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Redbirds Host Upper Iowa in Final Preseason Tuneup
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[November 06, 2007]
NORMAL -- Playing its second
exhibition game in four days, the Illinois State women's basketball
team hosts Upper Iowa tonight (Tuesday) at 7:05 in Redbird Arena.
The meeting with the Peacocks will be the first ever for the
Redbirds and their last exhibition before the 2007-08 season begins.
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 The Redbirds opened the season on Saturday with an 83-63 win over
Northwest Missouri State, their third consecutive against the
Bearcats. The Redbirds had stellar play from their guards to lead
them to the win. Junior Kristi Cirone led the team with 27 points
and seven assists. Freshman Shala Jackson scored 16 points on 5-of-7
shooting and pulled down six rebounds in her first collegiate
action. Senior Tiffany Hudson and sophomore Maggie Krick chipped in
13 and 11 points, respectively. Sophomore forward Ashleen Bracey was
introduced to the starting lineup for the first time in her career
and took to it very well with eight points and a team-high seven
rebounds.Upper Iowa is in the unique position of having already
played three regular-season games at the Disney World Tip-Off
Classic last weekend, although the Peacocks lost all three games at
the tournament. Sophomore guard Andrea Downs, a Chicago native, was
named to the all-tournament team after scoring in double figures and
leading the Peacocks in assists in each game of the Disney Classic.
Senior forward Chelsea Petersen is Upper Iowa's top rebounder (7.7
rpg) and had 11 boards against Assumption.
All of the preparation of the preseason is leading up to the
2007-08 regular-season opener for Illinois State at Eastern Illinois
on Sunday at 3:05 p.m.
[Text from file received from Jimmy
Knodel,
assistant media relations director,
Illinois
State University]
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