GAME 3 • Illinois State at Northwestern Sunday, November 17, 2013 • 7:30 P.M
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GAME 3 • Illinois State at Northwestern Sunday, November 17, 2013 • 7:30 p.m. (CT) Evanston, Ill. • Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Radio: Illinois State Radio Network – @WJBC 1230 AM, 93.7 FM (flagship) Radio Talent: Dick Luedke (play-by-play), Mike Matthews (analyst) TV: None 2013-14 ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES Live Video: Big Ten Digital Network (http://video.btn.com/allaccess/) ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS TALE OF THE TAPE John Twork, Assistant Athletics Communications Director 64.0 PPG 65.0 87.0 OPP. PPG 63.0 O: (309) 438-3805 | C: (309) 530-0388 -23.0 SCORING MARGIN +2.0 [email protected] | F: (309) 438-5634 32.0 FG% 42.3 51.2 OPP. FG% 40.0 @ISUREDBIRDS SCHEDULE/RESULTS 20.9 3-PT. FG% 40.8 NOVEMBER 41.7 OPP. 3-PT. FG% 25.0 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS 66.1 FT% 70.0 NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS N3 QUINCY (ILL.) •••• W, 84-65 RECORD: 0-2 63.3 OPP. FT% 60.9 RECORD: 1-1 N8 at VCU (CSN Chicago PLUS) L, 96-58 VALLEY RECORD: 0-0 39.5 RPG 36.0 BIG TEN RECORD: 0-0 N12 DREXEL (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) L, 78-70 HEAD COACH: Dan Muller 44.0 OPP. RPG 34.0 HEAD COACH: Chris Collins -4.5 REB. MARGIN +2.0 N17 at Northwestern 7:30 p.m. CAREER RECORD: 18-17 (2nd Season) CAREER RECORD: 1-1 (1st Season) RECORD AT ISU: Same 9.0 APG 14.0 RECORD AT NU: Same N20 MANHATTAN 7:05 P.M. 15.5 TOPG 14.0 N27 vs. Vermont •• 10:15 p.m. STATISTICAL LEADERS -3.0 TO MARGIN -3.5 STATISTICAL LEADERS N29 vs. Sonoma State •• 10:15 p.m. POINTS: Zach Lofton (11.5) 5.0 SPG 2.5 POINTS: Drew Crawford (20.0) N30 at San Francisco •• 10:15 p.m. REBOUNDS: Michael Middlebrooks (9.0) 1.0 BPG 3.5 REBOUNDS: Drew Crawford (8.5) ASSISTS: Kaza Keane (3.0) ASSISTS: JerShon Cobb (5.0) DECEMBER BLOCKS: Lofton/Lynch (0.5) SERIES HISTORY BLOCKS: Alex Olah (2.0) SERIES (OVERALL): Series Tied, 2-2 D4 CHICAGO STATE 7:05 P.M. CURRENT STREAK: NU, W-1 D7 DAYTON (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 7:05 P.M. MULLER VS. NORTHWESTERN: 0-1 D16 at Oakland 6 p.m. D19 TENNESSEE STATE 7:05 P.M. D22 DEPAUL (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 7:05 P.M. QUICK HITS ABOUT #REDBIRDHOOPS Illinois State is in search of its first win in 2013-14, after suffering a season-opening loss at No. 14 VCU, followed by JANUARY a home-opening defeat to Drexel, a team that narrowly lost in the final seconds at No. 22 UCLA. J2 at Missouri State • 7:05 p.m. The Redbirds are trying to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2002-03, when ISU lost six-straight games to start the year. J5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • 1:05 P.M. Illinois State currently leads the Missouri Valley Conference in offensive rebounds per game (15.5). John Jones and J8 at Wichita State • 7 p.m. Michael Middlebrooks are both averaging 3.5 offensive boards per game, which ranks third among MVC players. J11 LOYOLA • (CSN Chicago PLUS) 7:05 P.M. ISU and Northwestern are tied, 2-2, in the all-time series, with both Redbird victories occurring when head coach J15 EVANSVILLE • 7:05 P.M. Dan Muller was a player, first at Redbird Arena in 1994 (86-68), and later at Welsh-Ryan Arena in 1996 (67-47). J18 at Drake • (CSN Chicago PLUS) 7 p.m. Northwestern’s first-year head coach is Chris Collins, the son of former Illinois State All-American Doug Collins. J22 WICHITA STATE • 7:05 P.M. With just 2.5 years of previous NCAA Division I basketball experience divided amongst returners Kaza Keane, Nick J25 at Indiana State • 5:05 p.m. Zeisloft and Matt Stacho, Illinois State is believed to have less returning experience than any other Division I team. J29 at Bradley • 7 p.m. The ISU roster consists of 10 newcomers to the team, including eight who are eligible to play this season. Five of the eligible newcomers are junior college transfers and the other three are freshmen with high school experience. FEBRUARY Basketball Times ranked the Redbirds' 2013 recruiting class No. 29 in the nation in its June edition. F1 DRAKE • 3:05 P.M. Second-year head coach Dan Muller became the 19th basketball coach in ISU history on May 8, 2012. F5 NORTHERN IOWA • 7:05 P.M. Program Excellence: F9 at Loyola • (ESPN3) 3 p.m. Illinois State is in its 44th season as a NCAA Division I program, and during that time, the Redbirds have only had F12 at Evansville • 7:05 p.m. eight losing seasons. F15 BRADLEY • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 6:05 P.M. Throughout Illinois State's program history, the Redbirds have featured 20 All-American selections, two Missouri F18 MISSOURI STATE • 7:05 P.M. Valley Conference Larry Bird Valley Players of the Year, Four Valley Tournament Most Outstanding Players, 66 F23 at Northern Iowa • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 4 p.m. All-Valley Selections, six NCAA Tournament appearances, 12 NIT appearances, three Valley regular-season F26 INDIANA STATE • 7:05 P.M. championships and four Valley Tournament championships. MARCH @ISUREDBIRDS LAST GAME'S STARTING LINEUP - (vs. Drexel) M1 at Southern Illinois • TBD M6-9 MVC Tournament SCHEDULE KEY • Missouri Valley Conference Game •• USF Golden Gate Challenge (San Francisco) •••• Exhibition Game Home games in BOLD CAPS All times central and subject to change 1 3 10 23 25 Paris Lee Daishon Knight John Jones Zach Lofton Michael Middlebrooks 4Guard 4Guard 4Forward 4Guard 4Forward PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG PPG RPG APG 9.5 2.5 2.0 7.0 3.0 1.5 7.5 5.5 0.0 11.5 2.5 0.0 8.0 9.0 1.0 Follow Illinois State Athletics on Facebook Follow Illinois State Athletics on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/ISURedbirds) (http://www.facebook.com/ISURedbirds) Follow John Twork on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jdtwork) Follow The Valley on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/ValleyHoops) Game 3 • at Northwestern • November 17, 2013 Illinois State Game Notes • Page 2 2013-14/CAREER SUPERLATIVES ILLINOIS STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown GAMES PLAYED/STARTED 0 Kaza Keane G 6-1 185 So. Ajax, Ontario 2013-14 CAREER STREAK 1 Paris Lee G 5-11 165 Fr. Maywood, Ill. John Jones 2/2 2/2 2 Daishon Knight 2/2 2/2 2 3 Daishon Knight G 6-1 175 Jr. Baltimore, Md. Zach Lofton 2/2 2/2 2 4 Bobby Hunter G 5-10 190 RS Jr. Reno, Nev. M. Middlebrooks 2/2 2/2 2 5 Jamaal Samuel F 6-9 200 So. New Orleans, La. Paris Lee 2/1 2/1 1 10 John Jones F 6-9 260 Jr. St. Michael, Barbados Bobby Hunter 2/1 2/1 - Kaza Keane 2/0 33/10 - 11 MiKyle McIntosh* F 6-7 230 Fr. Pickering, Ontario Reggie Lynch 2/0 2/0 - 12 Tony Wills G 6-3 185 Fr. Indianapolis, Ind. Jamaal Samuel 2/0 2/0 - 15 Nick Zeisloft G 6-4 185 RS So. LaGrange, Ill. Tony Wills 1/0 1/0 - 22 Reggie Lynch C 6-10 230 Fr. Edina, Minn. Nick Zeisloft 2/0 27/1 - 23 Zach Lofton G 6-4 200 So. St. Paul, Minn. Matt Stacho - 3/0 - 24 Deontae Hawkins* F 6-8 215 Fr. Dayton, Ohio DOUBLE-DIGIT GAMES 2013-14 CAREER 25 Michael Middlebrooks F 6-9 210 Jr. Seattle, Wash. Points Zach Lofton 2 2 31 Matt Stacho G 6-1 180 So. Naperville, Ill. Bobby Hunter 1 1 *Non-qualifiers for the 2013-14 season. John Jones 1 1 Paris Lee 1 1 STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Michael Middlebrooks 1 1 Nick Zeisloft - 1 Head Coach: Dan Muller KAY-zuh KEEN Rebounds Associate Head Coach: Dana Ford DAY-shawn Knight Michael Middlebrooks 1 1 Assistant Coaches: Torrey Ward, Luke Yaklich Mih-KYLE MAC-in-tosh Assists Director of Basketball Operations: Danny Doyle Nick ZIE-sloft - - Video Coordinator: Will Veasley Dee-ON-tae Hawkins 20+ POINTS 2013-14 CAREER Basketball Athletic Trainer: John Munn Matt STAY-show - - Dan MULL-er 8+ REBOUNDS 2013-14 CAREER Luke YAUK-lich Michael Middlebrooks 1 1 5+ ASSISTS 2013-14 CAREER REDBIRDS BY CLASS REDBIRDS BY STATE Kaza Keane - 8 SENIORS (0): ILLINOIS (3): Lee, Stacho, Zeisloft JUNIORS (4) : Hunter, Jones, Knight, Middlebrooks MINNESOTA (2): Lofton, Lynch 3+ BLOCKS 2012-13 CAREER SOPHOMORES (5): Keane, Lofton, Samuel, Stacho, ONTARIO, CANADA (2): Keane, McIntosh - - Zeisloft INDIANA (1): Wills 3+ STEALS 2013-14 CAREER FRESHMEN (5): Hawkins, Lee, Lynch, McIntosh, Wills Paris Lee 1 1 LOUISIANA (1): Samuel Kaza Keane - 1 MARYLAND (1): Knight Nick Zeisloft - 1 NEVADA (1): Hunter OHIO (1): Hawkins WASHINGTON (1): Middlebrooks IN-SEASON MEDIA CONFERENCES ISU Athletics Communications will host eight in-season media conferences during the 2013-14 season. Each conference will feature head coach Dan Muller and a member of the ISU basketball team. The media conferences start at 1 p.m., and the remaining scheduled dates are: Nov. 22, Dec. 3, Dec. 20, Jan. 16, Jan. 28, Feb. 13, Feb. 25, Mar. 4. ILLINOIS STATE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FTP SITE Illinois State Athletics provides broadcast quality video of home game highlights via FTP download. Contact Illinois State Athletics Communications prior to the day of the game for more information at (309) 438-3805.