PEORIA — The Bradley Braves face the Northern Iowa Panthers in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at Carver Arena in Peoria.

The Braves (15-6, 7-3) are coming off a 95-86 overtime loss in a battle for first place against Indiana State on Saturday behind 31 points from Duke Deen. BU had won nine in a row before that. UNI (12-9, 6-4) is coming off a 77-63 loss to Drake, which snapped a five-game win streak.

Follow along here for updates from tonight’s game from Carver Arena:

Braves big start

7:12 p.m.: Connor Hickman races out of the gate with a pair of 3s and a driving layup for 8 points in the first 2:38 after tipoff.

The Braves add a jumper from Darius Hannah and free throws from Almar Atlason to blast out to a 12-2 lead off tipoff.

UNI has missed four of its first six shots while Bradley has 5 of the game’s first six boards.

Starting lineups

6:50 p.m.: The Braves will open with guards Connor Hickman and Duke Deen, with forwards Almar Atlason, Darius Hannah and Malevy Leons. UNI counters with guards Heise, Born, Anderson, Campbell and center Hutson.

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