It was a slow start, fitting of a game played just days before Christmas, with the campus a virtual ghost town and the arena as empty as you would expect in such circumstances. One wouldn’t blame the players or coaches for looking ahead to the matchup looming with Big 12 powerhouse Kansas, as the Jayhawks will make their way to Fort Worth for the first game of conference play next week, especially with a sub-.500 Bradley Braves squad on the schedule.
And through the first four minutes or so of play, that appeared to be the case for both teams - as neither could find the bottom of the net with any consistency leading to a paltry 4-2 lead for the Frogs at the first TV timeout.