They say practice makes perfect. For Brown, that has proven to be true recently in an unexpected way. The Bears, who improved to 5-6 on Monday with a convincing 89-73 win over Quinnipiac, had a stretch earlier in the month where they struggled just to practice. After their win over Hartford on December 9, the Bears practiced just twice in 12 days. Final exams were part of that, but so were injuries.