CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) - Walt Lemon Jr. scored 20 points Wednesday night to help Bradley to a 66-60 victory over Southern Illinois.
Lemon's basket with 2:58 left gave the Braves (10-4, 2-0 Missouri Valley) the lead for good at 57-56. Lemon finished 8 for 11 from the field and also contributed five steals for Bradley, which was 0-9 on the road in the MVC last season. Dyricus Simms-Edwards and Jordan Prosser had 11 points apiece for the Braves.
Desmar Jackson led the Salukis (7-6, 0-2) with 15 points and nine rebounds. Jeff Early scored 11 and Anthony Beane Jr. added 10 points for SIU.
Bradley shot 50 percent from the field and led 28-23 at halftime. Southern Illinois shot 42 percent and was just 13 for 23 from the free-throw line. Bradley was 14 of 18.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Bradley (10-4) « | 28 | 38 | 66 |
| Southern Illinois (7-6) | 23 | 37 | 60 |
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| Bradley Braves | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Eastman, F | 35 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Pickett, F | 11 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Simms-Edwards, G | 37 | 4-11 | 2-2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| W. Lemon Jr., G | 32 | 8-11 | 3-4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| J. Prosser, G | 24 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Bell | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Crawford | 17 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| S. Shayok | 17 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| N. Wells | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Gavin | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-48 | 14-18 | 34 | 11 | 21 | 66 | |
| 50% | 77.8% | ||||||
| Southern Illinois Salukis | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Drinkard, F | 28 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Jackson, G | 38 | 6-12 | 3-7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Beane, Jr., G | 33 | 4-9 | 0-3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| K. Brown-Surles, G | 32 | 1-6 | 3-3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| J. Early, G | 31 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Swan | 21 | 3-5 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Lindsay | 9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pendleton | 8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 22-52 | 13-23 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 60 | |
| 42.3% | 56.5% | ||||||
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