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BU Comes Back Again

3/27/08

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BU Comes Back Again

By WEEK Sports

Story Published: Mar 27, 2008 at 10:19 PM CDT

Story Updated: Mar 27, 2008 at 10:54 PM CDT

Old Missouri Valley rivals Bradley and Tulsa get together starting Monday in the CBI finals.
Game One is in Tulsa. Game Two is in Peoria on Wednesday.
If necessary, Game three is back in Oklahoma.
The Braves advance with another outrageous comeback, their second straight in the CBI...which in Bradley's case, stands for Comeback Invitational.

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It didn't look like a win was possible when the Braves went down 14 on Virginia's home floor...except to Jim Les.

"At one of our time–outs I told the guys we're fourteen down, we've got 'em right where we want 'em because that's usually where we are in the first half," Les said.
"They're very comfortable playing from behind. They didn't hang their heads and continued to battle."

The Braves forced a 42–all halftime tie. At halftime, after an o–for–7 first half from three–point range, Jeremy Crouch took matters into his own hands.

"I was watching in high school, I can't remember the kid's name," Crouch said. " He played at Oklahoma, he was a really good college player. They said at halftime or something, that when he doesn't shoot well in warm–ups he goes and washes his hands before the first half.
If he doesn't shoot well in the first half, he washes his hands. I remembered that and went in and washed my hands. Sam Singh was right there with me so he can testify to it."

Crouch led the Braves with 27 points. Bradley went on to score 54 points in the second half, shooting almost 57 percent, beating Virginia 96–85...the first win on an A–C–C team's home floor in program history.
And for the second straight game, they came back from 14 down to win.

"It comes from playing through a lot of adversity this year," Crouch said. " We've had some injuries and some other things go down. We've battled through it. I think through the course of the year we've really grown from that and come together from that. I think that plays a big role in it."

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