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6 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES // 14 NIT APPEARANCES // 5 MVC REGULAR SEASON TITLES // 4 MVC TOURNAMENT TITLES // 21 ALL-AMERICANS ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS // BRADLEY BRAVES (4-8, 1-5 MVC) (9-4, 3-1 MVC) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 // 8 PM // REDBIRD ARENA // NORMAL, ILLINOIS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 4-8 MATCH-UP MVC: 1-5 // Non-Conference: 3-3 REDBIRDS BRAVES Home: 2-2 // Away: 1-6 // Neutral: 1-0 Head Coach: Dan Muller Head Coach: Brian Wardle NOVEMBER (1-1) Alma Mater: Illinois State ‘98 Alma Mater: Marquette ‘01 25 at Ohio State 1 L, 67-94 ESPN Record at ISU: 153-125 (9th season) Record at Bradley: 88-90 (6th) 28 vs. UMass Lowell 1 W, 82-72 — Career Record: Same Career Record: 183-155 (11th) vs. Bradley: 9-7 DECEMBER (2-4) vs. Illinois State: 5-8 2 GREENVILLE W, 177-108 ESPN3 5 at Murray State L, 65-76 ESPN+ QUICK HITTERS GAME INFORMATION SERIES HISTORY 12 at Ball State L, 66-82 ESPN3 • This season Illinois State has had 12 players score in double figures at least Overall Bradley leads 68-64 15 CHICAGO STATE W, 91-62 ESPN3 once, which is the second-highest current total in the country, trailing only Murray State’s 13. The Redbird double-figure total is also the most in a season by an ISU Current Streak Bradley 5 wins 27 at Loyola Chicago • L, 60-90 MVC TV Network team since at least 1966-67. In Normal Illinois State leads 39-23 28 at Loyola Chicago • L, 55-86 CBS Sports Network • ISU has had five players score at least 20 points in a game this season, which is Last Meeting February 26, 2020; Normal, Ill. JANUARY (1-3) the top mark in the MVC, and is also tied for the sixth-most in a season for Illinois Bradley 74, Illinois State 71 (ot) 9 at Evansville • L, 48-57 MVC TV Network State since 1966-67. The school record for total amount of 20+ point scorers in a TELEVISION 10 at Evansville • W, 73-68 ESPN3 season is seven held by the 1968-69 squad. Marquee Sports 16 INDIANA STATE • L, 65-73 MVC TV Network • Illinois State is in the middle of a stretch of five consecutive games at home Play-by-Play Kurt Pegler 17 INDIANA STATE • L, 68-74 Marquee Sports (all within a nine-day period). The last time a Redbird squad has played in five Analyst Bob Morris consecutive home games was during the 2009-10 season when ISU hosted 20 BRADLEY • 8 p.m. Marquee Sports RADIO Norfolk State, SEMO, St. Bonaventure, Central Michigan, and Niagara between 23 VALPARAISO • 5 p.m. Marquee Sports November 27 and December 13. Flagships WJBC 93.7 & 1230 AM 24 VALPARAISO • 5 p.m. Marquee Sports • Illinois State tied a school record against Chicago State with 17 made three- Online TuneIn.com 31 at Drake • TBD ESPN3 / + point baskets, which are also tied for the 24th-most in a game in NCAA Division www.goredbirds.com/watch FEBRUARY (0-0) I this season. Play-by-Play Dick Luedke Analyst Mike Matthews 1 at Drake TBD ESPN3 / + • In Illinois State’s win over Greenville, the Redbirds set new NCAA Division I records in field goal percentage (84.3%) and total assists (57). The program also 6 MISSOURI STATE • 2 p.m. MVC TV Network scored the fourth-most points, had the fourth-highest single-half scoring output, 7 MISSOURI STATE • 2 p.m. Marquee Sports and the sixth-highest combined score total in NCAA Division I history. 13 at Southern Illinois • 3 p.m. ESPN3 / + • With his 30 points against Greenville, Illinois State freshman Emon Washington 14 at Southern Illinois • 3 p.m. The Valley on ESPN STATISTICAL COMPARISON became just the fifth freshman in program history to reach the 30-point plateau, ILS BRAD 17 at Bradley • 7 p.m. ESPN3 / + and is the first since Bubbles Hawkins accomplished the feat on February 16, Overall Record 4-8 9-4 1973. 26 UNI • 8 p.m. ESPNU Conference Record 1-5 3-1 27 UNI • TBD CBS Sports Network • Against Greenville, two Redbirds, DJ Horne and Josiah Strong had point / as- Scoring Offense 76.4 75.1 MARCH (0-0) sist double-doubles. It was the second time in program history that two players Scoring Defense 78.5 61.5 had point / assist double-doubles in the same game, and the first time since the 4 MVC First Round 2 MVC TV Network Scoring Margin -2.1 +13.5 1973-74 season. 2 FG Percentage .492 .463 5 MVC Quarterfinals MVC TV Network • The Redbirds have no seniors on this season’s team, the seventh time in pro- 2 FG Percentage Defense .457 .368 6 MVC Semifinals CBS Sports Network gram history an ISU squad had no seniors. Of the six previous occurrences, four 3FG Percentage .387 .339 2 7 MVC Championship CBS times the team made a postseason (NCAA or NIT) the following season. ISU is 3FG Percentage Defense .323 .358 1 = Columbus, Ohio one of 10 NCAA Division I schools with no seniors on its roster this year. 3FG Per Game 8.3 7.4 2 = Arch Madness (St. Louis, Mo.) • Along with having no seniors and just four juniors, the team’s average athletic Free Throw Percentage .589 .721 • = Missouri Valley Conference Game year is 1.71 (freshmen = 1, senior = 4), which is the least experienced team in Rebounding Offense 34.8 41.5 MVC TV Network consists of: Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports program history. Rebounding Margin -1.3 +7.9 Indiana, Fox Kansas City, and NBC Sports Chicago • Illinois State has four players from outside of the United States, the most for- Assists Per Game 15.7 15.2 eign players on a Redbird team in program history. The previous most was from Turnovers Per Game 14.5 12.3 the 1996-97, 2012-13, and 2013-14 seasons that had three players each from Turnover Margin -1.9 +0.2 outside of the USA. Assist / Turnover Ratio 1.1 1.2 Steals Per Game 5.3 6.7 Blocked Shots/Game 3.7 4.4 REDBIRD PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED OFF OF THE LAST GAME) Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% F 21 Dusan Mahorcic 6-10 240 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia 10.1 7.9 1.0 .587 1.000 .400 F 23 Harouna Sissoko 6-7 215 r-Fr. Kayes, Mali 5.7 4.3 0.6 .622 .300 .583 G 0 DJ Horne 6-1 175 So. Raleigh, N.C. 13.6 3.5 2.9 .444 .426 .824 G 2 Josiah Strong 6-3 195 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. 12.7 2.6 3.5 .429 .440 .640 G 12 Antonio Reeves 6-5 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 11.5 3.2 1.4 .450 .306 .688 Reserves ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS G 1 Dedric Boyd 6-4 195 r-Jr. Brownsville, Tenn. 8.2 1.8 1.2 .484 .412 .615 Bill Salyer, Assistant Director / MBB Contact G 3 Howard Fleming Jr. 6-5 195 Fr. Louisville, Ky. 4.0 3.8 2.4 .438 .200 .647 203C Horton Field House F 4 Abdou Ndiaye 6-9 195 r-So. Louga, Senegal 5.4 2.8 0.9 .618 .285 .500 Normal, IL 61790-7130 G 10 Emon Washington 6-5 190 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 3.9 2.7 1.4 .640 .375 .533 Cell: (260) 705-3963 / Office: (309) 438-3805 F 11 Alston Andrews 6-9 230 Fr. Detroit, Mich. 2.9 1.1 0.6 .667 — .000 Email: [email protected] G 14 Nik Stadelman 6-0 180 Fr. Rockford, Ill. 0.3 0.0 1.0 .000 .000 .250 Twitter: @bill_salyer G 24 Jayden Johnson 6-6 205 Fr. Batavia, Ill. 3.3 0.7 0.3 1.000 1.000 1.000 F 25 Alex Kotov 6-10 220 So. Moscow, Russia 2.6 2.1 0.6 .563 .000 .000 GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE BRAVES SEASON AND CAREER TOTALS Name of School Illinois State University Bradley enters the rivalry game having won its last three games of the season with a two-point 2020-21 Career road win at UNI and a home sweep of Evansville over this past weekend. City/Zip Normal, Ill. 61790 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Founded 1857 In the last game against Evansville - an 86-55 win - Ja’Shon Henry scored a team-high 16 points, DJ Horne 10 (4-6) 24 (10-14) Enrollment 20,878 as Terry Nolan Jr. scored 13, Ville Tahvanainen 12, and Elijah Childs 10. Childs pulled down six Josiah Strong 9 (4-5) 9 (4-5) rebounds to lead the Braves - who out-rebounded the Aces 38-to-29. Sean East dished out four Nickname Redbirds assists with a team-high three steals, as the Braves made half of their 20 three-point attempts. Antonio Reeves 8 (4-4) 18 (7-11) School Colors Red (PMS 186) and White Dedric Boyd 5 (2-3) 12 (3-9) Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena This season the Braves have three players averaging in double-figures, led by Childs’ 14.6 Arena Name points per game. Nolan Jr. and Henry average 12 and 11.2 points per game, respectively, while Dusan Mahorcic 5 (1-4) 5 (1-4) Capacity 9,600 East and Tahvanainen are chasing the double-figure pace, averaging 8.6 points per game, Harouna Sissoko 1 (1-0) 1 (1-0) each.