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What's Next?

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  What's going on with the Bradley Women's Basketball team?  After a struggling season, a lot of players were faced with the question of whether should they stay or should they go. Many thought long and hard and others knew exactly what they wanted. Each player had an end-of-the-year meeting with the coaches where they told them whether they were entering the portal or not. Many left out of the office with tears and others with excitement for their upcoming future. Although I chose to stay, I'm extremely proud of all of the girls who impacted our team and plan on doing that elsewhere as well. Reagan Barkema, a knockdown shooter from Iowa has the most sweetest and genuine heart. When it comes to competing, she wants to help her teammates in every way possible to achieve success. Whether that's in the game knocking down 3's and snagging rebounds or simply coaching them up from the bench. Isis Fitch is the most competitive and hardworking player I've run into durin...

The Last Dance.

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       Here's a picture from our senior night to once again highlight our amazing seniors! Once again, congratulations, and we wish them the best in their upcoming chapter. I appreciate you all!      To honor the best athletes in our conference, the MVC hosted a formal event. Following a delicious dinner, they presented us with a number of awards for various accomplishments, including the All-Defensive team, the Scholar-Athlete award, the All-Newcomer team, and many more. Halli Poock, who was named to the third team and All-Freshman team, performed impressively for the Braves. Despite not receiving any recognition at the banquet, Callie was awarded the State Farm Good Neighbor award and placed third among Scholar-Athletes. Her work in the classroom has established her as a standout student within the MVC. Majoring in education, Callie adores the children!      We had another chance to secure our place in the MVC tournament on March 14th ...

Game Day!

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 The Lady Braves take on the Belmont Bruins in the Renaissance Coliseum today at 6:00 p.m. We lost our most recent game against them, 47-89. The shoot-around we did that day gave us a good idea of how the game would play out. Coach Pop kept bringing up how uninspiring the energy was. The fact that we were 5-21 in the first quarter is proof enough that we were unprepared. We haven't played well in the first quarter since that game. But when asked, we never know what the problem is, so we go into a hole from which we can never escape. Aside from the game, we had a great time when we traveled to Nashville. Bradley supporters Dave and Amy DeFreitas invited us for a team dinner and following the team went downtown to explore Nashville. It was a beautiful site to see and the food was amazing.  The Murray State Racers will be the next team we will welcome on Saturday at 2pm in the Renaissance Coliseum. We are honoring our four seniors, Ruba, Daija, Isis, and Tete, with this ver...