2012-13 Preview
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Bradley
Numerical Roster No. Name 0 3 4 5 10 12 14 20 21 23 24 25 30 32 44 52
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Yr. Pos. Ht.
Ka’Darryl Bell Fr. *Anthony Fields So. Jake Eastman Sr. Jalen Crawford So. Mason Alwan Jr. Darrion Harris Fr. Milos Knezevic Sr. Tyshon Pickett Jr. Will Egolf Sr. Shayok Shayok So. *Omari Grier So. Walt Lemon, Jr. Jr. Jimmy Gavin So. Dyricus Simms-Edwards Sr. Jordan Prosser Jr. Nate Wells Fr.
G G G/F G G G F F C/F F G G G G C C
6-1 6-0 6-5 6-2 6-3 5-10 6-8 6-6 6-9 6-8 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 6-9 7-1
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Wt. Hometown / High School 180 170 200 185 200 160 225 215 230 215 175 180 180 200 235 240
Chicago (Ill.) Oak Park-River Forest High Detroit (Mich.) QEA (N.C.)/Wake Forest Richmond (Va.) Douglas Freeman High Detroit (Mich.) Oak Park/Impact Academy Peoria (Ill.) Richwoods/Lincoln Land C.C. St. Louis (Mo.) Whitfield School Las Vegas (Nev.) Liberty High Passaic (N.J.) High/Dodge City (Kan.) C.C. Juneau (Alaska) Douglas High Ottawa (Ontario) Chicago Julian/IMG Academy Erial (N.J.) Episcopal Acad./Florida Atlantic Chicago (Ill.) Julian High Arlington Heights (Ill.) Prospect High Peoria (Ill.) Washington Community High Goodfield (Ill.) Eureka High Davenport (Iowa) West High
*Fields and Grier both are Division I transfers and must sit out the 2012-13 season.
Geno Ford Head Coach
At A Glance
Alma Mater: Ohio U. (‘97) Overall Record: 126-94 (7 years) Record at BU: 7-25 (1 year) 2011-12: 7-25 / 2-16 (10th)
Year-By-Year Record Season School
Overall Conf. Conf. W L W L Place Tourn.
2001-02 Shawnee St. 2005-06 Muskingum 2006-07 Muskingum 2008-09 Kent State 2009-10 Kent State 2010-11 Kent State 2011-12 Bradley
22 17 12 19 24 25 7
School Totals (1 year) Career Totals (7 years)
Dyricus Simms-Edwards
10 9 13 15 10 12 25
13 5 12 6 6 12 10 6 13 3 12 4 2 16
3rd 8th t3rd 1st 1st 10th
0-1 1-1 1-1 0-1 2-1 0-1
7 25 126 94
2 16 68 52
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0-1 4-6
2011-12 Finish: 7-25; 2-16 MVC (10th) Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/5 Starters Returning/Lost: 4/1 NOTEWORTHY • Bradley’s 2012-13 lineup includes seven returning lettermen, as well as two players who sat out the 2011-12 campaign. • Senior guard Dyricus Simms-Edwards is the team’s active career scoring leader with 824 career points in 88 career games (9.4 ppg). Simms-Edwards and junior guard Walt Lemon, Jr. represent the third highestscoring guard tandem in the Missouri Valley Conference heading into the 2012-13 season. • Lemon, Jr. is the team’s top returning scorer from the 2011-12 season, though, earning a spot on the 2012 MVC Most Improved Team after averaging 12.6 ppg and shooting 47.1 percent from the field. • The Braves also welcome back sixth-year senior center Will Egolf, who averaged 8.0 ppg and 4.1 rpg in 201011, but missed last season with the second torn ACL of his Bradley career (2008-09).
Basketball Support Staff
Greg Graham Asst. Coach
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Ronald Coleman Asst. Coach
Jaden Uken Asst. Coach
Cole Pittis Operations
Chris Williams Athletic Trainer
Dr. Jessica Higgs Team Doctor