Southern Illinois vs Bradley — College Basketball, Dec 21, 2025

Bradley beat Southern Illinois 73–69 at home on Dec 21, 2025.

FinalSun, Dec 21Conference game

Southern Illinois Salukis

15-16 · 8-8 on the road

69

Bradley Braves

20-12 · 16-4 at home

73

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
SIU	34	35	69
BRAD	39	34	73

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Southern Illinois Salukis

• Damien Mayo Jr.G

  18 pts · 5 reb · 1 ast · 4 stl
  7-14 FG

  2-5 3PT
• Rolyns AligbeF

  16 pts · 8 reb
  6-9 FG

  1-2 3PT
• Quel'Ron HouseG

  10 pts · 2 reb · 5 ast
  5-10 FG

Bradley Braves

• Jaquan JohnsonG

  20 pts · 5 reb · 4 ast · 5 stl
  4-12 FG

  2-3 3PT
• Alex HuibregtseG

  13 pts · 6 reb · 5 ast
  5-12 FG

  1-5 3PT
• AJ SmithF

  9 pts · 7 reb
  3-5 FG

  1-2 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

SIU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damien Mayo Jr.	31	18	5	1	4	1	1	7-14	2-5	2-3	—
Drew Steffe	31	5	2	2	0	0	3	2-9	0-6	1-2	—
Rolyns Aligbe	30	16	8	0	1	0	2	6-9	1-2	3-3	—
Quel'Ron House	26	10	2	5	2	0	3	5-10	0-0	0-0	—
Davion Sykes	23	7	3	1	1	0	1	3-5	0-0	1-2	—
Isaiah Stafford	21	6	7	1	1	0	1	1-6	0-3	4-4	—
Max Pikaar	14	2	4	1	0	2	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	—
Jalen Haynes	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	2-4	0-1	1-2	—
Caden Hawkins	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-2	0-2	0-0	—
Jaheem Webber	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-2	—
Jorge Moreno	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		69	32	11	9	4	13	27-61	3-19	12-18

BRAD	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaquan Johnson	33	20	5	4	5	0	2	4-12	2-3	10-10	—
Alex Huibregtse	31	13	6	5	0	1	3	5-12	1-5	2-2	—
Demarion Burch	27	8	4	3	0	0	2	3-9	2-2	0-0	—
AJ Smith	25	9	7	0	2	0	0	3-5	1-2	2-2	—
Ahmet Jonovic	23	4	6	2	0	2	5	2-6	0-0	0-0	—
Montana Wheeler	21	7	0	1	0	0	2	2-8	1-3	2-4	—
Timoty van der Knaap	20	8	4	0	0	1	0	3-4	0-1	2-2	—
Corey Thomas	18	4	1	1	1	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	—
Matthew Zobrist	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		73	33	16	8	5	14	24-58	7-16	18-20

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

SIUBRAD

44.3%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 27-61, home 24-58.

41.4%

15.8%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 3-19, home 7-16.

43.8%

66.7%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 12-18, home 18-20.

90.0%

35

Rebounds

37

11

Offensive rebounds

11

11

Assists

16

13

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

15

9

Steals

8

4

Blocks

5

36

Points in the paint

30

9

Fast-break points

12

21

Fouls?Fewer is better.

17

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 361 (#1 = best)

SIU offensevsBRAD defense

SIU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · BRAD defense in 4 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

49.2%

#283

52.6%

slight#240

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

14.8%

#203

17.1%

Stronger#32

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

30.9%

#166

28.2%

Stronger#79

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

21.3%

#308

26.6%

Stronger#227

BRAD offensevsSIU defense

BRAD offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · SIU defense in 3 (2 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

51.0%

#189

49.0%

Stronger#69

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

12.3%

#21slight

16.3%

#69

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

27.3%

#283

27.3%

Stronger#49

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

26.8%

#136

21.8%

slight#67

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 361 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

SIUBRAD

+3.2 124thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions105th +4.7

103.9 289thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions129th 111.4

100.7 24thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)100th 106.6

69.9 84thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)104th 69.4

Expected pace: about 70 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 361 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  BRAD turnovers

  BRAD offense 12.3% (21st) vs SIU defense allowing 16.3% (69th)
  +48 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

FSSMTWTFSGame

SIU

RICH

ILST

BRAD

2 days rest

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BRAD

INST

SIU

2 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

SIU · last 10

15-16 · 2 days rest

• Dec 18 vs ILSTL 68–75
• Dec 13 @ RICHL 84–93
• Dec 10 vs UTMW 83–54
• Dec 3 @ HPUW 86–84
• Nov 29 vs LRW 74–65
• Nov 26 @ MEML 58–74
• Nov 24 vs UABL 73–81
• Nov 23 @ DELW 79–59
• Nov 17 @ NDSUL 85–92
• Nov 12 @ NEVL 81–86

4-6 in these

BRAD · last 10

20-12 · 2 days rest

• Dec 18 @ INSTW 108–99
• Dec 6 vs NIUW 84–55
• Dec 2 vs WSUW 64–60
• Nov 26 vs LIBW 74–64
• Nov 25 vs UCSDL 77–87
• Nov 24 vs PRINW 88–64
• Nov 19 vs UMLW 87–77
• Nov 15 @ SFL 64–75
• Nov 12 vs UTML 67–78
• Nov 8 vs CMUW 85–54

7-3 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.