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Illinois State at Southern Illinois Dec. 28
Game Notes
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[DEC. 27, 2003]
Illinois State REDBIRDS (4-4, 0-1) at Southern Illinois Salukis
(7-1, 1-0)
Sunday, December 28, 2003 • 2:05 p.m. CST SIU Arena (10,000) •
Carbondale, Ill.
The Probable Starters:
ppg rpg apg
ILLINOIS STATE REDBIRDS (4-4, 0-1)
F 21 Marcus Arnold 6-8 225 So.-1L Chicago, Ill.
16.0 5.3 0.9*
F 50 Greg Dilligard 6-8 215 Fr.-HS Labelle, Mo.
5.0 4.1 1.0
G 2 Gregg Alexander 6-4 195 Jr.-2L Lincoln, Ill.
6.9 2.4 1.4
G 11 Vince Greene 5-9 160 Sr.-2L Chicago, Ill.
7.5 1.1 3.1
G 25 Neil Plank 6-5 200 So.-TR Mt. Zion, Ill.
9.9 6.0 3.4
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS SALUKIS (7-1, 1-0)
F 13 Brad Korn 6-9 195 Sr. Oswego, Ill.
9.9 3.9 2.3
C 11 Sylvester Willis 6-7 225 Sr. Calumet City, Ill.
7.7 4.9 0.7
G 1 Darren Brooks 6-3 205 Jr. St. Louis, Mo.
17.9 7.3 1.7
G 14 Bryan Turner 6-1 180 Sr. St. Louis, Mo.
4.6 2.6 3.1
25 25 Stetson Hairston 6-3 210 Jr. Fairview Heights, IL 9.3
3.1 2.7
NOTE – (*) indicates blocks per game.
About The Game: Today’s game is the first league road game
of the season for the Redbirds. The ‘Birds are still looking for
their first road victory this season. Southern Illinois has been
dominant at home posting a 2-0 mark on the season and winning its
last 30 games at SIU Arena, the nation’s second longest home winning
streak.
Series History: This is the 122nd meeting in the series
between the two schools. SIU leads the series 63-58 and has won the
last three meetings and four of the last five. In Carbondale, the
Salukis own a 38-16 edge, but only a 16-12 advantage since ISU
joined the Valley in 1982.
Last Time They Met: Illinois State, the No. 9 seed, took the floor
at the Savvis Center for the second time in 16 hours and gave No. 1
Southern Illinois all it could handle in the quarterfinals of the
2003 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Sophomore
Vince Greene led the Illinois State charge with 21 points, but a
four minute scoring drought in the second half erased the upset
hopes as the ‘Birds fell 75-63 to the regular-season conference
champions.
On the Radio Dial: Dick Luedke, play-by-play; Mike Matthews,
color; Bruce Evans, sideline (home only) and Tim Fisher, studio
host. Affiliates: WJBC (AM 1230/Bloomington), flagship; WJEZ (FM
98.9/Dwight), WDID (AM 1510/Highland), WZOE (AM 1490/Princeton);
WFMB (AM 1450/Springfield). All Redbird broadcasts can be heard via
the Internet at either sports.yahoo.com or wjbc.com. WJBC also
carries Porter Moser’s weekly call-in show, which generally airs
each Thursday from 6:07-7 pm, depending on the schedule.
More details available about the game, the coaches and the teams
at www.redbirds.org.
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