PEORIA, Ill. - Truman State Men's basketball took a hard-fought 69-47 loss to the Bradley Braves from the Missouri Valley Conference on Thursday night.

The Bulldogs and Braves were tied 12-12 nearly halfway through the first-half before Bradley went into the break up by only six. Both teams traded buckets and the largest lead Bradley had was nine with 2:20 left.

Truman State cut the Braves lead to three at the 11:30 point after two Casen Lawrence free throws, making it a 45-42 game. Bradley eventually pulled away and overwhelmed the Bulldogs, winning by 22.

Casen Lawrence led Truman in scoring, dropping 11 on three 3-pointers along with two free throws. He also had two rebounds.

Landon Eiland was the second double-digit scorer to Truman, having 10 on 4-11 shooting. Eiland also had five boards and two blocks.

Joe Knutson led Truman in rebounds with six, and four Bulldogs had two assists.

As a team, Truman shot 16-48 (33.3%) from the field, and went 4-19 (21.1%) from three. The Bulldogs hit 11 of their 18 free throws.

Next, the Bulldogs take on GLVC foe UINDY on the road on Saturday, January 6th, at 3 p.m.