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High
school basketball |
Area
game results
[DEC.
15, 2001]
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Boys
At Bloomington
Olympia
8 16 24 34
Central Catholic
8 19 24 32
Kendrick
2-0-5; Olson 2-1-5; Elliott 1-2-4; Sherman 0-4-4; Wright 0-2-2;
Dillenburg 3-0-7; Criswell 1-4-6; Kieser 0-0-0; Slager 0-1-1; Miller
0-0-0.
Totals
9-14-34
At Lincoln
Lincoln 14
25 43 58
Springfield
9 14 26 45
Farmer
2-7-13; Komnick 3-0-8; Gallagher 0-0-0; Peters 0-0-0; Schonauer 0-4-4;
Bast 0-0-0; Schrader 3-4-10; Welch 1-0-2; Werner 1-0-2; Young 9-1-19;
Heidbreder 0-0-0.
Totals
19-16-58
At Lewistown
Illini Central
11
25 34 46
Lewistown
10 16
31 48
Miller
8-1-17; Grimsley 1-5-7; Clark 2-0-4; Giesler 5-0-14; Scott 0-0-0;
Williams 2-0-4.
Totals
18-6-46
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Peace
Christmas
will be different for most and very difficult for the
thousands who lost family and friends this year. There will be
children who, more than for presents under a tree, will be
wishing that they could only see their mom and dad again. No
doubt Sept. 11th and the tragic attacks on the twin towers,
the Pentagon, and the story of those who died on the plane
that fell short of its goal due to heroics by brave
passengers, will forever affect our lives. Due to these
events, our nation is at war in an effort to stop such acts
from happening again.
During
such a time as this, grief, anger, chaos, uncertainty and fear
darken the spirits of many. There is a message that continues
to be heralded with as much clarity and assurance as the first
day angels proclaimed it to shepherds abiding in the field.
"For behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which
shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the
city of David, a savior, which is Christ the Lord."
To
accompany this declaration, an angelic host appeared and sang,
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good
will toward men." This is the heart of God for the world.
Peace, true peace through Jesus the Christ. Peace that heals
the hurting and causes wars to cease.
--Pastor
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College
basketball |
Lincoln
Christian College vs. Westminster College
[DEC.
15, 2001] LCC
men's and women's basketball teams played Westminster at Fulton, Mo.
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Men
LCC
31 36 67
Westminster
35 35 70
Clark
7-5-21; Raymer 0-0-0; Holderby 3-0-7; Below0-0-0; Turney 3-0-9;
Broadfuehrer 0-0-0; Grooms 2-2-6; Searby 11-1-24.
Totals
26-8-67
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Women
LCC
20 28 78
Westminster
33 35 68
Robbins
4-4-14; Urton 0-1-1; Szostek 0-0-0; Wright 7-2-17; Wertin 1-1-3;
O'Malley 0-0-0; Jewell 4-1-9; Flaherty 0-1-1; Davis 1-0-3.
Totals
17-11-48
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Lincoln
College vs. Forest Park
[DEC.
15, 2001] LC
women's basketball team played Forest Park at Forest Park.
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Women
LC
47 40 87
Forest
Park
33 32 65
Lamb
3-0-6; Bausley 1-0-2; McLaughlin 4-0-8; Beebe 5-6-18; Sims 2-3-7;
Scott 3-0-6; Melker 1-0-2; Dullard 4-2-10; Thomas 2-0-4; Grahm 3-1-7;
Story 2-0-4; Bossingham 3-0-7; Calhoun 1-0-2; Rossio 0-0-0; Harper
1-2-4.
Totals
35-14-87
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High
school basketball |
Area
game result
[DEC.
14, 2001]
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Girls
Olympia
12 24 35 48
Central
Catholic 16 31 47 61
Floyd
4-0-8, Prager 1-3-5, Gaither 5-3-14, Canopy 4-0-8, Goebel 4-1-9, Short
2-0-4
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College
basketball |
Lincoln
College vs. Carl Sandburg
[DEC.
14, 2001]
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Men
Lincoln
College 33 28 – 61
Carl
Sandberg 22 36 – 58
Roberson
4-0-10, Fowler 0-2-2, Turner 4-7-15, Sams 4-0-9, Major 7-3-17,
Hollyfield 3-2-8
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College
tennis |
Suurvarik
and Mikalayeva nationally ranked
[DEC.
13, 2001] After
posting a mark of 14-3 in the fall season, the Illinois State
doubles team of Liina Suurvarik and Alesia Mikalayeva is ranked No.
14 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s fall ranking.
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Suurvarik,
a sophomore from Tallinn, Estonia, and Mikalayeva, a junior hailing
from Minsk, Belarus, won the Midwest Regional and advanced to the Omni
Hotels National Intercollegiate Indoor Championship. The first ISU
women’s tennis players to compete for the national title, the pair
advanced to the second round where they were defeated by eventual
champions Lauren Kalvaria and Gabriela Lastra of Stanford, who earned
the top national rank.
Prior
to the regional title, the duo won the Missouri Valley Conference
crown at No. 1 doubles in early October.
Suurvarik
also gained national recognition for her singles play, checking in at
No. 107.
Regional
rankings will be announced Friday, Dec. 14.
[Heather
Henning,
ISU athletics media relations]
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High
school basketball |
Area
game results
[DEC.
12, 2001]
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Boys
At Bloomington
Olympia
9 13 18 25
Bloomington
10 23 42 56
Kendrick
2-0-5; Olson 3-2-8; Wise 0-0-0; Dillenburg 1-0-2; Sherman 1-0-2;
Elliott 0-0-0; Wright 1-0-2; Chriswell 1-2-4; Thronton 0-0-0; Kieser
0-0-0; Schultz 1-0-2; Hayes 0-0-0; Slager 0-0-0; Cheek 0-0-0.
Totals
10-4-25
Sophomore
basketball at Bloomington
Olympia
55, Bloomington 47
At Clinton
Mount
Pulaski
16 29 48 70
Clinton
17 34 50 73
Coers
8-0-17; N. Tierney 4-0-8; Schilling 1-1-3; Olson 2-0-4; Blaum 1-1-3;
Anderson 11-2-29; Smith 1-0-2; Erlinbush 2-0-4.
Totals
30-4-70
Sophomore
basketball at Clinton
Mount
Pulaski 56, Clinton 35
Mount
Pulaski scoring: Tim Milner 15, Craig Erlenbush 12, Steve
Loveall 12
Record:
5-0
Next
game: Tuesday, Dec. 18 at Williamsville
At Mason City
Illini Central
13 28 50 73
Petersburg Porta
9 18 25 38
Miller
4-1-9; Scott 2-6-10; Deters 0-0-0; Williams 1-0-2; Grimsley 3-2-8;
Cremeens 2-0-6; Hieronymus 1-1-4; Clark 5-4-14; Giesler 5-0-11; Swaar
2-1-5; Sickmeyer 1-2-4.
Totals
26-17-73
Sophomore
basketball at Mason City
Illini
Central 66, Petersburg Porta 52
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Girls
At Eureka
Olympia
13 26 39 65
Eureka
11 15 33 57
Wilcox
0-0-0; Floyd 5-0-13; Prager 3-1-7; Wittmer 0-0-0; Short 0-0-0; Brand
0-0-0; Gaither 9-11-35; Canopy 3-0-6; Goebel 1-2-4.
Totals
21-14-65
At Springfield
Lincoln
11 22 25 45
Springfield Lanphier 14 31
37 51
Dawson
5-3-13; Hottert 3-0-7; Robbins 1-1-3; Freesmeier 0-0-0; Ingram 1-0-2;
Froschaver 1-2-4; Moore 2-2-6; Schonaver 1-2-4; Carey 0-2-2; Bunch
2-0-4.
Totals
16-12-45
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College basketball |
Few
tickets remain for Illini men’s basketball
[DEC.
12, 2001] CHAMPAIGN
— Less than 1,000 tickets remain for the Dec. 16 Illinois men’s
basketball game against Western Illinois in Champaign.
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The
Dec. 29 game against Loyola-Chicago has around 100 single tickets
remaining for sale. Three games over the semester break are sold out:
Dec. 18 against Illinois State, Jan. 2 against Minnesota and Jan. 2
against Michigan. The entire Big Ten schedule is sold out for the
season.
Tickets
may be purchased at the UI athletics ticket office at the Assembly
Hall, by calling (217) 333-3470 or toll-free at 1 (866) ILLINI-1, or
online at www.fightingillini.com.
[University
of Illinois news release]
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College
football |
Nokia
Sugar Bowl ticket update
[DEC.
12, 2001] CHAMPAIGN
— The University of Illinois is no longer accepting ticket orders
for the Nokia Sugar Bowl from individuals who are not Fighting
Illini Scholarship Fund members or current UI football season ticket
customers.
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FISF
members and season ticket holders have until 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14,
to place priority ticket orders for the Sugar Bowl.
"We
fully anticipate to sell out our entire allotment of 15,000 tickets to
Illinois fans," Director of Athletics Ron Guenther said.
"The response by our fans has been tremendous, and we expect to
have a large following in New Orleans on Jan. 1."
The
following guidelines will be used to allocate Nokia Sugar Bowl
tickets:
1.
I Fund and Fighting Illini Scholarship Fund members by club level.
2.
Student, faculty and staff, and general public football season ticket
holders who are not I Fund or FISF members by date the order is
received.
3.
Student, faculty and staff, and general public who are not I Fund or
FISF members or season ticket holders, by date the order is received.
Tickets
are not guaranteed. In the event that all tickets are sold, a refund
will be sent to the applicant. The right to reduce orders or make such
refunds is reserved by the UI Division of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Big
Ten champion Illinois is scheduled to play LSU Jan. 1 at the Louisiana
Superdome in New Orleans. Game time is 7:30 p.m. and the game will be
nationally televised by ABC-TV.
[University
of Illinois news release]
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High
school basketball |
Area
game results
[DEC.
11, 2001]
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At Petersburg
Illini Central
13 29 44 60
Petersburg Porta
10 20 35 45
Bitner
11-0-22; Damm 4-1-12; Durdle 0-0-0; Hankins 0-0-0; Francis 1-0-2; Oney
2-2-6; Montgomery 4-10-18; Parker 0-0-0.
Totals
22-13-60
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At Mount Pulaski
Ursuline
7 24 42 50
Mount Pulaski
8 19 26 35
Faith
5-0-14; Howe 0-2-2; Hudson 0-0-0; Jason 0-0-0; Maske 0-1-1; Reeley
0-0-0; Rucks 0-1-1; Sanders 7-3-17.
Totals 12-7-35
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College
basketball |
Game
notes: Illinois State at Chattanooga
[DEC.
11, 2001] The
game: Illinois State Redbirds (4-4) play the Chattanooga Mocs
(2-5) on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 1:05 p.m. (CST) at McKenzie Arena
(11,218) at Chattanooga, Tenn.
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About the
game
Saturday’s
game features two streaking teams. Illinois State is winner of its
last two, after losing four straight. Chattanooga has lost five
straight games after opening the season with two victories. However,
the Mocs are 1-0 at home this season, while the Redbirds are 1-4 away
from Redbird Arena, with a 1-2 mark on a neutral floor.
The
probable starters
(ppg
rpg apg)
Illinois
State Redbirds (4-4)
F,
4, Dirk Williams, 6-8, 210, So.-1L, Pekin, 4.0, 2.3, 0.5
F,
33, Shedrick Ford, 6-5, 220, Sr.-1L, Macon, Ga., 11.9, 4.8, 1.4
C,
23, Baboucarr Bojang, 6-9, 205, Jr.-TR, Greenville, S.C., 13.9, 8.5,
0.9
G,
2, Gregg Alexander, 6-4, 190, Fr.-HS, Lincoln, 10.4, 3.4, 2.8
G,
15, Randy Rice, 6-0, 175, Sr.-1L, Springfield, 3.4, 2.4, 2.5
Chattanooga
Mocs (2-5)
F,
3, Neil Ashby, 6-8, 200, Sr.-1L, Atlanta, Ga., 14.3, 6.7, 2.0*
F,
40, Nick Benson, 6-5, 210, Jr.-TR, St. Louis, Mo., 9.4, 6.4, 0.4*
C,
44, Dusty Pullian, 6-8, 215, Sr.-1L, Benton Harbor, Mich., 4.9, 4.1,
0.6*
G,
20, Clyde McCully, 6-0, 173, Sr.-1L, Beaumont, Texas, 11.3, 2.1, 3.7
G,
21, Toot Young, 6-3, 175, Sr.-1L, Norfolk, Va., 8.0, 3.4, 1.7
Note:
(*) indicates blocks per game.
The
coaches
Tom
Richardson is 35-33 in his third season at Illinois State. He is
assisted by Chad Altadonna, Anthony Beane and Doug Novsek. Chattanooga
is coached by Henry Dickerson, who owns a 58-64 record in his fifth
season with the Mocs. He is assisted by John Gibson, Kenny Seifert and
L.J. Kirby.
Ticket
information
Tickets
for Illinois State home games can be purchased from the ticket office
at Redbird Arena, (309) 438-8000.
Redbird
Radio Network
Mark
Johnson, play-by-play; Mike Matthews, color; Bruce Evans, sideline
(home only). Affiliates: WJBC (AM 1230/Bloomington), flagship; WINU
(AM 880/Highland); WZOE (AM 1490/Princeton); WFMB (AM
1450/Springfield). All Illinois State broadcasts can be heard on the
Internet at either sports.yahoo.com or wjbc.com. The latter also
carries Tom Richardson’s weekly call-in show, which alternates
depending on the schedule, but generally airs each Thursday from
6:07-7 p.m.
Web ’Birds
The
Illinois State athletics web page, at www.redbirds.org,
includes direct links to yahoo.broadcast.com and www.wjbc.com to
access the WJBC/Redbird Radio Network broadcasts. In addition, for
home games, live stats are available.
About
Chattanooga
—Chattanooga
is located in Chattanooga, Tenn., and enrolls 8,319 students. The Mocs
are members of the Southern Conference.
—Head
coach Henry Dickerson is in his fifth season at Chattanooga. He owns a
58-64 record with the Mocs in five seasons. Dickerson has 22 years
coaching experience at the collegiate ranks with assistant stints at
Charleston, Marshall and Chattanooga.
—Chattanooga
opened the season with wins over Tennessee Wesleyan (89-59) and
Liberty (82-57), but has now lost five straight games. After beating
Liberty in the first round of the Hawaii Pacific Thanksgiving Classic,
the Mocs have fallen to Notre Dame (97-84), Vanderbilt (69-57), at
Murray State (72-63), at Kent State (75-56) and at Alabama (74-68).
—The
2000-01 season is the 20th anniversary of the home of the Mocs,
McKenzie Arena.
—Nine
of the Mocs 16 roster players have transferred in from junior
colleges, including five JUCO transfers this season.
—Neil
Ashby, a second-year player that transferred from Alabama, leads the
Mocs with 14.3 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. Ashby also leads the
team with 14 blocks and shoots 59.4 percent from the field.
—Clyde
McCully is the only other player with Chattanooga averaging
double-digit points. McCully tosses in 11.3 points per game and leads
the team with 26 assists. He is shooting 23.1 percent (3-for-13) on
treys.
—Three
times this season, the Mocs have shot below 40 percent from the floor
and 30 percent on treys.
—The
Mocs are the second Redbird opponent from the SoCon, with Georgia
Southern being the first. UTC was picked to finish third in the South
Division behind the Eagles and Charleston.
The
series
Saturday’s
game is the first-ever meeting between the two schools. Although the
Redbirds have never met the Mocs on the hardwood, they have played
five other schools from the Volunteer State. Illinois State owns a 4-5
record against schools from Tennessee, but have won the last two
meetings with a 77-60 victory over Tennessee-Martin last season and a
82-81 overtime win over Tennessee in the first round of the 1998 NCAA
Tournament.
Boo’s
scary!!!
Illinois
State’s Baboucarr Bojang is in his sixth year of organized
basketball and is still developing as a player. That’s bad news for
Redbird opponents, considering Bojang has already posted four
double-doubles in eight games and two 20-point efforts. In his last
outing, Bojang was a perfect 8-for-8 from the floor, grabbed a
career-high 13 rebounds and matched his career-best 20 points.
Home
sweet home
For
Illinois State, the biggest cure for a four-game losing skid is a
two-game homestand. With wins over Samford and Central Michigan, the
Redbirds improved their record to 4-4 on the season and have won 18 of
their last 20 games in Redbird Arena. In 14 seasons, the Redbirds are
133-45 in Redbird Arena for a .747 winning percentage.
Mocs know
what Boo can do
Even
though Baboucarr Bojang is in his first season with the Redbirds, he
is no stranger to the Mocs, at least some of them. Chattanooga has
four players, Petie Spaulding, Nick Benson, Michael Townsend and Aaron
Morgan, who all transferred in from Moberly Junior College and
competed against Bojang. Also, assistant coach Kenny Seifert was
formerly the head coach at Moberly. While at SMS-West Plains, Bojang
averaged 19.3 points and 13.0 rebounds against Moberly last season,
including a home game in which he tallied 26 points and hauled in 20
boards.
Jeppson
pledging for the 1,000-Point Club
Of
all the organizations on the Illinois State campus, the 1,000-Point
Club must rank as one of the most exclusive with only 34 members in
the last 104 years. The Redbirds’ Shawn Jeppson is closing in on a
membership, however. After scoring six points against Central Michigan
on Sunday, Jeppson currently owns 850 points for his career and needs
only 150 more to become the 35th player in Illinois State history to
reach the 1,000-point plateau.
For him,
it’s easy being Greene
Sophomore
point guard Vince Greene, who sat out last season meeting NCAA
requirements, already has five double-digit scoring efforts this
season, including four straight. Greene averaged 4.0 point per game in
the Redbirds’ first four games of the season, but has averaged 12.3
points over the last four. In addition to his scoring, Greene is also
accurate. He is shooting 69.2 percent on treys (9-for-13) and 85.7
from the free-throw line (24-of-28).
D-fense,
D-fense
In
the first half against Central Michigan, Sunday, the Redbirds caged
the Chippewa scorers and held CMU to only 14 first-half points. The
Chippewas first half total equaled the lowest amount of points ever
scored in a half by an Illinois State opponent in Redbird Arena, with
Chicago State matching the feat last season. Central Michigan finished
the half with 6-for-23 shooting (26.1 percent) and 1-for-5 on
3-pointers. The Redbirds also held the reigning Mid-American Player of
the Year, David Webber, scoreless for the first frame for only the
second time of his career.
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FT
four-peat ???
The
Redbirds have opened the season shooting 77.5 percent from the charity
stripe and are on a good start to eclipse 70 percent for a fourth
straight season. ISU shot 72.8 percent from the free-throw line last
season, 74 percent in 1999-2000 and 73.5 percent in 1998-99. The
Redbirds have not had a stretch of that length since it bettered 70
percent for a four-season span from 1982 through 1985.
Jeppson
hits century mark
With
six minutes left in the game at Georgia Southern, Illinois State guard
Shawn Jeppson became the ninth Redbird in school history to drain 100
treys in a career. Jeppson stands in ninth place overall, after
hitting one trey against Samford, and needs 10 3-pointers to surpass
former Redbird Kyle Cartmill.
Double-double
debut for Mr. Bojang-les
Baboucarr
Bojang played his first game in a Redbird uniform against Weber State
and it was worth an encore. Bojang tapped his way to posting his first
double-double, as the SMS-West Plains Junior College transfer tossed
in 14 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. It was the first time since
November 23, 1990, that a Redbird had a double-double performance in
an opening game.
The
late Reggie Wilson poured in 22 points and hauled in 13 rebounds in
the season opener at Dayton. It was also Wilson’s first game as a
Redbird after transferring from Lincoln Community College.
Bryson
out for season
Tarise
Bryson, the nation’s top returning scorer, the reigning Missouri
Valley Conference Player of the Year and Redbirds’ leading scorer
for the last three seasons, fell to the floor on a drive to the basket
at the 17:46 mark of the second half in Illinois State’s 74-70
opening-night victory over Weber State. The fall ended the season for
the Redbirds’ sixth all-time leading scorer, as Bryson dislocated
his right wrist and suffered severe ligament damage to his shooting
hand. Bryson underwent surgery the day after the game and will face a
year of rehabilitation. His wrist will be in a splint for two weeks, a
hard cast four weeks and another splint for four weeks. It will take
six months to heal.
Picked to
win the league? Chances are you’re playing Illinois State
Illinois
State will play 11 non-conference games this season. Of the Redbirds’
11 non-Missouri Valley Conference foes, seven of the teams were
selected in the preseason polls to win their respective leagues. The
seven preseason favorites are Weber State (Big Sky), UC-Irvine (Big
West), Texas-San Antonio (Southland), Illinois (Big Ten) , Georgia
Southern (Southern) and Central Michigan and Kent State, which are
both favored to win the two divisions of the Mid-American Conference.
Alexander
the Great?
According
to the roster and the register’s office, Gregg Alexander of Lincoln
is a true freshman, but on the court he plays like a savvy veteran. In
his first season with the Redbirds, Alexander has logged 251 minutes,
tops on the team, and coughed up five turnovers. Alexander is
averaging .02 turnovers per minute, which is the lowest percentage in
the Missouri Valley Conference. He has dished out 22 assists which
ranks second on the team and is fourth on the club in scoring with
10.4 points per game. Alexander also leads the team in steals with 12.
Built
Ford tough
Shedrick
Ford is second on the Redbirds in scoring with 11.9 points per game
and has scored double figures for Illinois State in 5-of-8 games. Ford
has been the leading scorer in two games and had a season-high 21
points against Hofstra. In the season opener against Weber State, Ford
put the team on his back after the injury to Tarise Bryson and
finished with 18 points and eight boards.
Alexander
goes where few freshmen have gone before
Since
1990, three true freshman have started their first collegiate games at
Illinois State. One of them is current Redbird Gregg Alexander.
Alexander drew the starting nod in the opener against Weber State and
responded with eight points, one rebound and two assists in 20 minutes
of play. Alexander joins P.J. Smith (1999) and Dan Muller (1994).
Been
there, done that
At
the Missouri Valley Conference media day, Illinois State was tabbed as
the preseason favorite to win the league title by the conference media
and sports information directors. The Redbirds received 26 of the
possible 30 first-place votes. The last time the ’Birds were chosen
preseason favorites was in 1997-98. Illinois State went on to win the
conference. In 1996-97, the Redbirds were also favored to win and won
the league.
Titanic
turnaround a memory
It’s
old news now, but it’s probably worth taking at least one more
backward glance at last season’s remarkable turnaround.
—Illinois
State went from 10-20 to 21-9. That was the fourth-best reversal among
Division I programs last season.
—Last
season marked the only time in the 94-year history of the Missouri
Valley Conference that a team went from 20 losses one season to 20
wins in the next.
—It
also marked the most victories (21) and the best winning percentage
(.700) Illinois State has ever posted in a year that followed a losing
mark (10-20). The previous best for wins after a sub-.500 was 18
(twice) and the top winning percentage was .621 by the 18-11 1992
team.
No
thanks, I’m just watching
Trey
Guidry, a 6-2 guard, has transferred to Illinois State from North
Carolina State, but cannot play for the Redbirds until the 2002-03
season. NCAA rules require that he sit out one season. Guidry was a
spot starter for the Wolfpack last season as a freshman and recorded a
scoring best of 15 points against Wake Forest.
It never
gets boring
Last
season’s trip to the NIT marked Illinois State’s 14th post-season
appearance in 31 seasons on the Division I level. The Redbirds have
finished over .500 in all but three of their campaigns as a D-I school
and own 13 20-win campaigns over the last 26 years.
That’s
a winner
With
a 21-9 mark last season, one year removed from a 10-20 record,
Illinois State has not suffered back-to-back losing seasons since 1965
and 1966, 35 years ago. The next-best such streak in the Valley
belongs to SMS, which last had back-to-back losers 20 years ago (’80
and ’81). ISU has now finished above .500 in 28 of its 31 campaigns
at Division I. The only other two ISU teams that came off losing
records (D-1) also did well. The 1988-89 team went 13-17, but its
18-13 successor won the MVC Tournament and went to the NCAAs. The
1990-91 team went 5-23, but its 18-11 successor won the regular-season
league crown.
A
trade-in
It’s
not quite a trade, but next season when the Redbirds lose the services
of Shedrick Ford to graduation they will add Dana Ford. Dana Ford, a
6-foot-4, 185 guard from Egyptian High School in Tamms signed a
national letter of intent during the early signing period with
Illinois State. Last year, Dana Ford averaged 22.5 points and is the
school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,620 points.
Average
Valley year
Illinois
State won an impressive 12 (12-6) Missouri Valley Conference games
last season, but that’s just slightly above average for the
Redbirds. ISU has averaged 10.3 league wins during its 20 years in the
Valley, including five years on a 16-game schedule and four on a
14-game slate.
[Todd
Kober,
Illinois State University director of media relations]
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College
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Lincoln
College vs. Carl Sandburg
[DEC.
10, 2001] Lincoln
College downed Carl Sandburg 72-54 at Galesburg Saturday afternoon
to improve to 11-1 on the season. The Lady Lynx will be in
action Friday at St. Louis against Forest Park.
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Coach
Carol Wilson continued to get balanced scoring, as four players
reached double figures and 12 players managed to get in the scoring
column. Leading the way were Tiffany Thomas and Ronni Beebe with 12
points each. Joining the pair in double figures were Jessie Dullard
with 11 and Ashley Sims with 10.
Lincoln
College (72) — Ariel
Lamb 0-1-2-1; Tammy Bausley 0-2-2-2; Lakeisha Graham 1-2-3-4; Jenny
Story 0-2-2-2; Victoria Scott 2-2-4-6; Sarah McLaughlin 3-0-0-6; Angie
Bossingham 1-0-0-2; Ronni Beebe 4-4-6-12; Ashley Sims 3-4-7-10; Mary
Rossio 0-0-0-0-0; Jessie Dullard 4-3-4-11; Tiffany Thomas 5-2-4-12;
Zabrina Harper 1-1-2-4. Totals 24-23-37-72. Three-point
goals: Harper.
Carl
Sandburg (54) — Chitton
1-1-2-4; Truison 0-1-2-1; Boettcher 1-3-4-6; Burnham 0-1-2-1; Dawson
4-1-6-9; Sinnett 2-1-2-6; Parker 1-0-0-2; Peck 8-2-6-18; Olson
0-1-1-1; Owen 3-0-1-6; McPruney 0-1-2-1. Totals
20-12-28-54. Three-point goals: Chitton, Boettcher.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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Lincoln
College vs. Rend Lake
[DEC.
10, 2001] James
Roberson tossed in 22 points to lead the Lincoln College Lynx to a
78-70 victory over Rend Lake in men’s basketball at Lincoln
Saturday afternoon. The victory gives Lincoln College an 8-2
record. The Lynx play at Galesburg Thursday against Carl
Sandburg in their final game before the holiday break.
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Joining
Roberson in double figures were Josh Clark and Derik Hollyfield with
13 points each. Roberson had an all-around game, as he was also
the leading rebounder with seven and dished out five assists.
Coach
B. J. McCullum had eight players crack the scoring column, with Amir
Major and Mike Fowler just missing double digits with eight points
each. Lincoln finished the game with a 45 percent field goal
total while Rend Lake connected for 53 percent. The Lynx won the game
at the foul line, connecting on 20 of 26 attempts, for 77 percent.
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Lincoln
College (78) —
James
Roberson 7-15-7-10-22; Josh Clark 5-7-1-3-13; Gene Reed 2-2-0-0-5;
Mike Fowler 3-5-1-1-8; Steve Turner 1-5-3-4-5; Mike Sams 2-6-0-0-4;
Amir Major 2-8-4-4-8; Derik Hollyfield 4-10-4-4-13. Totals
26-58-20-26-78. Three-point goals: Roberson, Clark 2, Fowler,
Hollyfield.
Rend
Lake (70) — Drew
Porter 1-3-0-0-2; Rod Ross 4-8-2-2-11; Lawrence Barnes 2-4-2-3-7;
Chevus Jackson 3-6-0-0-7; Matt Burkett 3-5-0-0-7; Stuart Heinzmann
1-5-1-2-3; Joel Jaye 8-11-4-5-23; Bronson Smith 3-5-0-0-6; Reginald
Roberson 2-40-0-4. Totals 27-51-9-12-70. Three-point
goals: Ross, Barnes, Jackson, Burkett, Jaye 3.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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ISU
completes weekend sweep
72-63
win over Central Michigan takes ISU back to .500
[DEC.
10, 2001] Apparently,
ISU coach Tom Richardson made his players sleep with their defensive
shoes on. How else to explain the continuation of their dominant
second-half performance over Samford on Saturday, as they limited
Central Michigan to a mere 14-point first half on Sunday? That tied
a Redbird Arena record that was set by Chicago State back on Nov.
25, 2000.
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However,
the Chippewas most have gotten a wake-up call in the second half, as
they came roaring out of the locker room and put up 49 points in the
final stanza! Baboucarr Bojang continued his inspired play of late as
he led the Redbirds with a double-double, 20 points and 13 rebounds.
Bojang was 8-for-8 from the field as he put up personal bests in both
points and rebounds. Shedrick Ford added 15 and Vince Greene had 11 as
the Redbirds, who had sunk to 2-4 after the five-game road swing,
enjoyed their home cookin’ to even their record, now at 4-4.
Once
again, Lincoln freshman Gregg Alexander was in the middle of all the
action as he continues to draw tough defensive assignments. Gregg
ended the night with seven points, including 4-for-4 from the charity
stripe, four rebounds, four assists and one steal in 33 minutes of
action.
CMU
did make a ferocious comeback after being down by as many as 22
points, as they twice cut the lead to seven in the final minute, but
they could get no closer.
[Jeff
Mayfield]
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Redbirds
take a bite out of the Bulldogs
[DEC.
10, 2001] The
Samford Bulldogs played it according to the book on Saturday
afternoon. The book says that while on the road, milk the shot
clock, feed your post players, take the crowd out of it and make the
game as short as you can. And for a while the Bulldogs looked like
they might have even written the book.
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Displaying
patience that only a Northwestern or Princeton fan could love, Samford
drained the clock possession after possession, and with multi-talented
center Phil Ramelli playing his rear off, they led 27-23 at the break.
In fact, Ramelli never missed a shot from the field the whole
afternoon! They probably deserved to be up by a lot more.
ISU,
who had played its previous five games on the road, did not appear to
be a team that was glad to be on the home hardwood. Coach Tom
Richardson said that he delivered a "butt chewing at half-time
that was directed at a couple of players."
This
LDN reporter couldn’t make out who those targeted players were, but
I do know this. The whole team responded as if the message were
intended for them, because in the second half their defensive pressure
was stifling! They hurried Samford’s tempo and forced 17 turnovers;
25 for the game.
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But
it wasn’t until Lincoln’s Gregg Alexander hit two jumpers in a row
that the ’Birds finally started putting the ’Dogs away. Gregg’s
baseline leaner with 12:40 to play put ISU on top for good 40-39.
Alexander may not have finished among the game’s leading scorers,
but his line was a good one. Gregg finished with five points, three
rebounds, four assists, two steals, and he committed only one turnover
in 34 minutes of action.
His
diving, floor-urning intensity has electrified the ISU crowd. He’s
also taking on one of the toughest defensive assignments game after
game and freeing up the other guards to concentrate more on the
offensive end — not bad for a kid who played zone his entire high
school career.
Vince
Greene had a career-high 14 tallies and was followed in scoring by
Baboucarr Bojang, who tossed in 13 points. Dirk Williams had a very
effective post game, knocking down 10 points.
The
Redbirds continue the homestand with a 3:05 game with Central Michigan
on Sunday.
[Jeff
Mayfield]
[Click
here to read "ISU completes weekend sweep."]
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Cook
leads Illinois to comeback
victory over Arkansas
[DEC.
10, 2001] LCHS
product Brian Cook scored 21 points and nine rebounds to lead the
Illini to a victory against a very quick and talented Arkansas team.
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Illinois
trailed for most of the game and did not take their first lead of the
game until Cory Bradford followed a missed free throw with a 8-foot
bank shot, giving Illinois a 71-70 lead with just over six minutes
remaining. Illinois stretched the lead to nine at the two-minute mark,
but watched in horror as Arkansas made several circus-type shots down
the stretch. Chicago product Jannero Pargo nailed his seventh 3-point
shot of the game with 31 seconds left to give the Razorbacks a 91-90
lead.
However,
the Illini did not fade away, and two great plays allowed Illinois to
get out of Chicago and the "House that Michael (Jordan)
Built" with a victory. First, senior Damir Krupalija dunked
Illinois into the lead, with just 11 seconds left in the game, on a
nice assist from Bradford, his only assist of the game. Then, as
Arkansas guard Brandon Dean drove the lane, both Krupalija and fellow
senior Robert Archibald moved into defensive position. Dean crashed
into both men and official Ted Hillary never hesitated in calling a
charge on Dean. Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson was very vocal in his
displeasure with the call, but it made no difference.
Illinois
was led in scoring by junior guard Frank Williams, who scored 25
points, making 18 free throws and setting a school record by
attempting 24 free throws. Williams also had eight rebounds and seven
assists in 34 minutes of action.
Arkansas
was led in scoring by their starting guards, as Dean finished with 29
points and Pargo finished with 28.
Illinois
played primarily just six players in the second half and moved to 7-2
on the season.
Illinois
will now have eight days off to concentrate on final exams before
returning to action next Sunday against Western Illinois. Game time is
set for 3 p.m., and the game can be seen on WCIA-TV.
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Illini news and notes
•
Illinois out-rebounded Arkansas 46-27, but the Illini had 17
first-half turnovers.
•
Illinois attempted 49 free throws, while the Razorbacks attempted just
21.
•
Six Illinois players finished in double figures. In addition to
Williams and Cook, Archibald finished with 14 points, Sean Harrington
had 13, Bradford scored 11 points and Krupalija had 10 points,
including the game winner.
•
A total of 18,671 people saw the game at the United Center, as
Illinois won their only game of the season in their "home away
from home." Last season, Illinois beat Arizona at the United
Center in December. They beat Purdue and lost to Indiana in the Big
Ten tourney at the UC in March.
•
This season, the fifth Big Ten tournament will move to Conseco
Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the Indiana Pacers.
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Former Arkansas and NBA star Joe Kleine now serves as color
commentator for the Arkansas radio network and was broadcasting the
game Saturday.
Self
dealing with illness
Coach
Bill Self spent two days last week in Carle Hospital battling a
stomach virus. Self later confirmed to a group of media he has been
diagnosed with diverticulitis, a condition which causes weak spots in
the colon to bulge and occasionally infect. Typically, diverticulitis
is more common in people age 60-80, yet Self, age 39, faces this
serious medical challenge. Coach Self stated he was hopeful a change
in his diet would control the problem but did not rule out the
possibility of surgery.
[Greg
Taylor]
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College
swimming |
Lincoln
College wins invitational meet
[DEC.
10, 2001] Lincoln
College won its swimming invitational Saturday on both the men’s
and the women’s side. LC men totally dominated the meet with 585
points to easily outdistance second-place Eureka with 236 points.
Millikin finished with 71 points.
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The
Lady Lynx swimmers posted 457 points, as Millikin placed second with
134 and Eureka had 130.
Placing
in the top five for the men were:
200-yard
IM — 1. Ramiro Palmar, 1:59.94; 2. Jason Hierman; 3. Ryan Poss.
500
free — 1. Joe Krysak, 4:59.14; 2. Scott Sampson; 3. Bryan Sherman;
4. Jonathan Gentry; 5. Paul Kuetermann.
100
breast — 1. Palmar, :59.67; 3. Doug Zimmer.
100
back — 1. Hierman, 2:04.70; 2. Ryan Poss.
100
free — 1. James Brooks :52.40; 2. Zimmer.
400
IM — 1. Scott Sampson, 4:41.23; 2. Bryan Sherman.
200
fly — 1. Zach Welch, 2:16.32.
1,650
free — 1. Krysak, 17:28.07; 2. Sampson; 4. Gentry.
50
free — 1. Brooks, :24.65.
100
back — 1. Hierman, :57.92; 2. Poss; 3. Zimmer; 4. Sherman.
200
free — 1. Krysak, 1:53.09; 2. Brooks; 3. Gentry.
200
breast — 1. Palmar, 2:14.15.
100
fly — 1. Welch, :57.23.
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Placing
for the women were:
200
IM — 2. Liz Wilson.
500
free — 1. Angela Couch, 5:35.38; 3. Alicia Lloyd.
100
breast — 1. Jill Doxsie, 1:17.99.
200
back — 1. Rachel Willenborg, 2:18.12; 3. Megan Conlon.
100
free — 1. Couch, :58.10; 2. Erin Nelson; 3. Bonnie DiFoggio.
200
fly — 1. Leslie Seago, 2:16.52; 2. Willenborg.
1,650
free — 1. Couch, 19:18.76.
50
free — 1. Nelson, :26.59; 2. Seago; 4. Doxsie; 5. DiFoggio.
200
free — 1. Nelson, 2:13.91; 2. Conlon; 3. Lloyd.
200
breast — 1. Wilson, 2:59.47.
100
fly — 1. Seago, 1:02.85.
[Bill
Martinie,
Lincoln College sports information director]
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Mayfield’s
Mutterings…
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By Jeff Mayfield
[DEC.
15, 2001]
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LDN Athlete of the
Week
Our
athlete of the week has to be Pete Barmes, who in a recent LJHS wrestling meet
pinned all four of his opponents in one meet, in one day! Nice going, Pete!
Check him and his teammates out versus Tremont at home on Monday night. The meet
will actually be at Washington-Monroe School.
College hoops
If
Baboucarr Bojang is not the best name in college basketball this year, I don’t
know who is?! Boo not only has a great name, he’s been helping Gregg Alexander
and the young Redbirds try to overcome the loss of MVC Player of the Year Tarise
Bryson.
The
Birds tangle with the mighty Tennessee-Chattanooga Moccasins Saturday at 1:05.
The Mocs were the team that ousted one of Lon Kruger’s good Illini teams a few
years back during one of those true March Madness rounds.
The
hoopin’ Illini continue their quest to play every school in Illinois
this season by hookin’ up Sunday with a 3:05 home game versus Western
Illinois. WIU features former Railer great Geoff Alexander as one of its
coaches. That is followed by a home showdown with ISU on Tuesday night at 7.
That game will feature two former Railers, Illinois’ Brian Cook and ISU’s
Gregg Alexander. This could be an interesting matchup, but how much more
interesting could it have been if Tarise Bryson had not sustained a
season-ending injury.
Speaking
of the Illini, last Saturday’s game against Arkansas drew a 1.77 TV rating.
That would equate to the game being on in 1.5 million homes. That’s a lot of
homes! The rating was the third-highest in regular-season college ESPN
basketball history! Quite amazing when you consider that it was a noon EST
starting time.
HS hoops
The
Lincoln Railers will find out a lot about themselves this weekend as they battle
Springfield High at home and a very quick Kankakee team on the road.
While
I’m mentioning Kankakee, does anyone in the IHSA play as tough a schedule as
LCHS? What happened to scheduling cupcakes all season long? I know the crew that
visits the message boards thinks that early-season tourneys are skewed to
Lincoln’s advantage (because some teams are coming right out of the football
playoffs, etc., etc.), but you still have to play the games! No teams
will be more prepared than Lincoln’s, and if the Railers execute, they win. I
am only drawing on experience from 1975 to the present. So to those of you who
keep bringing that up, you’re wrong… dead wrong!
Message boards
Someone
recently asked me why we don’t frequent the message boards. Good question,
easy answer. Unless they’ve changed recently, there’s usually nothing of
value on them. I don’t believe I’ve read anything there by an athletic
director, coach or any insider who goes to practice every day or who helps to
scout opponents for any sport. So, when everything centers around who’s
getting how much playing time or philosophies and strategies that are not even
fully known by the board posters, it’s hard to take anything that is written
there very seriously. Unless someone can give me even an iota of a good reason
to glean something from there, I think we’ll pass. But, thanks for asking.
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Congratulations
…to
Chester-East Lincoln coach Doug Rader and his lady hoopsters, who just finished
another great season culminating in a trip to the IESA state playoffs and
another Elite Eight finish. Wins seem to follow this coach around!
NFL football
I’m
sure Lincoln’s Tony Semple would love to see his Detroit Lions in the win
column, especially when they’ve come so close the last few weeks. Here’s
hoping it happens soon, when it will help one of our local teams the most. I
think the Bears will make the playoffs, but as to how far they will go, it’s
anybody’s guess. The Rams are likely the best team in all of football, and
until someone beats them when it counts, we’re sticking with our story. The
Colts are out, period! I don’t think their defense ever picked it up like the
Ram’s defense did. The next two to three weeks should be interesting, as
everyone will be jockeying for position.
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