Mar 6, 2020 at 5:12 PM
ST. LOUIS — Last March, Ville Tahvanainen watched Bradley’s Missouri Valley Conference tournament championship run from his computer in Finland.
This year in the Braves’ opening game of the tournament Friday, the BU freshman was a world away from home. But despite his unfamiliarity on this big stage, Tahvanainen was a huge factor in Bradley’s 64-59 comeback victory over Southern Illinois at Enterprise Center.
The top sub's season-high four 3-pointers, including back-to-back treys in the final minutes, boosted Bradley to its school-record fourth consecutive MVC tournament victory and into Saturday’s 2:30 p.