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ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | 19 POSTSEASON TOUR. | 5 MVC TITLES | 4 MVC TOUR. TITLES ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS G10 ILLINOIS STATE AT MURRAY STATE John Twork, Assistant Athletics Communications Director SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 2014 • 3 P.M. • CFSB CENTER • MURRAY, KENTUCKY O: (309) 438-3805 | C: (309) 530-0388 [email protected] | F: (309) 438-5634 71.0 PPG 77.3 65.8 OPP. PPG 69.9 @ISUREDBIRDS 2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS +5.2 SCORING MARGIN +7.4 NOVEMBER 43.5 FG% 48.1 Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result 42.4 OPP. FG% 43.6 N10 LEWIS ••••• W, 76-67 34.0 3-PT. FG% 40.4 N16 UTAH STATE L, 60-55 36.3 OPP. 3-PT. FG% 32.6 69.5 FT% 68.6 N21 vs. Weber State •••• W, 73-64 ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS MURRAY STATE RACERS OVERALL RECORD: 6-3 66.7 OPP. FT% 74.6 OVERALL RECORD: 7-4 N23 vs. Old Dominion •••• (CBS Sports Network) W, 64-45 VALLEY RECORD: 0-0 38.2 RPG 32.5 OVC RECORD: 0-0 N24 vs. Seton Hall •••• (CBS Sports Network) L, 84-80 HEAD COACH: Dan Muller 31.3 OPP. RPG 34.8 HEAD COACH: Steve Prohm N29 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W, 85-73 (OT) RECORD AT ISU: 42-34 (3rd Season) +6.9 REB. MARGIN -2.3 RECORD AT MSU: 82-27 (4th Season) DECEMBER CAREER RECORD: Same 11.8 APG 16.1 CAREER RECORD: Same D2 VCU (Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus) L, 66-62 14.0 TOPG 13.2 D7 at UAB (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) W, 78-74 STATISTICAL LEADERS +0.3 TO MARGIN +3.5 STATISTICAL LEADERS D14 at DePaul (FOX Sports 1) W, 78-72 POINTS: Daishon Knight (14.2) 7.3 SPG 9.4 POINTS: Cameron Payne (18.7) D17 UT MARTIN W, 64-54 REBOUNDS: Reggie Lynch (6.8) 4.7 BPG 2.9 REBOUNDS: Jarvis Williams (7.5) ASSISTS: Paris Lee (3.7) ASSISTS: Cameron Payne (5.5) D20 at Murray State 3 p.m. SERIES HISTORY BLOCKS: Reggie Lynch (3.2) BLOCKS: Jonathan Fairell (0.7) D22 IPFW 6 p.m. SERIES (OVERALL): MSU, 1-0 D29 QUINCY 6 p.m. CURRENT STREAK: MSU, W1 MULLER VS. MSU: 0-0 D31 INDIANA STATE • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 3 p.m. JANUARY J4 at Wichita State • (ESPNU) 4:30 p.m. J7 DRAKE • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. GAME COVERAGE J11 at Missouri State • (ESPN3) 2 p.m. or 4 p.m. RADIO: Will begin on WJBC.com and will finish on WJBC 1230-AM, 93.7-FM J14 at Indiana State • 6 p.m. RADIO TALENT: Eric Stock (play-by-play), Mike Matthews (analyst) J17 BRADLEY • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 4 p.m. J20 at Drake • 7 p.m. LIVE VIDEO STREAM: OVCDigitalNetwork.com (free) J25 NORTHERN IOWA • (ESPNU or ESPN3) 1 p.m. or 3 p.m. LIVE AUDIO STREAM: GoRedbirds.com (free) J28 MISSOURI STATE • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J31 at Loyola • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 1 p.m. LIVE TWITTER UPDATES: @ISURedbirds FEBRUARY LIVE STATS: MurrayState.StatBroadcast.com F3 EVANSVILLE • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. F7 at Southern Illinois • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 1 p.m. F11 at Northern Iowa • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. SCENE SETTER n F14 WICHITA STATE • (ESPN2) 5 p.m. THE SERIES: F18 at Bradley • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 8 p.m. Saturday's game marks the second meeting between Illinois State and Murray State, with the Racers holding a 1-0 F21 LOYOLA • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 7 p.m. advantage by winning the only meeting, 85-74, on Dec. 11, 1971, in Murray, Kentucky. Illinois State's Doug Collins F25 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. scored 29 points in the game, but it was not enough for the Redbirds. F28 at Evansville • 1 p.m. n WHAT'S AT STAKE?: MARCH Winners of a season-best three-straight games, Illinois State is aiming to establish its longest winning streak M5 vs. TBD - Opening Round •• (MVC TV) TBD since earning four-straight victories last season from Nov. 19 until Dec. 7. The Redbirds have won two-straight M6 vs. TBD - Quarterfinals •• (MVC TV) TBD road games, and the Redbirds are striving to win three-straight on the road since earning three-consecutive road M7 vs. TBD - Semifinals •• (MVC TV) TBD victories during the 2008-09 campaign, from Feb. 4 until Feb. 15. ISU is also aiming to extend its current 32-game M8 vs. TBD - Championship •• (CBS) 1 p.m. winning streak versus members of the Ohio Valley Conference. Head coach Dan Muller is 4-0 versus the OVC. n ILLINOIS STATE AT A GLANCE: SCHEDULE KEY Improved to 6-3 overall with a win over Ohio Valley Conference foe UT Martin (Dec. 17) ... winners of three-straight • Missouri Valley Conference Game games, and four out of the last five ... three players have recorded double-doubles this season ... the Redbirds •• Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (St. Louis) have not been outrebounded yet ... earned two out of five possible Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the •••• Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) Week accolades this season ... finished as the runner-up at the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam (Nov. 21-24) ... ••••• Exhibition Game Home games in BOLD CAPS selected to finish fifth in the MVC this year. All times central and subject to change n MURRAY STATE AT A GLANCE: Winners of five-straight, including a victory at Missouri Valley Conference foe Evansville (Dec. 13 ... improved to 7-3 with a victory over Alcorn State (Dec. 17) ... sophomore guard Cameron Payne was named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for the second time following the Evansville game ... Payne is the OVC Preseason Player of the Year ... Murray State is picked to finish first in the OVC after earning a 23-11 overall record and a 13-3 Ohio Valley Conference mark en route to winning the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) championship last season ... returning four of five starters. G10 • at Murray State • December 20, 2014 Illinois State Quick Facts • Page 2 GENERAL COACHING STAFF Name of School ................................................Illinois State University Head Coach ...................................................Dan Muller (3rd Season) City/Zip .....................................................................Normal, Ill. 61790 Alma Mater/Year .........................................................Illinois State, ‘98 Founded .......................................................................................1857 Record at School (years) ........................................42-34 (3rd season) Enrollment .................................................................................20,271 Career Record (years) ............................................42-34 (3rd season) Nickname ................................................................................Redbirds Basketball Office Phone .............................................. (309) 438-8681 School Colors .............................................Red (PMS 186) and White Twitter ...............................................................................@DanMuller Arena/Gym Name .......................Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena Best Time of Day to Reach Coach ................Contact Athletics Comm. Capacity .....................................................................................10,200 Associate Head Coach (Alma Mater/Year) ........................................... Affiliation ......................................................................NCAA Division I Torrey Ward (3rd Season) (UAB, ‘01) Conference ................................................................... Missouri Valley Assistant Coaches (Alma Mater/Year) .................................................. President (Alma Mater) .............. Dr. Larry Dietz (Southern Illinois, ‘70) Luke Yaklich (2nd Season) (Illinois State, ‘98) AD (Alma Mater) ............................................ Larry Lyons (Illinois, ‘78) Dean Oliver (1st Season) (Iowa, ‘01) Ticket Office Phone ..................................................... (309) 438-8000 Dir. of Basketball Ops. .......... Mitch Gilfillan (1st Season) (Lehigh, ‘06) Athletics Department Website ...................................GoRedbirds.com Video Coordinator ....................Will Veasley (2nd Season) (Butler, ‘10) Athletics Department Twitter .........................................@ISURedbirds Athletic Trainer .................................................................... John Munn Basketball Hashtag .................................................. #REDBIRDHoops Strength Coach ................................................................. Chris Winter HISTORY TEAM INFORMATION First Year of Basketball ............................................................1898-99 TOTAL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL Overall All-Time Record ....................................................... 1541-1115 Overall Record Last Season 18-16 14-3 3-11 1-2 Number of Years in NCAA Tournament/Last .............................6/1998 Conference Record/Finish 9-9/T4th 8-1 1-8 Number of Years in NIT/Last ...................................................12/2012 Starters Returning/Lost 4/1 Number of Years in CBI/Last .....................................................1/2014 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/5 Last Postseason Opponent .........................................................Siena Newcomers 8* Result ......................................................................................L, 61-49 *Includes 2013-14 non-qualifiers Deontae Hawkins and MiKyle McIntosh who are eligible to play in 2014-15. ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA INFORMATION Assistant Athletics Communications Director .....................John Twork Primary Newspaper ............................... The Bloomington Pantagraph E-mail Address .........................................................jdtwork@ilstu.edu Beat Writer ......................................................................... Jim Benson Address ........................................................301 West Washington St. Twitter ....................................................................................@jdtwork