Red Winter is Here: Men’s Basketball Opens Versus Utah State

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[November 14, 2014]  NORMAL In the first of several quality non-conference home games, the Illinois State men's basketball team hosts Utah State on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Redbirds' 2014-15 season opener, a return game from ISU's 2012-13 BracketBusters road trip.

The Aggies are entering their second season in the Mountain West Conference, compiling a 7-11 conference mark last season in their debut. Similar to last year's ISU squad, Utah State is one of the least experienced teams in the nation with only four returning players from 2013-14 on the roster. The rest of the team is made up of two returning redshirts from the 2011-12 season and a mixture of 11 junior transfers and freshmen.

Not only is the overall series between Illinois State and Utah State split at 3-3, but the Redbird Arena series is also tied, 1-1, with the Aggies last visiting Normal, Illinois, on March 19, 2008, resulting in a 61-57 National Invitation Tournament (NIT) victory for the Redbirds.

Complete game notes are attached and also online here: http://goredbirds.com/documents/
2014/11/14/111614_vs_Utah_State_Notes.pdf

[John Twork, Illinois State University]

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