PEORIA — The Bradley Braves women’s basketball team received its postseason path Monday from the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Bradley will play George Washington, on the road in Washington, D.C., at 5 p.m. Thursday in Charles E. Smith Center.
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The Braves are in the same part of the bracket as Illinois State, and the rivals would face each other if they both make the Great Eight.
If BU beats the Revolutionaries, it would advance to a second-round game against 21-10 Southern Indiana, which has a first-round bye.
The 2026 Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
Bradley went 20-12 this season and finished in a three-way tie with Illinois State and UNI for third in the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season at 13-7.
George Washington went 15-17 overall and was 7-11 in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Revolutionaries were led by 5-foot-9 sophomore guard Gabby Reynolds, who averaged 13.9 points per game, and 6-1 junior forward Sara Lewis at 10.7.
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Their best defender is Tanah Becker, a 6-1 sophomore transfer from Kentucky who leads the team with 41 steals and 31 blocks.
The Braves are making their first postseason tournament appearance since 2020-21, when they went 17-12 and won the MVC Tournament to earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament, where they were a No. 11 seed and lost to Texas, 81-62.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men’s basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.
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