![]() Below are the ten highest single-game field goal percentages since 2010-11, and where the school sat in the NCAA rankings for defensive field goal percentage (with the exception of UC Santa Barbara, as the game was the season-opener and there were no NCAA rankings at that point of the season). What makes the Thursday percentage so impressive is that UIC came into the game with the fifth-best defensive field goal percentage in the NCAA. Since 2010-11 the Redbirds have only had eight games against a NCAA Division I opponent with a better field goal percentage than against the Flames. UIC came into the game with the fifth-best field goal percentage defense in the country. On Thursday, November 30, the Illinois State Redbirds made 58.1 percent of their shots against the UIC Flames. Below are the 10 most recent occurrences of an assist-to-turnover ratio of +8 or better against Division I opponents. That is the highest total since Januagainst Evansville. Vinson and Trey Robinson each average 4.9 rebounds per game to lead the team.Īgainst Murray State, the Illinois State Redbirds had a +8 assist-to-turnover margin. ![]() Bradley has a team-best 42 assists while being third on the team in scoring at 7.9 points per game. This season the Norse are led by Warrick, who averages 18.5 points per game, while Vinson averages 15.9. Four players each had a team-best four rebounds, while Vinson and Michael Bradley each had four assists. In the team's win over IUPUI, Marques Warrick scored a game-high 24 points, while Sam Vinson scored 13 and Cade Meyer a dozen off the bench. NKU comes into the mid-week game riding a four-game win streak with victories over Texas A&M Corpus Christi, LIU, Robert Morris, and IUPUI. The Redbirds are also 46-16 all-time against schools in the Horizon League.Illinois State is 15-16 all-time against schools from the state of Kentucky.Ryan Pedon is one of 55 coaches in their second season at their schools, including other MVC member Evansville and head coach Dave Ragland.Kendall Lewis' 632 career rebounds rank 71st in the NCAA among active players, while Myles Foster's 400 has him tied for 357th.Illinois State is 4-0 this season when the squad scores 30+ points inside the paint.NKU senior guard Trey Robison taught in elementary school by Stephanie Pedon, the wife of head coach Ryan Pedon. Illinois State senior Dalton Banks and NKU sophomore LJ Wells are both from Eau Claire, Wisconsin.Through eight games, Illinois State has scored and given up the same amount points (228) in the paint. ![]() Standing 7-1, Brandon Lieb is the tallest player in Redbird basketball history, and is just the seventh player to stand 7-0 or taller.With Illinois State's season-opening starting lineup of Luke Kasubke, Malachi Poindexter, Dalton Banks, Myles Foster, and Brandon Lieb, the combined jersey total of the five was just 20, the lowest starting lineup jersey total since at least 1978-79.Teammate Kendall Lewis scored his 1,000th career point on November 15 against Eastern Illinois, and he stands 229th among active players in career scoring. In the season opener against Lourdes, Darius Burford scored his 1,000th collegiate point, and he now ranks 211th in NCAA Division I among career scorers.His total is also tied for the 14th-best in a game by a NCAA Division I basketball player this season. With his six steals against Long Beach State, senior guard Dalton Banks recorded the fourth-most steals in a game in program history.For the first time since 2017-18, Illinois State is receiving votes in the Mid-Major Top-25 poll.Illinois State started the season with a 2-0 MVC record for the first time since 2017-18, and the 15th time in program history. ![]() The margin was the team's highest since January 21, 2022, and the 10th time that ISU has had a +8 margin since 2018-19.
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