Bradley University sophomore guard Kelsey Budd made 5-of-6 three-point attempts and paced five team mates in double figures with a career-best 31 points to help the Braves top visiting Iowa 96-88 Saturday at Renaissance Coliseum before 1,506 fans. Bradley (8-3 overall) finished one three-pointer short of tying a school record for triples, knocking down 13-of-22 attempts (59.1 percent) from beyond the arc and outrebounded Iowa (6-5 overall) 37-32 in BU’s first home game against a Big Ten Conference opponent other than Illinois since beating Minnesota 56-49 at Robertson Memorial Field House on Dec. 3, 2000. Morgan Johnson scored a Renaissance Coliseum record 37 points to lead the Hawkeyes, making 11-of-12 free throw attempts. Kamille Wahlin added 18 points, but Bradley held Iowa’s leading scorer and 2010-11 honorable mention All-American Jaime Printy to seven points. Printy came into the game averaging a team-best 17.9 points per game. Freshman Shronda Butts scored 14 second-half points and finished with a season-high 18 points to help lead the Braves. Sophomore Catie O’Leary added 14 points off the bench, helping the BU reserves outscore the Iowa bench 52-14. Katie Yohn had 13 points, seven boards and six assists and Leah Kassing collected her third double-double in the last four games with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Braves.
-Bob
