Bradley Missing Key Player for Tonight’s Game Against Duquesne

On Monday night Bradley will be without one of its top players when it takes on Duquesne in Akron, Ohio at St. Vincent-St. Mary.

The Braves will be missing Connor Hickman, a 6-foot-3 guard who is averaging more than 13 points per game this season. Hickman will miss the game due to an ankle injury, according to CBS’ Jon Rothstein.Hickman, a Bloomington, Indiana native, is shooting 39% from three-point range so far this season for the Braves and is the team’s second-leading scorer behind Malevy Leons, a 6-foot-9 forward.

Bradley (6-4) will also look to Darius Hannah (6’9 F), Duke Deen (5’8 G), and Christian Davis (6’7 W) for scoring help, as those three are each averaging at least nine points per game this season. As a team, the Braves are scoring 72.3 points per game while hitting 45% of their field-goal attempts and 34% of their three-point tries.

Duquesne heads into the game with a strong 7-2 record, with losses to only Princeton and Nebraska. The Dukes score 77.3 points per game on average, and will look to star guards Dae Dae Grant and Jimmy Clark III to lead them into Akron on Monday night.

The game will tip off at 7 p.m. from LeBron James Arena. According to the Duquesne Basketball website, there will not be a TV stream for this game.