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Bradley takes season opening exhibition

Peoria, IL - The Bradley men's basketball team filled Carver Arena for the first time in the 2022-23 season with their exhibition against Illinois-Wesleyan.

Eight Braves finished with 8+ points with senior Malevy Leons leading the charge finishing with 18 points, and 4 rebounds along with a solo block and assist to round out the stat sheet. Sophomore Zek Montgomery also chipped in 10 points and 6 rebounds, this was Montgomery's first time seeing major minutes in his college career with nearly 20 minutes of game time.

The first half was a back-and-forth affair highlighted by Darius Hannah's windmill breakaway dunk to spark a BU run to put the Braves up 12 heading into the locker rooms.