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Illinois State Redbird Basketball 2002/03
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At 
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January 4th
at SIU Arena
Carbondale, IL
3:05 p.m.
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1st
Half |
2nd
Half |
Final |
| Illinois
State Redbirds |
39 |
26 |
65 |
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Southern Illinois |
34 |
40 |
74 |
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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.
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| 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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