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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 (6-15, 3-12 MVC) (11-13, 5-10 MVC) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18 // 6 PM // CARVER ARENA // PEORIA, ILLINOIS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 6-15 MATCH-UP MVC: 3-12 // Non-Conference: 3-3 REDBIRDS BRAVES Home: 3-6 // Away: 2-9 // 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: 155-132 (9th season) Record at Bradley: 92-99 (2nd) 28 vs. UMass Lowell 1 W, 82-72 — Career Record: Same Career Record: 187-164 Muller vs. Bradley: 10-7 DECEMBER (2-4) Wardle vs. Illinois State: 5-9 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 three freshmen, Harouna Sissoko, Howard Flem- ing Jr., and Emon Washington who have each had games where they pulled Overall Bradley leads 68-64 15 CHICAGO STATE W, 91-62 ESPN3 down double-digit rebounds. It is the first time in program history with three fresh- Current Streak Illinois State 1 win 27 at Loyola Chicago • L, 60-90 MVC TV Network men with a double-figure rebounding total in a game during the same season. • Illinois State head coach Dan Muller is one of 35 head coaches in the coun- In Peoria Bradley leads 45-22 28 at Loyola Chicago • L, 55-86 CBS Sports Network try who is coaching at his alma mater. Of that group, he has the seventh-most Last Meeting Illinois State 71, Bradley 56 JANUARY (2-6) victories. Jan. 20, 2021 // Normal, Illinois • Illinois State sophomore DJ Horne has the 17th-best three-point field goal 9 at Evansville • L, 48-57 MVC TV Network percentage in the country heading into the weekend, while also sporting the TELEVISION 10 at Evansville • W, 73-68 ESPN3 73rd-highest three-point field goals per game mark in the country. ESPN3 16 INDIANA STATE • L, 65-73 MVC TV Network • With his recent hot stretch, Horne has climbed into the top-10 in school history Play-by-Play Brian Bedo in single-season three-point makes by a sophomore (8th), three-point percentage Analyst Matt McClain 17 INDIANA STATE • L, 68-74 Marquee Sports by a sophomore (3rd), career three-point percentage (6th), and career three- 20 BRADLEY • W, 71-56 Marquee Sports point makes through sophomore season (5th) RADIO 23 VALPARAISO • L, 60-69 Marquee Sports • With his 15 rebounds in a reserve role against Missouri State, Dusan Mahorcic Flagships WJBC 93.7 & 1230 AM is one of just 13 players in NCAA Division I this season to pull down at least 15 24 VALPARAISO • L, 66-70 Marquee Sports rebounds as a non-starter. The rebound total is also tied for the third-highest in a Online TuneIn.com www.goredbirds.com/watch 31 at Drake • L, 76-78 ESPN3 game this season by a MVC student-athlete. • DJ Horne’s career three-point percentage of .421 is the 21st-highest among Play-by-Play Dick Luedke FEBRUARY (1-4) active players in NCAA Division I, and is the fifth-highest sophomore on the list. 1 at Drake L, 60-95 ESPN3 • Twice this season an Illinois State men’s basketball squad has held an op- ponent to two or fewer free throws made in a game, the second time coming 6 MISSOURI STATE • L, 67-74 ESPN3 on Wednesday against Bradley when the Redbirds held the Braves to just two 7 MISSOURI STATE • L, 62-72 Marquee Sports made free throw tries, which is tied for the fourth-fewest in a game allowed in 13 at Southern Illinois • W, 80-55 ESPN3 program history. • This season Illinois State has had 12 players score in double figures at least STATISTICAL COMPARISON 14 at Southern Illinois • L, 49-59 ESPN3 once, which is the third-highest current total in the country, trailing only Murray ILS BRAD 18 at Bradley • 7 p.m. ESPN3 / + State’s and Abilene Christian’s 13. The Redbird double-figure total is also the Overall Record 6-15 11-13 most in a season by an ISU team since at least 1966-67. 26 UNI • 8 p.m. ESPNU Conference Record 3-12 5-10 • ISU has had five players score at least 20 points in a game this season, which 27 UNI • 5 p.m. CBS Sports Network is tied for the top mark in the MVC this season, and is tied for the sixth-most in a Scoring Offense 71.8 69.8 season for Illinois State since 1966-67. The school record for total amount of 20+ Scoring Defense 74.8 65.1 MARCH (0-0) point scorers in a season is seven held by the 1968-69 squad. Scoring Margin -3.0 +4.8 4 MVC First Round 2 MVC TV Network • Illinois State tied a school record against Chicago State with 17 made three- FG Percentage .458 .450 5 MVC Quarterfinals 2 MVC TV Network point baskets, which are also tied for the 29th-most in a game in NCAA Division FG Percentage Defense .447 .402 I this season. 2 3FG Percentage .362 .321 6 MVC Semifinals CBS Sports Network • In Illinois State’s win over Greenville, the Redbirds set new NCAA Division I 7 MVC Championship 2 CBS records in field goal percentage (84.3%) and total assists (57). The program also 3FG Percentage Defense .314 .370 scored the fourth-most points, had the fourth-highest single-half scoring output, 3FG Per Game 8.0 6.8 1 = Columbus, Ohio and the had the sixth-highest combined score total in NCAA Division I history. 2 Free Throw Percentage .633 .721 = Arch Madness (St. Louis, Mo.) • The Redbirds have no seniors on this season’s team, the seventh time in pro- Rebounding Offense 35.6 37.8 • = Missouri Valley Conference Game gram history an ISU squad had no seniors. Of the six previous occurrences, four MVC TV Network consists of: Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports times the team made a postseason (NCAA or NIT) the following season. ISU is Rebounding Margin -0.9 +3.6 Indiana, Fox Kansas City, and NBC Sports Chicago one of 10 NCAA Division I schools with no seniors on its roster this year. Assists Per Game 13.9 13.8 • Along with having no seniors and just four juniors, the team’s average athletic Turnovers Per Game 13.5 12.8 year is 1.71 (freshmen = 1, senior = 4), which is the least experienced team in Turnover Margin -1.6 0.0 ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS program history. Bill Salyer, Assistant Director / MBB Contact Assist / Turnover Ratio 1.0 1.1 • Illinois State has four players from outside of the United States, the most for- 203C Horton Field House eign players on a Redbird team in program history. The previous most was from Steals Per Game 5.8 5.4 Normal, IL 61790-7130 the 1996-97, 2012-13, and 2013-14 seasons that had three players each from Blocked Shots/Game 3.6 3.8 Cell: (260) 705-3963 / Office: (309) 438-3805 outside of the USA. Email: [email protected] REDBIRD PROJECTED STARTERS (BASED OFF OF THE LAST GAME) Twitter: @bill_salyer Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown PPG RPG APG FG% 3FG% FT% F 4 Abdou Ndiaye 6-9 195 r-So. Louga, Senegal 4.1 2.7 0.7 .532 .357 .500 G 0 DJ Horne 6-1 175 So. Raleigh, N.C. 14.8 3.4 2.6 .446 .439 .839 G 3 Howard Fleming Jr. 6-5 195 Fr. Louisville, Ky. 4.0 4.4 2.6 .405 .273 .667 G 10 Emon Washington 6-5 190 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 4.7 3.7 1.2 .541 .318 .615 G 12 Antonio Reeves 6-5 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 12.7 3.5 1.3 .430 .322 .734 Reserves G 1 Dedric Boyd 6-4 195 r-Jr. Brownsville, Tenn. 7.1 1.5 1.0 .397 .324 .636 G 2 Josiah Strong 6-3 195 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. 11.6 2.5 2.9 .411 .395 .706 F 11 Alston Andrews 6-9 230 Fr. Detroit, Mich. 2.6 1.5 0.4 .667 — .556 G 14 Nik Stadelman 6-0 180 Fr. Rockford, Ill. 0.2 0.3 0.5 .000 .000 .200 F 21 Dusan Mahorcic 6-10 240 Jr. Belgrade, Serbia 8.8 7.2 1.1 .552 1.000 .462 F 23 Harouna Sissoko 6-7 215 r-Fr. Kayes, Mali 4.5 3.7 0.5 .549 .278 .611 G 24 Jayden Johnson 6-6 205 Fr. Batavia, Ill. 1.4 0.3 0.3 .667 1.000 1.000 F 25 Alex Kotov 6-10 220 So. Moscow, Russia 1.5 1.9 0.5 .474 .000 .000 GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE BRAVES SEASON AND CAREER TOTALS Name of School Illinois State University Bradley comes into the second meeting with the Redbirds having dropped nine of its last 11 2020-21 Career games after Illinois State snapped the Braves’ three-game losing streak in late January. City/Zip Normal, Ill. 61790 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Founded 1857 In Bradley’s last game, a 72-57 loss at Missouri State, Rienk Mast scored a team-high 15 points, DJ Horne 18 (6-12) 32 (12-20) Enrollment 20,878 while Kevin McAdoo and Sean East each scored 13.