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Braves Edge Missouri State 62-56

PEORIA, Ill. – Senior Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) had 21 points and 17 rebounds, while junior Anneke Schlueter's (Ulm, Germany/Max-Weber-Schule) three-pointer with 1:04 to play gave Bradley the lead for good as the Braves completed a regular-season series sweep of Missouri State with a 62-56 victory Friday night at Renaissance Coliseum

Bradley (10-15 overall, 6-8 MVC) led for nearly the entire first half, extending the advantage to as many as six points in the second quarter before taking a 26-22 lead into halftime. The Braves held their largest lead of the contest at 31-24 in the opening moments of the third quarter on a Schlueter three-pointer.