Photo Courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Despite a second half comeback for the Birds, it was not enough to prevail against Missouri State as Illinois State fell against MSU with a final score of 75-69. “I just wanna give Missouri State a ton of credit,” said Head Coach Kristen Gillespie. “Offensively that first half we struggled to get a flow. But I also gotta give our players a ton […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.- The Illinois State Redbirds take the win over the Indiana State University Sycamores with a score of 72-64. Juju Redmond and the Birds make Play4Kay day even more special at the Redbird Arena with the victory. Illinois State enters the contest against Indiana state with a 5-0 history with the sycamores. Kristen Gillespie and the Redbirds looked to come out with intensity and confidence […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill,-The Illinois State University women’s basketball team closed the book on their busy weekend in the win column after defeating Drake 70-58. Bouncing back from a slow start where they trailed by as many as twelve, the Redbirds relied on three-point shooting and crucial defensive stops en route to the win Saturday night in Normal. “Our team does not get rattled; they have trust in […]
Photo Courtesy from goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill.-The Illinois State Redbirds fall 74-67 to the University of Northern Iowa. The Redbirds have not won against UNI since 2020 so the team looked to come out strong against the Panthers. The Redbirds leaned on DeAnna Wilson, as she was a strong component in the paint and in midrange looks. Wilson fought through defenders racking up 20 points and working for 13 rebounds. “You […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Illinois State Women’s Basketball came into the game against Loyola with a 5 game winning streak and now with this win the streak is now at 6 games. The final score for the game was 68-50. Offensively, the Redbirds started off the first half with with scores at the three-point line and in the paint with a lot of the points coming in the […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbirds fell to 1-2 in the 2021 season at Redbird Arena against the Purdue Boilermakers with a final score of 76-64. “Anytime you can have a Big Ten opponent come to your home floor and compete against them is something special for these young women,” said Redbird Head Coach Kristen Gillespie. The Birds jumped out to an early lead of 8-2 behind […]
Normal, IL. - As Illinois State begins their non-conference season there’s a tough road that awaits for the first month of play. The Redbirds got their first taste of hoops away from the MVC in Dekalb, Illinois against Northern Illinois on Tuesday, where ISU lost 77-60. Head Coach Kristen Gillespie said her team needs to improve on the glass after being outrebounded 43-32. "We knew we were going to be […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State women’s basketball team played in front of fans for the first time in nearly two years in their exhibition match Wednesday night.Being an exhibition, the Redbirds’ goal was not to win, but to show that their team was ready to go for Next Tuesday, when their real season starts and they have to play teams tougher than the UMSL Tritons. In the opinion of […]
Normal, ILL. - ISU hosted it’s annual media day presser in a normal setting for the first time sine 2019. Head Coach Kristen Gillespie began the session with a press conference at the podium for nearly 20 minutes. One thing that was clear right off the bat was that the fifth year coach was happy to finally move back into a normal routine. “You look back at last fall, we […]
