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: @jdtwork QUICK FACTS Location Normal, Ill. Founded / Enrollment 1857 / 20,788 Nickname / Colors Redbirds / Red and White Conference Missouri Valley Home Court Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena ILLINOIS STATE AT DRAKE President Dr. Larry Dietz (Southern Illinois `70) SUNDAY., JAN. 3, 2016 • 1 P.M. CT • KNAPP CENTER (7,152) • DES MOINES, IOWA Director of Athletics Larry Lyons (Illinois `78) 66.4 PPG 72.2 Head Coach Dan Muller (Illinois State `98) 68.0 OPP. PPG 70.2 First Year of Basketball 1898-99 -1.6 SCORING MARGIN +1.9 Overall All-Time Record 1564-1132 41.1 FG% 47.3 Years in NCAA Tour./Last 6/1998 42.6 OPP. FG% 44.4 Years in NIT Tour./Last 13/2015 32.1 3-PT. FG% 42.8 33.8 OPP. 3-PT. FG% 36.5 2015-16 SCHEDULE/RESULTS 61.3 FT% 70.4 68.2 OPP. FT% 64.9 NOVEMBER ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS 35.3 RPG 34.2 DRAKE BULLDOGS Date Opponent (TV) Time/Result OVERALL RECORD: 7-7 36.5 OPP. RPG 33.3 OVERALL RECORD: 5-8 N8 SOUTHERN INDIANA ••••• W, 88-81 VALLEY RECORD: 1-0 -1.2 REB. MARGIN +0.9 VALLEY RECORD: 0-1 N13 at San Diego State •• (ESPN3) L, 71-60 HEAD COACH: Dan Muller 12.3 APG 13.2 HEAD COACH: Ray Giacoletti N16 MOREHEAD STATE (ESPN3) W, 67-66 RECORD AT ISU: 65-51 (4th Season) 13.5 TOPG 13.4 RECORD AT DU: 29-46 (3rd Season) N19 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ••• (ESPN3) L, 83-67 CAREER RECORD: Same +1.2 TO MARGIN -2.6 CAREER RECORD: 200-169 (13th Season) N21 HOUSTON BAPTIST ••• (ESPN3) W, 72-56 6.4 SPG 3.9 STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS N24 vs. No. 2 Maryland ••• (CBS Sports Network) L, 77-66 3.9 BPG 1.9 POINTS: DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell (15.4) POINTS: Reed Timmer (17.8) N25 vs. TCU ••• (CBS Sports Network) L, 71-60 SERIES (OVERALL): ISU leads, 53-29 REBOUNDS: MiKyle McIntosh (5.1) REBOUNDS: Jacob Enevold (5.8) N27 QUINCY (ESPN3) W, 73-63 SERIES (IN DES MOINES): DU leads, 17-19 ASSISTS: Paris Lee (3.6) SERIES (IN KNAPP): DU leads, 12-11 ASSISTS: Graham Woodward (3.1) N30 at No. 1 Kentucky (ESPN2) L, 75-63 BLOCKS: Daouda "David" Ndiaye (1.3) LAST MEETING: W, 64-56 (1/20/15) BLOCKS: Dominik Olejniczak (0.5) DECEMBER CURRENT STREAK: W5 D5 UAB (ESPN3) L, 74-61 MULLER VS. DU: 5-1 D13 MURRAY STATE (ESPN3) W, 63-61 D16 at Illinois-Chicago (CSN Chicago Plus / ESPN3) W, 72-60 FOLLOW ALONG D19 at Saint Joseph's (A-10 Digital Network) L, 79-65 n TV: ESPN3, Mediacom MC22 (http://es.pn/1OqMP0W) SOCIAL COVERAGE D22 TENNESSEE STATE (ESPN3) W, 66-55 n n D30 MISSOURI STATE • (ESPN3) W, 74-61 TV TALENT: Larry Morgan (PBP), Adam Emmenecker (analyst) TWITTER: @Redbird_MBB JANUARY n RADIO: Illinois State Radio Network (WJBC 1230-AM, 93.7-FM) n FACEBOOK: ISURedbirds J3 at Drake • (ESPN3 / Mediacom MC22) 1 p.m. n RADIO STREAM: Portal.StretchInternet.com/ISU/ n INSTAGRAM: ISU Redbirds J6 LOYOLA • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. n RADIO TALENT: Dick Luedke (PBP), Mike Matthews (analyst) n SNAPCHAT: ISU Redbirds J9 at Indiana State • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 1 p.m. n LIVE STATS: IllinoisState.StatBroadcast.com n WEB: GoRedbirds.com J12 at Southern Illinois • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. J15 EVANSVILLE • (ESPN2) 8 p.m. J20 at Bradley • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. SCENE SETTER J23 NORTHERN IOWA • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) 3 p.m. n THE GAME: J26 DRAKE • (Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus) 7 p.m. Aiming to start Missouri Valley Conference play with a 2-0 record for the first time since 2008-09, the Illinois State J30 at Missouri State • (ESPN3) 3 p.m. men's basketball team (7-7, 1-0 MVC) faces conference foe Drake (5-8, 0-1) Sunday, Jan. 3 at 1 p.m. CT at the FEBRUARY Knapp Center. The Redbirds tipped off league play with a win over Missouri State, while Drake fell at Wichita State. F3 at Loyola • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. n THE SERIES: F6 WICHITA STATE • (ESPN2) 9 p.m. Sunday's game marks the 83rd meeting between Illinois State and Drake. ISU leads the all-time series, 53-29, with F11 at Evansville • (CBS Sports Network) 8 p.m. the Redbirds winning five-straight games and six of their last seven, ISU's longest active winning streak against F14 BRADLEY • (ESPNU or ESPN3) 3 p.m. an MVC foe. Versus the Bulldogs, ISU is 17-19 in Des Moines, Iowa and 11-12 at the Knapp Center. ISU has won F17 INDIANA STATE • (ESPN3) 7 p.m. three-straight games at Drake. Head Coach Dan Muller is 5-1 versus DU and 3-0 in Des Moines, Iowa. F20 at Northern Iowa • (CBS Sports Network) 3 p.m. n THE COACHES: F24 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS • (Comcast SportsNet Chi. Plus) 6 p.m. Illinois State: Dan Muller (Illinois State, 1998) is in his fourth season as the head coach at Illinois State (65-51). F27 at Wichita State • (ESPN, ESPN2 or CBS Sports Network) TBD Muller is the first coach in ISU history to beat three Top-25 teams in his first three seasons. MARCH Drake: Ray Giacoletti (Minot State, 1985) is in his third season as the head coach at Drake (29-46) and his 13th M3 First Round •••• (ESPN3) TBD overall (200-169). Giacoletti served as an assistant coach for four years at Illinois State (1990-93). M4 Quarterfinal •••• (ESPN3) TBD n M5 Semifinal •••• (CBS Sports Network) 2:30 or 5 p.m. ABOUT ILLINOIS STATE: M6 Championship •••• (CBS) 1 p.m. Picked to finish fourth (out of 10 teams) in the Missouri Valley Conference ... return three of five starters and six of 13 letterwinners from last year's team, which went 22-13 overall, advancing to the second round of the National SCHEDULE KEY Invitation Tournament (NIT) ... tied for third place in the 2014-15 MVC standings (11-7) ... feature MVC preseason • Missouri Valley Conference Game team selection senior DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell ... played the top-two nationally-ranked teams in a one-week span. •• Mountain West/Missouri Valley Challenge n ••• Cancun Challenge (neutral site games in Cancun, Mexico) ABOUT DRAKE: •••• Missouri Valley Conference Tournament (St. Louis) Picked to finish seventh (out of 10 teams) in the Missouri Valley Conference ... return four of seven starters and ••••• Exhibition Game six of 10 letterwinners from last year's team, which recorded a 9-22 overall record and a 6-12 MVC mark (seventh Home games in BOLD CAPS place) ... feature returning sophomore guard Reed Timmer who was named to the 2015 MVC All-Newcomer and All times central and subject to change All-Freshman teams and is averaging 17.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. ILLINOIS STATE BASKETBALL GAME NOTES | 20 POSTSEASON TOUR. | 5 MVC TITLES | 4 MVC TOUR. TITLES G15 • at Drake • January 3, 2016 Illinois State Roster • Page 2 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER REDBIRDS BY CLASS # NAME POS HT./WT. CLASS HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / LAST SCHOOL(S) SENIORS (3): Akoon-Purcell, Brewer, 44 DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell G 6-5/200 Sr.-1L Orlando, Fla. / West Oaks Acad. / Eastern Oklahoma State College McCloud 0 Nick Banyard F 6-8/225 RJr.-Tr. Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus HS / New Mexico JUNIORS (4) : Banyard, Lee, 2 Quintin Brewer F 6-8/215 RSr.-Tr. Atlanta, Ga. / Blake HS / Gordon State College / Bethune-Cookman Thompson, Wills 3 Keyshawn Evans G 6-0/170 Fr.-HS Plantation, Fla. / The Sagemont School SOPHOMORES (2): Hawkins, 35 Roland Griffin F 6-7/210 Fr.-HS Aurora, Ill. / West Aurora HS McIntosh 22 Elvis Harvey F 6-8/210 Fr.-HS South Bay, Fla. / Oxbridge Acad. FRESHMEN (5): Evans, Griffin, Harvey, 23 Deontae Hawkins F 6-8/219 So.-1L Dayton, Ohio / Dayton Dunbar HS / Quakerdale Promise Acad. Hein, Ndiaye 5 Matt Hein G 6-3/185 Fr.-HS Windermere, Fla. / Windermere Preparatory School REDBIRDS BY STATE 1 Paris Lee G 6-0/185 Jr.-2L Maywood, Ill. / Proviso East HS FLORIDA (4): Akoon-Purcell, Evans, 15 Justin McCloud G 6-4/198 Sr.-1L Bottineau, N.D. / Bottineau HS / Bismarck State College Harvey, Hein 11 MiKyle McIntosh F 6-7/234 So.-1L Pickering, Ontario / Pickering HS / Christian Faith Cent. / 22ft Acad. ILLINOIS (3): Griffin, Lee, Thompson 4 Daouda “David” Ndiaye C 7-0/210 Fr.-HS Dakar, Senegal / Windermere Preparatory School GEORGIA (1): Brewer 31 Javaka Thompson G 6-4/191 RJr.-Tr. Chicago, Ill. / Whitney M. Young Magnet School / Knox College INDIANA (1): Wills 12 Tony Wills G 6-4/185 Jr.-2L Indianapolis, Ind. / Ben Davis HS NORTH DAKOTA (1): McCloud NUMERICAL ROSTER OHIO (1): Hawkins # NAME POS HT./WT. CLASS HOMETOWN / HIGH SCHOOL / LAST SCHOOL(S) TEXAS (1): Banyard 0 Nick Banyard F 6-8/225 RJr.-Tr. Flower Mound, Texas / Marcus HS / New Mexico ONTARIO, CANADA (1): McIntosh 1 Paris Lee G 6-0/185 Jr.-2L Maywood, Ill. / Proviso East HS DAKAR, SENEGAL (1): Ndiaye 2 Quintin Brewer F 6-8/215 RSr.-Tr. Atlanta, Ga. / Blake HS / Gordon State College / Bethune-Cookman REDBIRD PRONUNCIATIONS 3 Keyshawn Evans G 6-0/170 Fr.-HS Plantation, Fla. / The Sagemount School 4 Daouda “David” Ndiaye C 7-0/210 Fr.-HS Dakar, Senegal / Windermere Preparatory School PLAYERS 5 Matt Hein G 6-3/185 Fr.-HS Windermere, Fla.