Peoria, Ill. – Senior Luuk van Bree and junior Darrell Brown scored 21 and 20 points, respectively, as the Bradley men's basketball team cruised to victory in the I-74 rivalry, posting an 85-68 win against Illinois State on Wednesday. The Braves improve to 10-10 on the year with a 2-5 Missouri Valley Conference record, while the Redbirds drop to 11-9 and 4-3 versus conference foes.
Bradley now owns back-to-back wins against its rival for the first time since 2007-08 with its 17-point margin of victory the most in five years against the Redbirds and its 85 points the most since 2007.