Illinois State Redbird Basketball 2002/03



Illinois State Redbirds       At       Southern Illinois

January 4th
at SIU Arena
Carbondale, IL
3:05 p.m. 



1st Half 2nd Half Final
Illinois State Redbirds 39 26 65
Southern Illinois 34 40 74



Boo Bojang scored ISU's first 4 points as the game was tied at 4 early. A jumper by Vince Greene gave the Birds a 6-4 advantage. The Salukis scored the next 4 to take an 8-6 lead. The Birds tied the game on a shot by Gregg Alexander, however SIU scored 3 straight to take a 13-8 lead. They led by as many as 7, 21-14, before the Birds scored 4 straight to cut the lead to 3, 21-18 on a shot by Marcus Arnold and 2 Bojang free throws. ISU finally forced a 25-25 tie with 4:32 left in the half on a 3 pointer by Alexander. They regained the lead on 2 free throws by Alexander, and a jumper by Dana Ford gave the Birds a 4 point lead. The Salukis Brad Korn hit a 3 point shot to get the Salukis back within 1. Trey 
Guidry hit a 3 to put the Birds back up 4, but the Salukis scored the next 6 to take a 34-32 lead with 1:51 left in the half. 5 straight points by Arnold gave ISU a 37-34 lead with 44 seconds to go, and Alexander followed with a basket to give ISU a 39-34 halftime advantage.

Alexander started the half with 2 baskets, with a Saluki bucket sandwiched between for a 43-36 ISU advantage, but he was also whistled for 2 quick fouls and was forced to the bench with 4 fouls with 17:03 to go in the game. The Birds managed to stretch their lead to 9, 49-40, with 15:12 to go on a shot by Bojang. The Salukis outscored the Birds 15-3 over the next 5 minutes to take 55-52 lead. ISU could get no closer than 2 the rest of the way and fell 73-64.


Illinois St.

Player

Min

FG

FGA

FT

FTA

3P

3PA

OR

DR

Tot

Ast

St

Blk

To

PF

Pts
G.Alexander 26 7 16 2 2 2 8 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 4 18
M. Arnold 36 7 11 1 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 5 15
B.Bojang 32 3 6 6 8 0 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 2 4 12
T. Guidry 24 3 9 3 4 2 2 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 4 11
V. Greene 39 3 8 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 4 1 0 4 2 7
D. Ford 31 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 2 3 0 0 2 2
A. Strandmark 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
K. Troc 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

 
Southern Ill.

Player

Min

FG

FGA

FT

FTA

3P

3PA

OR

DR

Tot

Ast

St

Blk

To

PF

Pts
K. Williams 35 6 11 7 9 0 1 0 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 19
J. Dearman 29 5 11 3 5 0 0 4 6 10 2 0 1 1 3 13
D. Brooks 33 3 9 5 6 0 1 1 3 4 4 2 1 4 3 11
B. Korn 14 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 8
S. Hairston 31 2 8 3 4 0 2 5 3 8 3 2 1 4 2 7
J. Warren 18 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 2 1 2 7
B. Turner 18 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 6
S. Willis 18 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
B. Schoen 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

Attendance: 7104
Referees: David Warfel, Gerry Pollard, Mark Mcmullen



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at Kent State at Western Kentucky Jacksonville Northern Illinois SMS at SIU at Northern Iowa
Creighton at SMS Wichita State at Creighton at Evansville Northern Iowa Bradley
at Wichita State Indiana State at Bradley Drake Evansville Marshall at Drake
at Indiana State SIU Drake,  MVC Tourney SIU,  MVC Tourney

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