PEORIA, Ill. -- After picking up its 20th win of the season in the final home game of the year, Bradley Women's Basketball closes out the regular-season schedule on the road with the Braves taking on Northern Iowa Thursday in Cedar Falls, Iowa, before facing league-leading and 23rd-ranked Drake Saturday afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa.
Bradley (20-7 overall, 10-6 MVC) enters Thursday's 7 p.m. game at Northern Iowa (18-10 overall, 11-5 MVC) one game behind the Panthers for third in the Missouri Valley Conference standings. The Braves own the second longest active win streak in the league at three games after last Saturday's 71-59 victory over Loyola to wrap up the home schedule and are tied with Illinois State for fourth in the conference heading into the final two games of the regular season.