was Minnesota 39 and Bradley 20.

Bradley was 7-29 from the field that included going 3-10 from behind the three-point line. Minnesota was 18-28 from the field including going 1-5 from behind the three-point line.

As the second half got underway both teams came out on fire. Minnesota didn't let Bradley’s defense bother them.

At the first media timeout of the second half with 15:16 left in the second half the score was Minnesota 48 and Bradley 33.

Bradley had a hard time hitting shots in the second half. The Gopher defense was just too much for them. Minnesota built its lead by applying defensive pressure and getting transition baskets.

Bradley called a timeout with 10:13 left in the game. The score was Minnesota 60 and Bradley 41.

Bradley was not able to hit shots throughout the game. The Minnesota defense was too much for them to handle.

Minnesota ran away with the 85-59 victory over Bradley. The leading scorers for Bradley were Katie Yon with 13 points and Shronda Butts with 11 points. Bradley shot 20-67 from the field including going 7-26 from behind the three-point line. They were 12-22 from the free-throw line. They brought down a total of 35 rebounds 19 of them on the defensive end. Their bench scored a total of 16 points.

The leading scorers for Minnesota were Michaela with 15 points and Kiara Buford with 16 points. They shot 28-49 from the field including going 1-7 from behind the three-point line. They were 28-33 from the free-throw line. Minnesota brought down a total of 43 rebounds including 37 of them on the defensive end.