Middle Tennessee faces Bradley in college basketball for the first time ever for the championship of the Myrtle Beach Invitational on Sunday.
Middle Tennessee (5-1) and Bradley (5-1) square-off for the the first time in the history of their programs on Sunday night in the championship game of the Myrtle Beach Invitational at The HTC Center. The Blue Raiders last played in the NCAA tournament with back-to-back bids in 2016-17 and reached the final of the 2022 CBI. Coach Nick McDevitt is 88-107 in his seventh season and was 14-19 last season. The Braves were in the Big Dance in 2019 and were an NIT participant each of the last two years. Coach Brian Wardle came to Peoria in 2015 and is 163-139 in his 10th year.
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Game Date: Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024
Game Time: 5:30 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
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Bradley scored five straight points after Wright State came back to tie the game and hung on for a 77-74 semifinal win on Friday. Zek Montgomery scored 19 points, Almar Atlason added 12 and Darius Hannah finished with 11 points and five steals.
Middle Tennessee blasted out to an 18-point halftime lead and held off a second half rally to beat South Florida 95-88 in its semifinal on Friday. Essam Mostafa posted 20 points and 10 rebounds.
Mostafa averages 14.7 points and 9.3 boards. Hannah gets 13.7 points a night for the Braves, with Montgomery putting up 13.3 points per contest and Ahmet Jonovic averages 7.5 points and 5.8 rebounds.
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