Saint Joe’s Falls To Bradley On The Road, 77-73

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Peoria, IL – The Saint Joseph’s Hawks lost a close battle to the Bradley Braves, 77-73. After being tied at the half, 38-39, Saint Joe’s soon found themselves down 12 points on the road with only 9:00 minutes left of the clock. 
However, the Hawks crawled back to within one point with only a minute left in the game. Saint Joe’s was able to get multiple looks with the final minute to go, but could not get one basket to fall. The first shot in this final sequence came from Jordan Hall who put up a three with 0:35. In that set, Both Brown and Hall missed the opportunity to pass to an open Funk in both corners. Instead, Jordan Hall had to settle for the three as the shot clock started to run low.
Luckily, Cameron Brown was able to grab an offensive rebound off the missed three with 0:32 left. Brown then found Funk open in the corner with no defender on him. However, Taylor Funk dribbled the ball out of the corner missing the chance to take an open three. This led Coach Lange to...

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