NIU Tops Bradley 81-51

81 Northern Illinois NIU 5-2 51 Bradley BRAD 2-5 Score By Periods Team 1 2 3 4 F Northern Illinois NIU 16 20 27 18 81 Bradley BRAD 16 4 15 16 51 PEORIA, Ill. – Bradley held the nation's top scoring offense to its lowest point total of the season and sophomore Vanessa Markert (Mt. Sterling, Ill./Brown County) turned in her first career double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, but Northern Illinois topped the Braves 81-51 Friday night at Renaissance Coliseum.

Markert scored a game-high 14 points and hauled down a career-best 11 rebounds for the first double-double of her career to help lead Bradley. Senior Leti Lerma (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine), the top rebounder in the MVC, had another…