NORMAL, Ill. – Senior Juliunn Redmond and junior Terrion Moore each poured in 20 points to lead the Illinois State women's basketball team past Bradley, 66-54, on Wednesday in the I-74 rivalry at Redbird Arena.
Redmond pulled down a season-high 13 rebounds for her sixth career double-double while Moore was primarily responsible for holding the Missouri Valley Conference's leading scorer, Lasha Petree, to 3-of-18 (16.7%) shooting.
Sophomore DeAnna Wilson added 14 points and six rebounds for the 'Birds.
Illinois State (9-3 overall, 6-3 MVC) limited Bradley (10-6 overall, 6-3 MVC) to 18-of-62 (29.0%) from the floor and 3-of-24 (12.5%) from three-point range. Lasha Petree led the Braves with 13 points.
HOW IT HAPPENED
On the legs of eight first-quarter point from Redmond, the 'Birds led 16-8 after 10 minutes.
The Redbirds expanded their lead to 27-17 with 4:13 to play in the first half before leading 31-25 at the break.
Illinois State started hot out of the locker room, utilizing a 10-2 run--capped by five points from Moore--to take a 41-27 advantage with 6:12 to go in the third period. The Braves cut the deficit to 51-43 at the end of three periods.
The 'Birds' lead ballooned out to 63-47 on a Moore three-pointer with 5:11 left to play. ISU held BU without a point for a stretch of nearly five minutes in the fourth period en route to a 66-54 scoreline. The Redbirds never trailed in the contest.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- The win is ISU's 400th MVC win and 50th win over Bradley in program history.
- 54 points tied Bradley's lowest scoring output of the season.
- The 29.0% field goals against marks the seventh time this season the Redbirds have held an opponent to under 35% shooting and third time this season for under 30% shooting. Bradley's 3-of-24 (12.5%) three-point shooting is its lowest percentage of the season.
- The last time Illinois State had two players score 20+ points was on Jan. 3, 2020 when TeTe Maggett scored 27 and Lexi Wallen scored 26 against Indiana State.
- Redmond has now scored 20+ points for the third time this season and fourth time in her career. She also has nine double-digit games this season and 25 in her career.
- Redmond's double-double was her first of the season (and sixth of her career). She joins senior Paige Saylor and Wilson as the other Redbirds with double-doubles this season.
- Moore scored 18 of her 20 points in the second half while recording a game-high +19 plus-minus.
- Saylor scored four points while adding five assists, six rebounds, and a +18 plus-minus. She now has 501 career points.
- Wilson drew her sixth charge in MVC-play, drawing four fouls on the night while posting a +11 plus-minus.
QUOTES FROM HEAD COACH KRISTEN GILLESPIE
On ISU's lock-down defense:
"It was unbelievable team defense today. Terrion was outstanding against Petree – but we built that wall together and it was a group effort. Paige was great guarding Haack. I could go down the line naming players because everything we asked our players to do and went over in scout, they did."
On the fast start:
"That was key number one – we wanted to get off to a fast start. JuJu (Redmond) set the tone and has been outstanding and putting in a ton of work. This is the JuJu we know and love."
UP NEXT
Illinois State is scheduled to road trip to Carbondale, Ill. to play at Southern Illinois on Feb. 5 and 6.
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