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Wichita State (13-1, 2-0) at Bradley (10-4, 2-0)
Jan. 6, 2013 – 4:30 p.m. (CST)
Peoria, Ill. – Carver Arena (11,168)
TV: ESPNU – Jim Barbar (pbp) and Mark Adams (analyst)
Radio: 1470 WMBD - Dave Snell (pbp), Chad Kleine (analyst) and Dan DiOrio (pregame)
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Tickets: $8, $14 and $20 based on location | Bradley Box Office (309) 677-2625, Carver Arena Box Office or online at BradleyBraves.com
Promotions: Halftime performance by Josh Horton the Juggler, free State Farm fan scrolls for the first 2,000 in attendance and postgame autographs with Jake Eastman, Anthony Fields, Walt Lemon and Nate Wells.
• Two of The Valley's four undefeated teams in league play will clash Sunday evening.
• Bradley is the early-season surprise in The Valley, having already won three more games than all of last season and matching its 2011-12 MVC victory total.
• Though Wichita State has turned over its roster from last year's MVC regular-season championship, the Shockers have matched their best start in the last 59 seasons by winning 13 of their first 14 games.
• The Braves have won 10 of their first 14 games for the first time since the 2006-07 squad also started 10-4 and Bradley will try to move to 11-4 overall for the first time since 1995-96.
• Sunday's game features the top two defensive teams in The Valley - Wichita State and Bradley are first and second in points allowed, field goal percentage defense and steals.
• Sunday's game is Bradley's only home game in a 4-game stretch that started with Wednesday's win at Southern Illinois and will continue with visits to Indiana State and UNI.
Last Time Out
Bradley 66, at Southern Illinois 60 | Jan. 2, 2013 | SIU Arena
• Bradley junior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. scored a game-high 20 points and took over down the stretch, leading the Braves to their first MVC road win since 2011.
• Though Bradley led most of the game, the Braves faced a 56-53 deficit following a Desmar Jackson basket with 3:33 remaining.
• Lemon answered with the next two baskets to give the Braves the lead for good and he either scored or assisted Bradley's final five field goals.
• Lemon finished 8-for-11 shooting with five steals, four rebounds and three assists.
• The Braves overcame 17 turnovers and the absence of starting center Will Egolf for the first time this year.
Upward Trend
• After enduring a 6-year downward spiral, Bradley is guaranteed of finishing this year with an improved record for the first time since 2006.
Quick to 10
• Bradley earned its 10th win of the season Jan. 2 at Southern Illinois.
• The Braves earned their 10th victory by the first game of January for just the third time in the last 45 years.
Season 10th W W-L Final
1967-68 Jan. 4 10-3 19-9
1985-86 Dec. 29 10-1 32-3
2006-07 Dec. 30 10-4 22-13
2012-13 Jan. 2 10-4 TBD
Series History
128th Meeting | Bradley leads 71-56
• Though Bradley owns a 71-56 lead in the all-time series against Wichita State, the Shockers have had the upper hand of late.
• The Shockers have won five straight against Bradley, matching Wichita State's longest winning streak in the 127-game series history.
• Wichita State previously won five straight against the Braves from Feb. 1, 1975-Feb. 17, 1977.
• Each of the last five meetings have been blowouts as Wichita State has won the last five games by an average of 25.2 points and by no fewer than 14 points.
• Bradley is 49-17 all-time at home against Wichita State and will be trying to avoid its first-ever 3-game home slide against the Shockers.
Defensive Tussle?
• Wichita State and Bradley own the league's top two spots in scoring defense, field goal percentage defense and steals.
• In addtion to steals, Bradley leads The Valley in turnover margin.
• Wichita State also leads in blocked shots, rebound margin and defensive rebound pct.
For Comparison's Sake
• It is not difficult to identify the reasons behind Bradley's improved play through the first 14 games of this season compared to last year:
Stat Category 2012-13 2011-12
Record 10-4, 2-0 7-25, 2-16
Points Per Game 70.6 61.1
Scoring Defense 61.2 70.5
Field Goal % .448 .401
Field Goal % Defense .395 .454
Rebounds Per Game 35.4 32.9
Rebound Margin -1.0 -4.2
Assists Per Game 13.8 10.8
Turnovers Per Game 12.1 13.7
Turnover Margin +5.4 -0.7
Steals Per Game 11.4 6.4
Paint Points Per Game 36.2 25.6
Paint Points Allowed 23.0 30.9
Points off Turnovers 18.9 13.2
Points Allowed off TO's 11.6 15.1
Bench Scoring Margin +3.0 -4.2
Getting Defensive
• Bradley has limited each of its last five opponents to fewer than 60 points in regulation.
• Bradley had not held as many as four straight opponents to fewer than 60 points in regulation since a 6-game streak from Nov. 29, 1997-Jan. 3, 1998.
• Bradley currently is allowing 61.3 points per game on 39.3 percent opponent shooting.
• During last year's 7-25 season, the Braves surrendered 70.5 points per game on 45.4 percent field goal shooting.
• The defensive scoring average is Bradley's best since allowing 61.2 ppg in 1998-99.
Record Steals Pace
• Through Thursday's action, Bradley ranked fourth nationally by averaging 11.36 steals per game.
• Bradley has made off with at least 10 steals in each of the last five games, averaging 13.2 spg during those five games.
• The Braves are on pace to finish the year with 363 steals, 60 more than the school record (303 in 1986 and 1982) and 18 more than the MVC record (345 by Tulsa in 1984).
MVC Steals in a Season
1. 345 Tulsa 1983-84
2. 337 Drake 1993-94
3. 322 Southern Illinois 2004-05
4. 321 Drake 2003-04
5. 303 Bradley 1985-86
303 Bradley 1981-82
Ball Control
• While Bradley's defense has been turning over the opposition with success, the Braves rank 51st nationally by averaging just 12.07 turnovers per game.
• Through games of Jan. 3, Bradley was tied for second nationally with a 0.94 steals/turnover ratio (VCU was first at 1.05).
• Bradley ranked 289th last season with a 0.79 assists-to-turnover ratio, but the Braves have improved that ratio to 1.14 this year, which was tied for 74th nationally through games of Jan. 3.
• Bradley has committed fewer than 10 turnovers five times this season, including just eight in the Dec. 29 Valley opener versus Drake.
National Steals-To-Turnover Ratio
Rk. School Ratio Steals TO's
2. Bradley 0.94 159 169
Louisville 0.94 160 171
4. Arkansas 0.86 116 135
5. Wisconsin 0.85 106 124
Defending the Paint
• Bradley is allowing the opposition only 23.0 ppg in the paint and opponents are shooting just 43.2 percent (216-500) from inside the arc.
Wide Margins
• Bradley's 35-point margin of victory Dec. 19 versus Mississippi Valley State was the team's widest since an 88-49 (+39) win over Wright State Dec. 5, 1996.
• The Braves now have won six games by at least 17 points and enjoy an overall +9.4 points-per-game scoring margin for the season.
• Bradley had not won as many as six games in a season by at least 17 points since also earning six such wide-margined victories in 2006-07.
• Bradley has not won as many as seven games by at least 17 points since 2005-06 (8).
That 70's Show
• Bradley has scored at least 72 points in seven of its first 10 wins and is averaging 70.6 ppg through the first 14 games of the season.
• The Braves, which are 10-1 the last two years when scoring at least 70 points, reached that plateau just four times during all of 2011-12.
It's Warm Inside
• Bradley is shooting 50.7 percent (301-594) from inside the arc and the Braves are averaging 36.2 points per game in the paint.
• The Braves have outscored their opponents in the paint in each of their 10 wins and boast an overall 507-322 scoring advantage in the paint.
• Bradley is averaging a +13.2 points-per-game scoring advantage in the paint.
Spreading the Wealth
• Bradley boasts six players who average at better than 7.5 points per game.
• With Walt Lemon, Jr. leading the team in scoring at 13.7 ppg, only a 5.9-points-per-game scoring average separates Lemon from Bradley's sixth-leading scorer (Jake Eastman, 7.8 ppg).
• Not since the re-instatement of Bradley Athletics in 1945 has such a small gap separated Bradley's leading scorer from its sixth-leading scorer.
1,000-Point Pace
• Senior guard Dyricus Simms-Edwards is Bradley's active career scoring leader with 977 career points.
• Averaging 10.9 points per game this year, Simms-Edwards currently is on pace to eclipse the 1,000-point plateau Jan. 12 at UNI.
• Simms-Edwards has scored at least 23 points in a game, though, three times in his career.
• Junior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. enters Wednesday's game with 793 career points.
• Currently averaging a team-best 13.7 ppg, Lemon is on pace to join the 1,000-Point Club in the home finale Feb. 27 versus Creighton.
El Hombre
• Senior guard Dyricus Simms-Edwards ranks third nationally by averaging 3.21 steals per game.
• Many of Simms-Edwards' 45 steals to date have happened by simply ripping the ball away from the player he has been guarding, a play described as an "hombre play" by head coach Geno Ford.
• Simms-Edwards currently is on pace for 103 steals this season, which would shatter the school record (83) and make him the first-ever Valley player to eclipse the century mark.
• Not only does Dyricus Simms-Edwards rank second nationally with 45 steals, but he also ranks fourth nationally by averaging 2.14 steals per turnover.
• Simms-Edwards boasts 45 steals against just 21 turnovers while playing 33.5 minutes per game, easily the best ratio among Bradley players since steal and turnover records were routinely kept starting in 1980-81.
• Senior forward Jake Eastman also makes the list of best steals-to-turnover ratio at 1.35 through this season's first 14 games.
• The last Brave to play at least 10 minutes per game with more steals than turnovers was Chris Roberts in 2009-10 (47 steals, 44 turnovers).
Big Media Numbers
• Dave Snell is in his 34th season as the radio Voice of the Braves and has participated in 1,029 Bradley Basketball game broadcasts, all in succession, on 1470 WMBD since taking over play-by-play duties for the 1979-80 season.
• Peoria Journal Star beat writer Dave Reynolds has covered 692 consecutive Bradley games since taking over the beat for the start of the 1990-91 season.
• In addition, public address announcer Paul Herzog has announced 533 Bradley Basketball home games.
Looking Ahead
• Following Sunday's game against Wichita State, Bradley will play four of its next six games on the road.
• The Braves will visit Indiana State Wednesday night, followed by a Saturday afternoon trip to Northern Iowa.
• Both games will be televised: Wednesday's game in the Peoria area on WAOE (My 59) and Saturday's game on the MVC-TV Network (FS Midwest, Comcast SportsNet Chicago).
• The Braves will return home to host Southern Illinois Jan. 15 and Missouri State Jan. 19.


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2007 (Sophomore): The Katy, Texas native played in 101 games as a sophomore and averaged 3.94 digs per game, which was the highest on the team and good enough for ninth in the Big 12... With 393 total digs, ranks eighth on Tech's season digs list... Had double-digit digs in 24 of 28 matches... Had a career-high 26 digs against SMU... Third-most digs in the Big 12 in a four-game match with 26 against SMU... 712 career digs... Career-high 4 aces twice against Lamar and Kansas... Led the team with 27 total service aces for 2007... Named to the UNLV Tournament and Red Raider RoundUp Tournament All-Tournament Teams... Named Red Raider RoundUp Tournament Outstanding Libero... Also named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
2006 (Freshman): Played in 103 games for the first season... led the team in total defensive digs with 326 ... averaged 3.17 digs per game ... tied second on team in a single-match with 21 digs against Texas ... notched the top spot on the team in three-game match with 17 digs ... tied third on team for single-game aces with 4 against UTEP ...had a personal game-high of 21 defensive digs (vs. Texas).
High School: A graduate from Katy High School in Katy, Texas... a four-year starter on the volleyball squad, with two years as captain... numerous honors throughout prep career including: all-tournament, all-district, team MVP, Houston Chronicle Player to Watch, second team all-Greater Houston, and PrepVolleyball honors.
Personal: Born January 22, 1988, in Houston, Texas, to David and Carol Harrell... father is a banker and graduate of Southern Bible College... has two siblings, sister Rachel, 23, and brother Andrew, 17... Rachel graduate with honors from the University of Houston and Andrew won state in football at Katy HSinterests include church, school and hanging out with friends... plans to major in English as a second language and wants to do mission work overseas.

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- In the area of personal growth, graduates reported that they were stronger in every category. The categories with highest scores included trust in God, self-confidence, self-knowledge, and strength of spiritual life.
- In the area of skills for future work, graduates reported satisfaction in all categories that applied to their degrees. (Master of Arts in Counseling graduates reported lower ratings in categories relating to church polity, worship, doctrine, and administration, none of which are included in their degree programs.) The highest categories for all graduates were the ability to teach, give spiritual direction, lead others, give pastoral counseling, and think theologically.
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Second, what are the retention rates of students enrolling in degree programs at HGST? This question is answered in two ways. First, the length of time a student takes to complete a degree is important. The longer a student takes to graduate, the less likely the student is to finish. The goal for this report is that 80% of students will graduate within 75% of the maximum allotment of time for a degree. These data are from the HGST academic records, cross-referenced to the GSQ for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 academic years. For all graduates during in 2011 and 2012, 76% of graduates completed their work within 75% of the maximum for their degree programs. Below is a report according to degree program.
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The second issue related to retention is the number of students who enter a degree program but do not graduate. The following data include students beginning in or after the 2005-2006 academic year. Several characteristics of HGST factor into retention rates. First, HGST is a non-residential campus, with all students commuting from across the metropolitan area. Therefore, they are often adding graduate school to an already busy lifestyle. Second, the median age of students at HGST is higher than most seminaries. Older students would tend to have a more complicated lifestyle than younger students. Third, HGST is unaffiliated with any denomination, church, or university. The following data is from the HGST academic database.
- In the Master of Theology Studies program (which began in 2007), 28% of students are no longer in the program and have not graduated.
- For the Master of Arts in Counseling degree, 38% of students entering 2005-2009 are no longer students and have not graduated.
- In the Master of Divinity degree program, 40% of students entering 2005-2009 are no longer students and have not graduated.


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Write from the heart. This is great advice if you like to keep a journal or just give yourself a therapy session. Writing can open your vision and enhance your world in directions nothing else can do. Emotions are sometimes hard to express. Our world can feel difficult at times, this is when we need to open our journals or just write down on a piece of paper what we are feeling. Once you get started it is very addicting and helps so much with the feelings you can't share. Even people close to you, that know your every thought, or so they think, haven't walked in your shoes. Write down everything you want to talk to yourself about. OK, I'll be first. Grandmother of seven, mother of four, living with relatives for over a year, newly divorced after 42 years and looking for employment. Desire to be independent, homeownership is not an option, renting option. Drives 1200 miles up and down the west coast staying at four different family members homes. At first it was an adventure but now getting difficult not to mention all the miles and wear on my car. The car is packed to the hilt, because I am open to employment anywhere and need to have different climate apparel. Sympathy is not an option, was it mentioned no health insurance, talk about living on the edge. The Northwest is great for climate and some family there,plus inexpensive to rent. Employment isn't easy to obtain. Now we must remember that many women in life have many more obstacles and difficulties. Fortunately, my children are raised and I only have myself to worry about. People think there is nothing hard with the situation. After decades of having your own home and daily routines, job, health insurance, security, not to mention self-esteem, why the long face. As you get older everything we used to take for granted is harder to obtain. So, what direction to take at this time. This is my second traveling trek in five months, if no employment is obtained, the desert living with my mother, who needs help due to physical problems, will be the option for the winter. Gratitude takes an entirely new meaning when you depend on other people for shelter. This is definently a path one wouldn't willingly chose to live. Make the best of your situation, this phrase helps uplift and encourage. Are you kidding? After awhile even what others may think is a blessing, can be excrutiating. Step back, define what your goals are for the next four years. Right now taking a long span of time to make goals is not going to work. Get over how especially your children feel about the situation you may have at this time. For a couple of decades children see their mother as complete support, strength, caring, and every thing else, however, when the parent is the one not stable or maybe erractic, what does that mean? All I know is, personally I'm running out of time and need to settle into a new life. This will make us respectable again and self worth will heal. Consider a difficult time in your life as learning experiences, because they are not in the plan you had for yourself. Did the plan get lost or just folded in so many directions we can't see the correct routes to take anymore. Life is what we make it, but what has to be added to this phrase is, we get negative help and directions we don't expect. In other words, DETOURS. Now this is our test in life, how we manage these little or large detours. No words of wisdom coming through at this time, maybe later. We are women with the capacity to love, nuture, be sensitive, compassionate, all of this comes naturally to us. We are givers not takers and just don't see the "I" but the "we". Everyday is new so let's make the best of it and get out there, conquer what ever the trials are you have and regain all the strength, wisdom, self-esteem that has carried through all the hard times previously. We can make our lives better, even if it takes some time and energy. Honestly, saying we aren't given anything we can't handle and what doesn't kill you makes you stronger will help. Keep up the good work out there, no one is completely alone. We are in this together.
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ORLAND, Calif. (AP) — A college visit by more than 40 high school students turned tragic when a FedEx tractor-trailer veered across a grassy highway median and slammed into their bus in a fiery wreck that left 10 people dead, authorities said.
Someone kicked out a window on the bus, and many of those aboard squeezed through and ran for their lives to the other side of Interstate 5 before the vehicle exploded in flames.
The 44 teenagers aboard, nearly half of from the Los Angeles school district, were on their way to Humboldt State University in far Northern California.
Steven Clavijo, a high school senior from Santa Clarita who planned to enroll the school, was trying to catch a nap when he felt the vehicle begin to shake from left to right and then he heard a loud boom.
"We knew we were in major trouble," he said.
After he escaped, two more explosions soon followed. Clavijo and other survivors looked on knowing others were still trapped in the inferno.
Both drivers were killed, along with three adult chaperones and five teenage students, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Towering flames devoured both vehicles just after the crash, and clouds of smoke billowed into the sky until firefighters doused the fire, leaving behind scorched black hulks of metal. Bodies were draped in blankets inside the burned-out bus.
Three buses were traveling as a convoy and only one was involved in the crash, said Earl Perkins, assistant superintendent of operations for the Los Angeles schools district.
Nineteen of the students on the bus were from the Los Angeles schools, Perkins said.
The National Transportation Safety Board sent a team to investigate.
"Every piece of paper associated with this will be looked at," said Eric M. Weiss, an NTSB spokesman.
The crash happened a little after 5:30 p.m. on the interstate near Orland, a small city about 100 miles north of Sacramento.
The bus was one of two that the admissions office at Humboldt State had chartered to bring prospective students from Southern California to tour the Arcata campus, Humboldt's Vice President of Administrative Affairs Joyce Lopes said.
The bus was owned by Silverado Stages, a tour bus company based in San Luis Obispo. The company said in a statement on its website Thursday night that it was assisting authorities in gathering information.
"Our top priority is making sure that the injured are being cared for," the company said.
Crisis counselors were also being made available at Los Angeles schools.
Sabrina Garcia, a high school senior from Los Angeles, said the tour began Thursday, with buses taking students in Southern California on the ride to the campus for a three-day stay. She said she decided to postpone the tour because she had a school project to complete.
"I was devastated when I heard about the crash, and relieved that I didn't attend," Garcia said. "I can't imagine how those kids feel. You think you're going somewhere safe with your school — and you end up in an accident."
A CHP dispatcher says the bus and truck were on opposite sides of the freeway when the truck crossed the median and slammed into the bus, causing an explosion and fire.
Investigators say the truck driver might have been trying to avoid a passenger car that was also involved in the crash, which shut down north and southbound traffic on the freeway.
"There was a small white sedan in front of the truck," Heitman said. "The FedEx vehicle did sideswipe the sedan before it crossed the median."
No one in the car was injured.
A first responder who helped set up a triage at the scene said 36 or 37 people were hurt, with injuries that included burns, broken legs and noses and head lacerations.
"The victims were teenage kids. A lot of them were freaked out. They were shocked. They still couldn't grasp what happened," said Jason Wyman of the Orland Volunteer Fire Department.
Eleven people were taken to Enloe Medical Center in Chico. Two of those patients were listed in critical condition Friday morning, the hospital said.
At least seven people were hospitalized at other facilities. Two of them were in critical condition and five others in fair condition.
A FedEx spokeswoman said the company was cooperating with authorities as they investigate.


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College Hockey:UConn Ekes By RIT
Scherer Nets OT Winner
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The RIT Tigers (13-8-2) tallied three goals in the first period, and then watched the UConn Huskies (9-14) storm back with three goals of their own during the final two periods. Matt Scherer scored for UConn just thirty nine seconds in to the overtime to finish the comeback and win the game 4-3.
Off the opening faceoff of the of the overtime period, RIT carried the puck in to the UConn zone. But the Tigers were unable to get the puck deep and a turnover sent the Huskies streaking up ice with a 3-on-2 rush. Scott McDougall dished the puck across. the RIT slot to Scherer, who put backhander through the legs of Tigers goaltender Jocelyn Guimond for the game winning goal.
I was concerned that we would be too full of ourselves after last weekend, said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. We got off to a good start with three goals, but [UConn] dug down deeper and worked harder right through the end of the game.
The RIT special teams hit for the cycle in the first period scoring a power play, shorthanded, and 4-on-4 goal to take a 3-0 lead.
Brad Harris got the Tigers going 4:37 in to the game when he collected a turnover near the RIT blue line and carried the puck the length of the ice. Harris cut across the slot just outside the crease and slid the puck past UConn goaltender Beau Erickson for the shorthanded goal.
The Huskies and Tigers traded opportunities until about mid-period when RIT tallied again while both teams had a player in the penalty box. Stephen Burns launched a low shot from the top of the slot near the blue line that hit off of Ericksons left pad and in to the net to extend RITs lead to 2-0.
An RIT power play late in the period led to the Tigers third goal. After an extended period of outstanding puck movement around the UConn zone, Dan Ringwald tipped a strong wrist shot from the right faceoff circle by Matt Smith to score at 17:56.
The Huskies came out more aggressively in the second period and created two good scoring opportunities in the first four minutes of the period. But RIT netminder Jocelyn Guimond was able to swat both hard shots harmlessly in to the corner to keep UConn off the scoreboard.
The strong play paid dividends at 5:43 when a sloppy effort by the RIT power play unit to clear its own zone gave the Huskies a chance. Trevor Stewart forced the turnover at the corner of the Tigers blueline and fed the puck do Chris Myhro. Myhro weaved around an RIT defender and wristed the park past goaltender Guimond for the shorthanded goal to cut RITs lead to 3-1.
We were a little sloppy in our own end and were too soft, said Wilson.
Exactly seven minutes later, UConn scored the first full strength goal by either team to draw within one of the Tigers. Charles Solberg sent a hard wrist shot on net as he skate in from the left circle. RIT goaltender Guimond made the save, but the puck bounced off of his blocker right back on to Solbergs stick who chipped it home for the goal at 12:43.
The Huskies continued to step up the pressure as the third period began. UConn nearly tied the game up at 7:47 while on the power play. Matt Scherer passed the puck out of the corner to linemate Trevor Stewart parked at the top of the crease. Stewart re-directed the pass in to an nearly empty net, but Guimond stretched out his glove and pulled the puck out of the air just inches in front of the goal line.
The Huskies were not to be denied and tied the game just over one minute later. Michael Coppola and Chris Myhro broke in to the Tigers zone on a 2-on-1 breakaway. Myhro finished the rush tapping in a pass from Coppola at 8:52 to score the power play goal to tie the game 3-3.
RIT continued to implode with two more straight penalties. UConn had a 1:27 of 5-on-3 power play and buzzed the RIT net with pressure. The Tigers were able to kill off both penalties and steady the ship.
Once they got back to even strength, the Tigers were able to put pressure on the UConn net but netminder Erickson made several strong saves to keep the game tied headed to overtime.
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