Northern Illinois visits Bradley after Burch's 23-point showing

Published Dec. 5, 2025 4:42 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Northern Illinois Huskies (3-5) at Bradley Braves (5-4)

Peoria, Illinois; Saturday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Bradley takes on Northern Illinois after Demarion Burch scored 23 points in Bradley's 64-60 win against the Washington State Cougars.

The Braves have gone 3-1 in home games. Bradley is sixth in the MVC at limiting opponent scoring, giving up 69.8 points while holding opponents to 45.8% shooting.

The Huskies have gone 1-4 away from home. Northern Illinois has a 2-4 record against opponents over .500.

Bradley scores 74.3 points per game, 5.0 fewer points than the 79.3 Northern Illinois allows. Northern Illinois averages 8.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 1.0 more made shot on average than the 7.9 per game Bradley gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Alex Huibregtse is shooting 39.7% from beyond the arc with 3.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Braves, while averaging 11 points. Jaquan Johnson is shooting 44.8% and averaging 17.9 points.

Makhai Valentine is averaging 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Huskies. Daemar Kelly is averaging 9.9 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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