PEORIA, Ill. -- Indiana State dug down deep and gutted out a 66-64 victory over Bradley tn front of 7,827 fans inside Carver Arena. The win allows the Sycamores the take advantage of an opening round bye at next week's Missouri Valley Conference Tournament as they earned the league's No. 6 seed.
The Sycamores have earned the No. 6 seed at next week's Arch Madness and will face off against Illinois State (who owns a large lead in the RPI tiebreaker over Drake) on Friday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. (ET). The game wil be televised live on the Missouri Valley Conference Television Network.