ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS John Twork, Assistant Athletics Communications Director O: (309) 438-3805 | C: (309) 530-0388 | F: (309) 438-5634 E: [email protected] | T: @Redbird_MBB | #REDBIRDhoops QUICK FACTS Location Normal, Ill. Founded / Enrollment 1857 / 21,039 Nickname / Colors Redbirds / Red and White Conference Missouri Valley Home Court Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena ILLINOIS STATE VS. DRAKE President Dr. Larry Dietz (Southern Illinois '70) SATURDAY, JAN. 21, 2017 • 7 P.M. CT • DOUG COLLINS COURT AT REDBIRD ARENA (10,200) • NORMAL, ILL. Director of Athletics Larry Lyons (Illinois '78) 72.2 PPG 74.8 Head Coach Dan Muller (Illinois State '98) 62.2 OPP. PPG 76.9 First Year of Basketball 1898-99 +10.0 SCORING MARGIN -2.2 Overall All-Time Record 1591-1142 44.4 FG% 43.7 Years in NCAA Tour./Last 6/1998 37.3 OPP. FG% 45.7 Years in NIT Tour./Last 13/2015 38.5 3-PT. FG% 36.3 31.8 OPP. 3-PT. FG% 37.6 2016-17 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 66.1 FT% 75.1 70.8 OPP. FT% 65.2 NOVEMBER ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS 37.5 RPG 35.2 DRAKE BULLDOGS Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result OVERALL RECORD: 15-4 34.9 OPP. RPG 36.8 OVERALL RECORD: 6-13 N6 QUINCY (EXHIBITION) (ESPN3) W, 84-62 VALLEY RECORD: 7-0 +2.6 REB. MARGIN -1.6 VALLEY RECORD: 4-3 N11 at Murray State (OVC Digital Network) L, 73-70 HEAD COACH: Dan Muller 14.5 APG 13.8 HEAD COACH: Jeff Rutter N16 FORT WAYNE (ESPN3) W, 75-57 RECORD AT ISU: 91-62 (5th Season) 12.8 TOPG 13.6 RECORD AT DU: 5-6 (1st Season) N21 at TCU (FOX Sports Net) L, 80-71 CAREER RECORD: Same +0.7 TO MARGIN -0.7 CAREER RECORD: 76-122 (8th Season) N27 FERRIS STATE (ESPN3) W, 81-67 7.7 SPG 6.2 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS N30 IUPUI (ESPN3) W, 77-63 4.4 BPG 2.4 POINTS: Deontae Hawkins (14.8) POINTS: Reed Timmer (16.6) DECEMBER SERIES (OVERALL): ISU leads, 55-29 REBOUNDS: Deontae Hawkins (6.9) REBOUNDS: T.J. Thomas (4.5) D3 NEW MEXICO •• (CSN Chicago Plus / ESPN3) W, 79-74 SERIES (IN NORMAL): ISU leads, 32-8 ASSISTS: Paris Lee (5.3) SERIES (IN RBA): ISU leads, 22-7 ASSISTS: De'Antae McMurray (3.4) D7 at Tulsa (ESPN3) L, 70-68 STEALS: Paris Lee (2.2) LAST MEETING: W, 76-64 (1/26/16) STEALS: Reed Timmer (1.2) D10 UT MARTIN (CSN Chicago Plus / ESPN3) W, 74-57 BLOCKS: Phil Fayne (1.2) CURRENT STREAK: W7 BLOCKS: T.J. Thomas (0.6) D18 SAINT JOSEPH'S (CSN Chicago Plus / ESPN3) W, 81-72 MULLER VS. DU: 7-1 D22 at Hawai'i (ESPN2) ••• W, 71-45 D23 vs. San Francisco ••• (ESPN2) L, 66-58 FOLLOW ALONG D25 vs. Tulsa ••• (ESPN2) W, 68-56 n WATCH: Comcast SportsNet Chicago / FOX Sports Midwest SOCIAL COVERAGE D29 EVANSVILLE • (CSN Chicago Plus / ESPN3) W, 62-50 JANUARY n TALENT: John Rooney (PBP), Rich Zvosec (analyst) n TWITTER: @Redbird_MBB J1 at Loyola Chicago • (ESPN3) W, 81-59 n RADIO: Illinois State Radio Network (WJBC 1230-AM) n HASHTAG: #REDBIRDhoops J4 MISSOURI STATE • (Comcast SportsNet Chi.) W, 74-71 (OT) n RADIO STREAM: Portal.StretchInternet.com/ISU n FACEBOOK: ISU Redbirds J7 at Indiana State • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) W, 77-58 n RADIO TALENT: Dick Luedke (PBP), Mike Matthews (analyst) n INSTAGRAM: ISU Redbirds J11 at Southern Illinois • (ESPN3) W, 60-53 n LIVE STATS: IllinoisState.StatBroadcast.com n WEB: GoRedbirds.com J14 WICHITA STATE • (ESPN2) W, 76-62 J18 at Bradley • (CBS Sports Network) W, 69-49 J21 DRAKE • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 7 p.m. SCENE SETTER J25 INDIANA STATE • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. n THE GAME: J29 at Evansville • (ESPN3) 3 p.m. Illinois State will try to remain undefeated at home this season and extend a 15-game home-court winning streak when FEBRUARY the Redbirds (15-4, 7-0 MVC) host Drake (6-13, 4-3 MVC) Saturday at 7 p.m. on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena. F1 NORTHERN IOWA • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 8 p.m. At halftime, Redbird great Doug Collins will be honored for his induction into the Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. F4 at Wichita State • (ESPN2) 7 p.m. n THE SERIES: F7 at Drake • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. Saturday’s game marks the 85th meeting between Illinois State and Drake. ISU leads the all-time series, 55-29, with F11 BRADLEY • (ESPNU) 9 p.m. the Redbirds winning seven-straight games and eight of the past nine, which marks ISU's longest active winning streak F15 at Missouri State • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 8 p.m. against an MVC foe. Versus the Bulldogs, Illinois State is 32-8 at home and 22-7 at Redbird Arena. ISU has swept the F19 LOYOLA CHICAGO • (ESPNU or 3) 3 p.m. regular-season series for three-straight years. Head coach Dan Muller holds a 6-1 record against the Bulldogs. F22 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 6 p.m. n F25 at Northern Iowa • (TBD) TBD THE COACHES: MARCH Illinois State: Dan Muller (Illinois State, 1998) is in his fifth season as the head coach at Illinois State. Muller is the M2 MVC Tournament First Round •••• (MVC TV) TBD first-ever Illinois State coach to beat four Top-25 teams in his first four years. He led ISU to the 2015 NIT. M3 MVC Tournament Quarterfinal •••• (MVC TV) TBD Drake: Jeff Rutter (Winona State, 1988) is in his first season as the head coach at Drake. On Dec. 6, 2016, Rutter M4 MVC Tournament Semifinal •••• (CBS Sports Network) 2:30/5 assumed head coaching duties at Drake after three-and-a-half years as an assistant coach. M5 MVC Tournament Championship •••• (CBS) 1 p.m. n ILLINOIS STATE: Is in sole possession of first place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings (7-0) ... Features MVC Player of the SCHEDULE KEY Week MiKyle McIntosh ... Has won eight-straight games and 11 of the past 12 ... Is undefeated at home this season • Missouri Valley Conference Game and has won 15-straight at home dating back to last year ... Was picked to finish second (out of 10 teams) in the MVC •• Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge ... Returns four starters and seven of 11 letterwinners from last year's team (18-14, 12-6 T2nd MVC). ••• Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Stan Sheriff Center – Honolulu, Hawaii) n DRAKE: •••• State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (St. Louis) Is tied for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings (4-3) ... Was picked to finish 10th in the MVC ... Home games in BOLD CAPS Returns four starters and nine letterwinners from last year’s team (7-24, 2-16 10th MVC) ... Is led by junior guard Ore All times central and subject to change Arogundade who is coming off a career-high 19-points, including 17 in the second half and overtime, in a win against Southern Illinois (Jan. 18) ... Started the season with a 1-10 record but has gone 5-3 in its past eight games. ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | 20 POSTSEASON TOUR. | 5 MVC TITLES | 4 MVC TOUR. TITLES Game 20 • vs. Drake • January 21, 2017 Personnel Report • Page 2 0 ISAAC GASSMAN 1 PARIS LEE 2 DJ CLAYTON 3 KEYSHAWN EVANS 4 DAOUDA “DAVID” NDIAYE Fr. | G | 6-5 | 180 Sr. | G | 6-0 | 185 Jr. | G | 6-6 | 185 So. | G | 6-0 | 180 So. | C | 7-0 | 215 Ottawa, Ill. Maywood, Ill. Oakland, Calif. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Dakar, Senegal Ottawa Township HS Proviso East HS Palm Beach State College The Sagemont School Windermere Preparatory School Last Game: Set Career Steals Record Last Game: 8 pts./4 rbnds./21 min. Last Game: 9 pts./3 assists/22 min. Last Game: 2 pts./3 rbnds./20 min. REDSHIRTING 19 gp / 19 gs / 13.1 ppg 19 gp / 3 gs / 7.2 ppg 19 gp / 0 gs / 4.7 ppg 10 gp / 0 gs / 1.5 ppg 3.9 rpg / 5.3 apg / 2.2 spg 4.0 rpg / 1.8 apg / 1.1 spg 1.3 rpg / 1.8 apg / 0.4 spg 3.2 rpg / 0.2 spg / 1.2 bpg Two-time MVC Player of the Week Did not play until Dec. 22 -- stress frac. 5 MATT HEIN 10 PHIL FAYNE 11 MIKYLE MCINTOSH 12 TONY WILLS 13 MILIK YARBROUGH R-Fr. | G | 6-3 | 185 So. | F | 6-9 | 200 Jr. | F | 6-7 | 234 Sr. | G | 6-4 | 185 Jr. | F | 6-6 | 230 Windermere, Fla. Elk Grove, Calif. Pickering, Ontario Indianapolis, Ind. Zion, Ill. Windermere Preparatory School Western Nebraska College 22ft Academy Ben Davis HS Saint Louis Last Game: 0 pts./0 rbnds./2 min. Last Game: 9 pts./10 rbnds./22 min. Last Game: 3 pts./4 rbnds./24 min. Last Game: 4 pts./2 rbnds./24 min. SITTING OUT 9 gp / 0 gs / 0.3 ppg 19 gp / 19 gs / 9.2 ppg 19 gp / 19 gs / 13.9 ppg 19 gp / 16 gs / 5.9 ppg -Due to NCAA transfer rules 0.2 rpg / 0.0 apg / 0.1 spg 6.2 rpg / 0.7 spg / 1.2 bpg 6.5 rpg / 2.2 apg / 0.7 bpg 2.7 rpg / 1.5 apg / 0.8 spg MVC Player of the Week Had preseason surgery (sports hernia) 15 ANDRE WASHINGTON 23 DEONTAE HAWKINS 25 MADISON WILLIAMS 31 JAVAKA THOMPSON 34 CHRISTIAN ROMINE Fr. | F | 6-8 | 195 Sr.