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Redbirds prepare for battle against Greenville Panthers

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NORMAL — Following a victory at UMass Lowell, the Illinois State Redbirds are heading back to Normal. They will start their first game of the 2020-21 season Wednesday. The Redbirds will be taking on the highly-offensive-minded Greenville University Wednesday afternoon.

Quick hits on the Redbirds

Junior guard Josiah Strong was the first awardee for Newcomer of the Week. This award was announced last week by the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Redbird team (1-1) for this season has the seventh-highest height average in program history. The average among the 15 members on the team is 6 feet, 5.80 inches.

There are no seniors on the squad this season. This marks the seventh time in program history where a squad had no seniors.

In the six prior instances with no seniors, the Redbirds would make the postseason in some manner four times. This would be regardless of the NCAA or NIT tournaments in the following season.

Illinois State is among ten NCAA Division I schools with no seniors on their roster.

With only four juniors on the squad, it is still a relatively young team. Most of the squad are either freshmen or sophomores.

Quick hits on the Panthers

Greenville University is a NCAA Division III school located in Greenville, Ill.

The Panther squad (0-3) has lost in their first three games of the season. All three schools are Division I schools. However, they are averaging 97 points per game. Unfortunately, they’re giving up an average of 161.7 points.

Greenville’s top three scorers are Kenneth Cooley, Jarred Johnson, and Romello Ball. Cooley averages 14 points per game. Johnson averages 13 points, while Ball averages 10.3 points.

All 16 members of the team have made a score this season. 12 players have hit a three-pointer.

Greenville’s most recent loss was a 173-95 bout against Murray State. Ball would score a team-best 15 points. Cooley and Kameron Vinsel would score 12 apiece. In the loss, 107 shots were taken, with 74 behind the arc.

Meanwhile, Murray State was 77-for-105 from the field. Ten members of their squad would score double figures. The scoring barrage was led by KJ Williams with 22 points.

Division I MVC vs. Division III SLIAC

The Redbirds have taken on the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on 80 different occasions. Of the current nine SLIAC schools, the Redbirds have taken on four schools.

Overall, Illinois State holds a 54-26 record against SLIAC schools.

76 of these games were against Eureka College, where the Redbirds hold a 54-26 series record.

The remaining four games were against Iowa Wesleyan (2-0), Greenville (1-0), and Westminster College (1-0).

The Redbirds have yet to take on the other five SLIAC schools. Those are Blackburn College, Fontbonne University, Principia College, Spalding University, and Webster University.

Game time: Redbirds vs. Panthers

The game will take place at Redbird Arena Wednesday night at 5 p.m.

The nationally-televised broadcast will be on ESPN3.

Radio broadcasts will be on the Redbird Radio Network via WJBC AM 1230 and 93.7 FM. An additional broadcast will be available on TuneIn.

TV: ESPN3 / RADIO: Redbird Radio Network & WJBC AM/FM / VIDEO: GoRedbirds.com
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Jake Leonard, a broadcast media and journalism veteran, is the editor-in-chief of Heartland Newsfeed. Leonard is also GM and program director of Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, wrestling editor and contributing writer for Ambush Sports, a contributing writer for My Sports Vote and Midwest Sports Network, and a former contributor to Bleacher Report and Overtime Heroics. He resides at home in Nokomis, Ill. with his dog Buster.


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