Senior guard scored game-high 17 points with key basket after key basket as San Diego State hurdled Charleston
There went Matt Bradley, again. Putting the ball on the floor. Cutting a determined path to the basket. Rising into a forest of arms. Absorbing contact. Finishing.The College of Charleston knew it was coming during San Diego State’sThursday at the Amway Center. So did the Furman fans in Section 113, still cloud walking after stunning fourth-seeded Virginia a game earlier. So did the security staff milling around the tunnel.
“Thank my dad for building a strong frame on me,” said Bradley, who scored a game-high 17 points with seven rebounds and four assists. “… You’ve got to be confident in those moments. It’s more mental that anything. Just going in there, not looking for the foul call, but actually trying to finish is really big.”Advertisement
That’s why a mid-lane shot by Nathan Mensah with 55 seconds left seemed a stunner. Mensah had scored two points in the game. Bradley had hit seven of his 15 shots. Why overthink things? Get the ball in Bradley’s hands and let him go to work.“Very confident,” Jaedon LeDee said.“It’s been a mental roller coaster my whole career,” said Bradley, a Cal transfer. “I feel like right now I’m in a good place mentally where late in the game my teammates, my coaches trust me.
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