6 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES // 14 NIT APPEARANCES // 5 MVC REGULAR SEASON TITLES // 4 MVC TOURNAMENT TITLES // 21 ALL-AMERICANS ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS // LOYOLA CHICAGO RAMBLERS (3-3, 0-0 MVC) (4-2, 0-0 MVC) SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 // 3 PM // GENTILE ARENA // CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS OVERALL RECORD: 3-3 MATCH-UP MVC: 0-0 // Non-Conference: 3-3 REDBIRDS RAMBLERS Home: 2-0 // Away: 0-3 // Neutral: 1-0 Head Coach: Dan Muller Head Coach: Porter Moser NOVEMBER (1-1) Alma Mater: Illinois State ‘98 Alma Mater: Creighton ‘90 25 at Ohio State 1 L, 67-94 ESPN Record at ISU: 152-120 (9th season) Record at Loyola: 166-138 (10th season) 28 vs. UMass Lowell 1 W, 82-72 — Career Record: 152-120 (9th season) Career Record: 271-239 (17th season) vs. Loyola Chicago: 8-7 DECEMBER (2-2) vs. Illinois State: 7-8 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 • Illinois State tied a school record against Chicago State with 17 made three- Overall Illinois State leads 15-10 15 CHICAGO STATE W, 91-62 ESPN3 point baskets, which are also tied for the 22nd-most in a game in NCAA Division I this season. Current Streak Loyola 2 wins 27 at Loyola Chicago • 3 p.m. MVC TV Network • This season Illinois State has 11 players who have scored in double-figures this In Chicago Series tied 6-6 28 at Loyola Chicago • 6 p.m. CBS Sports Network season, which is the highest total in the MVC this season. The team has also had Last Meeting February 19, 2019; Chicago, Ill. JANUARY (0-0) four different players score at least 20 points in a game, which is tied for the top Loyola 84, Illinois State 69 2 VALPARAISO • 4:30 p.m. The Valley on ESPN mark in the conference. TELEVISION 3 VALPARAISO • 4:30 p.m. The Valley on ESPN • In Illinois State’s win over Greenville, the Redbirds set new NCAA Division I G1 - MVC TV Network 9 at Evansville • 1 p.m. ESPN3 / + records in field goal percentage (84.3%) and total assists (57). The program also Play-by-Play Jordan Bernfield 10 at Evansville • 1 p.m. The Valley on ESPN scored the fourth-most points, had the fourth-highest single-half scoring output, Analyst Rich Zvosec and the sixth-highest combined score total in NCAA Division I history. 16 INDIANA STATE • 3 p.m. MVC TV Network • With his 30 points against Greenville, Illinois State freshman Emon Washington G2 - CBS Sports Network 17 INDIANA STATE • 3 p.m. The Valley on ESPN became just the fifth freshman in program history to reach the 30-point plateau, Play-by-Play Joel Godett 20 at Bradley • 8 p.m. MVC TV Network and is the first since Bubbles Hawkins accomplished the feat on February 16, Analyst Tim Doyle 30 at Drake • 4 p.m. The Valley on ESPN 1973. RADIO 31 at Drake • 2 p.m. The Valley on ESPN • Illinois State junior Josiah Strong was named the season’s first MVC Newcomer Flagships WJBC 93.7 & 1230 AM FEBRUARY (0-0) of the Week, announced by the MVC office on Monday, November 30. Online TuneIn.com 6 MISSOURI STATE • 2 p.m. ESPN3 / + • Against Greenville, two Redbirds, DJ Horne and Josiah Strong had point / as- www.goredbirds.com/watch sist double-doubles. It was the second time in program history that two players 7 MISSOURI STATE • 2 p.m. The Valley on ESPN Play-by-Play Dick Luedke had point / assist double-doubles in the same game, and the first time since the 13 at Southern Illinois • 3 p.m. ESPN3 / + 1973-74 season. STATISTICAL COMPARISON ILS LOY 14 at Southern Illinois • 3 p.m. The Valley on ESPN • The Redbirds have no seniors on this season’s team, the seventh time in pro- Overall Record 3-3 4-2 17 BRADLEY • 8 p.m. TBD gram history an ISU squad had no seniors. Of the six previous occurrences, four Conference Record 0-0 0-0 26 UNI • 8 p.m. ESPNU times the team made a postseason (NCAA or NIT) the following season. ISU is Scoring Offense 91.3 78.2 27 UNI • TBD CBS Sports Network one of 10 NCAA Division I schools with no seniors on their roster this year. Scoring Defense 82.3 62.0 MARCH (0-0) • Along with having no seniors and just four juniors, the team’s average athletic Scoring Margin +9.0 +16.2 year is 1.80 (freshmen = 1, senior = 4), which is tied for the least experienced 4 MVC First Round 2 MVC TV Network FG Percentage .524 .530 team in program history. 5 MVC Quarterfinals 2 MVC TV Network FG Percentage Defense .433 .416 • Illinois State has four players from outside of the United States, the most for- 3FG Percentage .381 .418 6 MVC Semifinals 2 CBS Sports Network eign players on a Redbird team in program history. The previous most was from 3FG Percentage Defense .289 .357 2 7 MVC Championship CBS the 1996-97, 2012-13, and 2013-14 seasons that had three players each from 3FG Per Game 9.3 9.3 1 = Columbus, Ohio outside of the USA. Free Throw Percentage .634 .652 2 = Arch Madness (St. Louis, Mo.) • There are 11 current NCAA Division I head coaches that either played or Rebounding Offense 41.0 33.7 • = Missouri Valley Conference Game coached at Illinois State, including two other head coaches in the Missouri Valley Rebounding Margin +2.8 +6.3 MVC TV Network consists of: Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports Conference - one of which is on the opposing sideline for the two games this Assists Per Game 20.5 18.2 Indiana, Fox Kansas City, and NBC Sports Chicago weekend. Turnovers Per Game 14.7 13.2 • Illinois State head coach Dan Muller is one of 34 head coaches in the country Turnover Margin -0.3 -0.5 who is coaching at his alma mater. Of that group, he has the seventh-most victo- Assist / Turnover Ratio 1.4 1.4 ries. Leading the list is Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Roy Williams (North Carolina), Steals Per Game 5.8 4.7 Matt Painter (Purdue), and Bob Huggins (West Virginia). Blocked Shots/Game 4.7 2.0 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 13.3 8.7 0.7 .783 — .364 F 23 Harouna Sissoko 6-7 215 r-Fr. Kayes, Mali 7.0 4.7 0.7 .581 .250 .500 G 0 DJ Horne 6-1 175 So. Raleigh, N.C. 13.5 3.2 3.2 .418 .389 .917 G 2 Josiah Strong 6-3 195 Jr. Brooklyn Park, Minn. 14.0 4.2 5.0 .467 .452 .667 G 12 Antonio Reeves 6-5 185 So. Chicago, Ill. 13.3 3.8 2.2 .431 .314 .765 Reserves G 1 Dedric Boyd 6-4 195 r-Jr. Brownsville, Tenn. 9.0 3.4 2.2 .444 .368 .667 ILLINOIS STATE ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS G 3 Howard Fleming Jr. 6-5 195 Fr. Louisville, Ky. 4.8 4.4 2.6 .438 .333 .643 Bill Salyer, Assistant Director / MBB Contact F 4 Abdou Ndiaye 6-9 195 r-So. Louga, Senegal 6.8 3.0 0.7 .720 .429 .500 203C Horton Field House G 10 Emon Washington 6-5 190 Fr. Atlanta, Ga. 6.5 3.2 1.7 .750 .500 .667 Normal, IL 61790-7130 F 11 Alston Andrews 6-9 230 Fr. Detroit, Mich. 4.0 1.2 0.6 .769 — .000 Cell: (260) 705-3963 / Office: (309) 438-3805 F 13 Sy Chatman 6-8 220 Jr. Minneapolis, Minn. 5.8 1.3 1.5 .500 .000 .600 G 14 Nik Stadelman 6-0 180 Fr. Rockford, Ill. 1.0 0.0 3.0 .000 .000 .250 Email: [email protected] G 24 Jayden Johnson 6-6 205 Fr. Batavia, Ill. 7.0 2.0 1.0 1.000 1.000 1.000 Twitter: @bill_salyer F 25 Alex Kotov 6-10 220 So. Moscow, Russia 3.6 2.6 0.8 .643 — .000 GENERAL INFORMATION SCOUTING THE RAMBLERS SEASON AND CAREER TOTALS Name of School Illinois State University Loyola comes into the game after snapping a two-game losing skid with a 92-55 win over St. 2020-21 Career Francis (Ill.) on Tuesday afternoon. City/Zip Normal, Ill. 61790 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES Founded 1857 In the game, Tom Welch and Baylor Hebb each scored 17 points. Jacob Hutson scored 15 DJ Horne 5 (3-2) 19 (9-10) Enrollment 20,878 points, as Aher Uguak and Tate Hall scored 11 and 10, respectively. The Ramblers made 33-of- Antonio Reeves 5 (3-2) 15 (6-9) 48 shots from the field (68.8 percent) and 12-of-19 (63.2 percent) from beyond the arc. Nickname Redbirds Josiah Strong 5 (3-2) 5 (3-2) School Colors Red (PMS 186) and White For the season Cameron Krutwig leads the team in scoring, averaging 17.0 points per game, Dedric Boyd 3 (2-1) 10 (3-7) Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena with Tate Hall pouring in 10.0. Braden Norris and Lucas Williamson are just off of the double-fig- Arena Name ure pace with scoring averages of 9.7 and 8.8, respectively.