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Indiana College Basketball Team Defeats Opponent Without Scoring A Single Point During Second Half

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Bradley University is one of three college basketball teams with a shot to win the Missouri Valley Conference. Indiana State is not.

The Braves defeated the Sycamores without scoring a single point during the second half on Wednesday. Kind of.

Technically speaking, that is not true. Figuratively speaking, it is a real result based on real-life point totals.

Bradley blew the doors off of Indiana State on its home floor in Peoria. Five players scored in the double digits. 15 different players showed up on the stat sheet, including the walk-ons. They were on fire!

The Braves shot an astonishing 55.6% from the field and 42.1% from three en route to their 13th win of the 2024-25 college basketball season. The Sycamores dropped to .500 with a 53-point road loss.

This one photo from the lopsided beatdown just about sums things up:

Bradley scored its most points against a Division-I opponent since 1990 and its most points during a single half since 2009. It was all-but over before either team went into the locker room at halftime!

Notice the point totals. The home team scored 66 points during the first 20 minutes of play. Its opponent scored 65 points during the full 40 minutes of play.

Indiana State’s total score for both halves did not reach Bradley’s score in the first half. The Braves would’ve won the game by one point, 66-65, even if they did not score a single point during the entire second half. That’s wild. They could not be stopped from anywhere on the floor all night!

And to make it even crazier, Bradley’s bench scored 59 of its 118 points. The bench by itself only lost by seven points to Indiana State’s entire team.

Blowouts happen in college basketball but this is truly next level. We may never see this extreme of a beatdown in the Missouri Valley again!