Image Courtesy of Redbird Athletics EVANSVILLE, Ind. - The Illinois State Redbirds kicked off their Missouri Valley Conference Tournament run with a huge victory over the Southern Illinois Salukis. The Redbirds' came into this contest sweeping the Salukis during the season with a 78-60 win in the first matchup and a 99-86 win in the second matchup last Saturday, led by guard Elyce Knudsen's 28 points and guard Shannon Dowell's […]
NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State women's basketball rolled on to four straight wins in Sunday's victory over Evansville 78-50 at CEFCU. ISU held its annual Play for Kay game which recognized and raised money to those who battle against breast cancer. "As good as it is to get a win, I think the community won when I heard the final number of 35,000 dollars raised for cancer research." ISU Head […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – Illinois State Women’s basketball put up a historic performance in their home opener against The University of Nebraska Omaha. This game was the highest scoring effort in a season opener in program history, as the Redbirds beat the Mavericks 105-59 at Baxter Arena. To begin the game, I-S-U ran away with the lead after an 18-0 run. Leading the way was graduate […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill - The Illinois State women's basketball team is getting closer to their first matchup of the season. Recently, the teams preseason schedule was released. Their first matchup will be a Bloomington-Normal face-off against Illinois Wesleyan on Oct. 29. The game is a community event, where proceeds will be split between Western Avenue Community Center, and a mental health collaboration between the two schools. […]
MOLINE, Ill. - It wasn’t easy for the Redbirds, but in the end ISU women’s basketball won the opening contest of their MVC tournament run over Murray State, 75-73. From the opening tip, the Racers made it a point to match the Redbirds nearly shot-for-shot, with leads exchanging and deficits refusing to surpass five points throughout the first half, which ended in a 40-40 tie following a pair of Paige […]
Photo courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill.--The Illinois State Women’s Basketball team defeated Loyola Chicago 68-52 to advance to the semifinal of Hoops in the Heartland. The Birds were propelled by a 29-point performance from Redbird star Juju Redmond and a double-double from senior DeAnna Wilson. The first quarter of play belonged solely to the Redbirds. After a little bit of back and forth in the first two minutes, […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill.- The Redbird Women’s Basketball team faced Valparaiso this Sunday afternoon and raised $25,000 for cancer research as part of Play4Kay. The Redbirds went into the game with a record of 14 wins and 8 losses in the season, and ended the game with a final score of 70 to 78 points. The Redbirds spent most of the game trailing Valpaiso by 10 points or […]
