PEORIA, Ill. — Late surges in both halves by Bradley helped the Braves earn a 78-69 victory over visiting North Dakota in men's basketball action Saturday at Carver Arena. Sophomore
Troy Huff (Milwaukee, Wis.) posted a double-double for UND (2-1) with team highs of 22 points and 12 rebounds, but his efforts were trumped by the home team, who remained unbeaten on the young season.
Senior Taylor Brown had his own double-double for the Braves (3-0), tallying a team-high 26 points and grabbing 14 rebounds and sophomore guard Walt Lemon, Jr., added 19 for Bradley.
Sioux senior
Patrick Mitchell (Des Moines, Iowa) added 15 points and sophomore
Aaron Anderson (Brooklyn Park, Minn.) chipped in with 13 points in the team's first road game of the season.
A back-and-forth first half saw the score tied at 23-23 with just over four minutes to play before Bradley (3-0) closed the opening 20 minutes on a 11-2 run.
That spurt put the home team ahead 34-25 at the break, but the Sioux quickly erased that deficit with a strong start to the second half.
UND outscored Bradley 19-9 during opening five minutes to grab a 44-43 advantage on a jumper by
Jordan Allard (Fargo, N.D.), but the Braves regained the lead on the next possession and would not give it back.
The Sioux would stay within striking distance over the next nine minutes never falling behind by more than five, but point guard Dyricus Simms-Edwards buried two big 3-pointers late in the contest to help seal the victory.
Those treys came after Anderson had pulled the Sioux to within a pair at 58-56 with just under six minutes to play. His second trifecta stretched the home team's lead to seven and UND could not make a late run as Bradley remained unbeaten on the young season.
UND put up 14 more shots than the Braves in the contest, but put up a 34.7 percent shooting effort from the floor compared to a 48.3 percent effort by Bradley. The edge on the glass also went to the home team, but it was just a two-board edge at 44-42. Mitchell added eight rebounds.
The double-double by Huff was the fourth of his career.
– Go Sioux –
