ISU v. Bradley

This semester I went to a few school events, most of which were basketball games. I enjoy watching sports so I tried to go as often as possible since we have a pretty good basketball program here at ISU. My favorite game that I went to this semester was in January, when I saw ISU play Bradley. When I first got there, I was surprised to see how many people were there. I’ve been to the games before, but I’ve never seen the arena that full. The game was sold out and the arena was full of people wearing red since both ISU and Bradley’s main school color is red. Everyone there was really excited for the game since Bradley is our biggest rival. All week long events were set up with a “Beat Bradley” theme, so everyone was excited for the game. There were actually a large number of people at the game from Bradley, so hearing them cheer on their team made the game seem even more intense. It turned out to be a really good game. My friends and I sat in the student section and joined in all of the cheers, therefore the game was even more fun. The score was really close the whole time so everyone in the arena was anxious to see what was going to happen. The crowd was cheering the whole time and there was never a dull moment during the game. In the last few minutes of the game the score was still going back and forth so I began to get nervous but luckily ISU ended up winning the game and beating Bradley. Everyone there was screaming and so excited that we won. The student section ran out on the court and sang the fight song along with the team just as they always do when we win a home game. Being able to beat our school’s biggest rival while playing at home was a sweet victory. I was really glad that I ended up going to that particular basketball game because I ended up having a lot of fun.