Bradley at Illinois State 2/8/23 - College Basketball Picks & Predictions

The Bradley Braves continue a road trip Wednesday night with a game in Illinois against the Illinois State Redbirds. Bradley comes into Wednesday nine games above .500 on a four-game winning streak following an 8 point win over UNI. Defensively Bradley did just enough allowing 69 points in 47.1% shooting and forced 11 turnovers in the win. Offensively Bradley was dominant making 54.9% of their shots at 61.5% from beyond the arc score 77 points in 40 minutes.

Rienk Mast leads the Bradley offense this season averaging 13.9 points per game on 52.4% shooting to go along with the team leading 8 rebounds as well. Malevy Leons is second on the team averaging 11.8 points and Ja’Shon Henry is scoring 9.4 points per game as well. Duke Deen averages 11.2 points to go along with a team leading 2.8 assists.

Illinois State heads into Wednesday five games below .500 following a 15 point loss against Belmont. Offensively Illinois State did shoot the ball extremely well making 50% of their shots and 40.7% from beyond the arc but committed 11 turnovers leading to the loss. Defensively Illinois State was outmatched as Belmont scored 90 points including 46 in the second half on 53.1% shooting from the floor.

Darius Burford leads the Illinois State offense this season averaging 11.8 points per game on 48.7% shooting from the floor. Seneca Knight is averaging 11.4 points per game and Kendall Lewis chips in 10.4 points and eight team leading seven rebounds as well. Malachi Poindexter averages 9.8 points and leads Illinois State averaging 2.2 assists.