Northern Iowa Panthers vs. Bradley Braves

Mar 7, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UNI	45	28	73
BRAD	32	37	69

Game Recap

Northern Iowa upsets Bradley 73-69, will play UIC for MVC Tournament title. Leon Bond III had 19 points to lead Northern Iowa to a 73-69 upset victory over No. 2 seed Bradley on Saturday in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament.

Player Stats

NORTHERN IOWA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
14Tristan Smith	15	3-4	0-0	2-2	3	1	1	0	1	4	8
13Will Hornseth	29	4-9	0-0	0-0	4	1	0	0	1	2	8
35Leon Bond III	35	7-8	2-2	3-4	3	1	0	0	3	2	19
3Max Weisbrod	23	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	3	3
4Trey Campbell	36	4-7	1-1	4-6	3	6	4	0	3	2	13
11Ismael Diouf	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2
7Ben Schwieger	31	5-9	0-2	0-3	5	4	0	1	2	3	10
2Geon Hutchins	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
10RJ Taylor	19	4-4	2-2	0-0	1	0	1	0	2	0	10

TOTAL	-	29-4465.9%	6-966.7%	9-1560.0%	21	16	7	1	14	18	73

BRADLEY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Corey Thomas	21	4-6	2-2	1-2	3	1	3	0	2	3	11
21AJ Smith	33	3-5	1-2	3-3	3	3	1	0	2	2	10
14Ahmet Jonovic	21	3-6	0-0	4-5	4	3	0	0	1	2	10
22Jaquan Johnson	30	3-11	1-5	2-2	1	5	3	0	1	1	9
3Alex Huibregtse	32	3-7	3-6	0-0	3	2	1	0	1	3	9
12Kai Yu	5	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Dietrich Richardson	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10Timoty van der Knaap	24	4-6	0-0	4-4	6	0	1	1	1	2	12
0Demarion Burch	10	1-4	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
7Montana Wheeler	20	2-8	1-4	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5
TOTAL	-	23-5343.4%	8-2138.1%	15-1883.3%	22	15	9	1	9	16	69

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUNIBRAD

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Northern Iowa.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Bradley.
(19:37) Will Hornseth misses 6-foot jumper.
(19:34) Will Hornseth Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:33) Will Hornseth makes 7-foot jumper.
20
(19:18) Alex Huibregtse misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(19:16) Will Hornseth Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:59) Will Hornseth makes 14-foot floating jump shot (Trey Campbell assists).
40
+3 (18:37) Corey Thomas makes 24-foot three point jumper (AJ Smith assists).
43
+2 (18:14) Tristan Smith makes layup.
63
+2 (17:50) Ahmet Jonovic makes layup.
65
(17:23) Will Hornseth misses 14-foot jumper.
(17:23) Bradley Deadball Team Rebound.
(17:23) Foul on Tristan Smith.
+2 (16:58) Corey Thomas makes 7-foot jumper.
67
+2 (16:42) Trey Campbell makes 19-foot jumper (Will Hornseth assists).
87
(16:16) Jaquan Johnson misses driving layup.
(16:15) Tristan Smith Defensive Rebound.
(16:14) Foul on Ahmet Jonovic.
(15:57) Will Hornseth misses driving layup.
(15:54) Timoty van der Knaap Defensive Rebound.
(15:47) AJ Smith misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:43) Trey Campbell Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:37) Leon Bond III makes layup (Trey Campbell assists).
107
+2 (15:12) Timoty van der Knaap makes 12-foot jumper.
109
+2 (14:52) Trey Campbell makes 11-foot pullup jump shot.
129
(14:29) Ahmet Jonovic misses 7-foot jumper.
(14:27) Will Hornseth Defensive Rebound.
(14:27) Foul on Ahmet Jonovic.
+2 (14:07) Leon Bond III makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot (Ben Schwieger assists).
149
+3 (13:53) Jaquan Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (AJ Smith assists).
1412
+2 (13:37) Leon Bond III makes 2-foot dunk (Ismael Diouf assists).
1612
(13:13) Timoty van der Knaap misses dunk.
(13:13) Ben Schwieger Block.
(13:09) Trey Campbell Defensive Rebound.
(13:05) Ben Schwieger misses layup.
(13:03) Kai Yu Defensive Rebound.
(12:54) Foul on Trey Campbell.
(12:47) Montana Wheeler misses 11-foot jumper.
(12:44) Ben Schwieger Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:29) Ben Schwieger makes 6-foot jumper.
1812
(12:00) Foul on Geon Hutchins.
(12:00) Kai Yu misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:00) Bradley Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:00) Kai Yu makes free throw 2 of 2.
1813
(11:45) Ismael Diouf bad pass turnover.
(11:35) Dietrich Richardson bad pass turnover.
(11:35) Geon Hutchins Steal.
+2 (11:31) Ismael Diouf makes 1-foot dunk (Geon Hutchins assists).
2013
(11:20) Foul on Ismael Diouf.
+2 (11:07) Montana Wheeler makes 21-foot jumper.
2015
(10:50) Ben Schwieger misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(10:47) Alex Huibregtse Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:32) Timoty van der Knaap makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot (Alex Huibregtse assists).
2017
+2 (10:06) Ben Schwieger makes 5-foot jumper.
2217
(9:34) Corey Thomas misses 15-foot jumper.
(9:31) Max Weisbrod Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:12) RJ Taylor makes 28-foot three point step back jumpshot.
2517
(8:53) Montana Wheeler misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(8:50) Max Weisbrod Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:33) RJ Taylor makes 16-foot pullup jump shot.
2717
(8:20) Ahmet Jonovic misses 8-foot jumper.
(8:16) Tristan Smith Defensive Rebound.
(7:58) Will Hornseth misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(7:54) AJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:42) AJ Smith makes driving layup (Ahmet Jonovic assists).
2719
+2 (7:28) Will Hornseth makes 12-foot floating jump shot (Trey Campbell assists).
2919
(6:59) AJ Smith bad pass turnover.
(6:59) Tristan Smith Steal.
(6:50) Foul on Alex Huibregtse.
+3 (6:29) Leon Bond III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trey Campbell assists).
3219
(6:09) Foul on Max Weisbrod.
(5:55) Alex Huibregtse bad pass turnover.
(5:55) Trey Campbell Steal.
(5:52) Foul on Alex Huibregtse.
+1 (5:52) Trey Campbell makes free throw 1 of 2.
3319
+1 (5:52) Trey Campbell makes free throw 2 of 2.
3419
(5:23) Montana Wheeler misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:20) Northern Iowa Defensive Rebound.
(4:52) Trey Campbell misses 21-foot jumper.
(4:49) Bradley Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:49) Foul on Tristan Smith.
(4:36) Jaquan Johnson misses driving layup.
(4:35) Kai Yu Offensive Rebound.
(4:19) Montana Wheeler misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(4:17) Ben Schwieger Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:12) Trey Campbell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ben Schwieger assists).
3719
+2 (4:00) Timoty van der Knaap makes 1-foot dunk (Ahmet Jonovic assists).
3721
+2 (3:31) RJ Taylor makes 18-foot jumper (Ben Schwieger assists).
3921
+3 (3:05) AJ Smith makes 24-foot three point jumper (Alex Huibregtse assists).
3924
(2:40) Leon Bond III misses 14-foot jumper.
(2:36) Jaquan Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(2:31) Alex Huibregtse misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(2:28) Leon Bond III Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:11) Leon Bond III makes 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
4124
(1:57) Foul on Leon Bond III.
+1 (1:57) AJ Smith makes free throw 1 of 3.
4125
+1 (1:57) AJ Smith makes free throw 2 of 3.
4126
+1 (1:57) AJ Smith makes free throw 3 of 3.
4127
+2 (1:41) Leon Bond III makes 12-foot jumper (Max Weisbrod assists).
4327
+3 (1:23) Alex Huibregtse makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jaquan Johnson assists).
4330
(0:53) Foul on Demarion Burch.
+2 (0:39) Ben Schwieger makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot (Trey Campbell assists).
4530
+2 (0:18) Corey Thomas makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot (Jaquan Johnson assists).
4532
(0:00) Will Hornseth bad pass turnover.
(0:00) Corey Thomas Steal.

2nd half

Team Stats

UNI

BRAD

73Points69

29-44(65.9%)Field Goal(%)23-53(43.4%)

6-9(66.7%)3-Point(%)8-21(38.1%)

9-15(60.0%)Free Throw(%)15-18(83.3%)

24(1)Rebounds(Offensive)22(8)

16Assists15

7Steals9

1Blocks1

14Turnovers9

18(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

18Largest Lead1

Game Details

Saturday, March 7, 2026 · 6:00 PM

Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

attendance: 7,444 (41.1%)

tv: CBSSN

spread: UNI -4.5

over/under: 127.5