The Bradley women’s basketball team will play Missouri in its opening game of the 2025 Elevance Health Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off, scheduled for Thanksgiving in Fort Myers, Florida.
The Nov. 28 game will be nationally televised by ION at 12:30 p.m. Peoria time. Missouri leads the series 10-3; they last met in 2022. The Tigers finished 14-18 last season and 3-13 in the SEC.
The tournament is Nov. 28–29 at Suncoast Credit Union Arena on the campus of Florida SouthWestern State College. Each team in the Shell Division will play two games.
The Braves will compete in the Shell Division alongside Missouri, Northwestern, and Abilene Christian. The Island Division includes Butler, Dayton, Kansas and Georgia.
Bradley’s second game is against Abilene Christian at 10 a.m. Peoria time on Nov. 29, televised by ION. It will be the first meeting between the programs.
Bradley is coming off a 14-19 record in 2024-25, including 7-13 in the Missouri Valley Conference. The roster includes two Peoria-area players in returning junior Claire McDougall of Washington and incoming transfer Mya Wardle of Peoria Notre Dame.