Redbirds Return Home for First of Three Consecutive Home Contests

NORMAL, Ill. - After a win over Chicago State on Saturday to even the Illinois State record to 5-5 on the year, the Redbirds return to action on Tuesday evening when the squad hosts the Quincy Hawks in a 7 p.m. tip-off at Redbird Arena.

QUICK HITTERS

• With six three-point field goals each, Antonio Reeves and Josiah Strong's combined 12 three-point makes are tied for the third-most in a game in Illinois State history, and ISU is one of five schools to have two players with six made three-pointers in the same game.
• Antonio Reeves is averaging 21.3 points per game, which is tied for the seventh-highest scoring average in the country after Sunday's games.
• Antonio Reeves is one of just seven student-athletes in the NCAA this season to rank inside of the top-25 in field goals made per game and top-35 in three-point field goal percentage.
• The Redbirds stand ninth in the country in blocked shots per game, averaging 6.5 blocked shots per contest.
• Antonio Reeves' 213 points through 10 games is the ninth-best first 10-game total in program history, as five of the six ahead of him are members of the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame.
• Antonio Reeves has scored in double figures in all 10 games this season, which is the 18th-longest such streak to open a season in program history.
• Illinois State has had five different players score at least 20 points in a single game this season, which is the highest such total in the MVC this season.
• In his 10th year as head coach, Dan Muller has the third-most wins and third-best win percentage of any NCAA Division I school in Illinois.
• Illinois State head basketball coach Dan Muller is one of 44 head coaches in the country this season to be the head coach at their alma mater. His 161 coaching wins at Illinois State is the sixth-most among that group of 44 coaches.
• The Redbirds' three overtime games are tied for the second-most in the country this season.
• Of the 12 top scoring games in the MVC this season, five have come from Redbird Student athletes.
• Illinois State is 47-25 all-time against teams in the GLVC, including a 16-4 mark against Lewis and 10-7 against Quincy.
• Illinois State is 13-6 all-time in games played on December 14, including winning each of the last two contests.

SCOUTING THE HAWKS

Quincy enters the mid-week contest with an even 4-4 record after dropping their last two games, in overtime at Lindenwood and against UMSL.

In the most recent game against UMSL, the Hawks were led by Adam Moore who scored 13 points, while Solomon Gustafson scored 12. Jamaurie Coakley was just off of the double-figure pace with eight points, while Paul Zilinskas and Silas Crisler each scored six points off of the bench. Three players- Moore, Gustafson, and Coakley - each pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, as Nate Shockey dished out a game-high four assists.

For the season the team is led by Malik Hardmon who averages 18.8 points per game, with Shockey second on the team with a 10.5 point per game scoring average. Four others - Mark Bradshaw (9.4), Moore (9.1), Coakley (8.6), and Zilinskas (8.6) are just off of the double-figure pace.

Hardmon averages a team-best 7.0 rebounds per game, with Moore and Coakley averaging 6.3 and 6.0, each. Coakley leads the team with 34 assists on the year.

TWO FOR A DOZEN

With Antonio Reeves and Josiah Strong each making six three-pointers in ISU's win over Chicago State, which is tied for the third-highest two-person three-point total in program history.

Illinois State is also one of just five schools in the country this season to have two players make at least six three-pointers in the same game. The Redbirds are joined by Colgate, Dartmouth, Illinois, and Wyoming.

BIG NUMBERS

Ten games into the 2021-22 season, Illinois State's Antonio Reeves ranks seventh in NCAA Division I in points per game, averaging 21.3 per contest.

HIGH MAKES AND PERCENTAGE

Illinois State junior guard Antonio Reeves is one of just seven student-athletes across NCAA Division I to rank inside of the top 25 in three point field goals made per game, and in the top-35 in three-point field goal percentage.

HIGH GAME TOTALS

Illinois State is one of just ten schools in NCAA Division I this season to have two different student-athletes that have scored at least 30 points in a game. With Antonio Reeves and Mark Freeman each having reached the 30-point plateau, the Redbirds join Colorado State, Evansville, Furman, Illinois, Iowa State, Loyola (Md.), NC State, Winthrop, and Wyoming as the only schools in the country this season with two different players with 30+ points in a single game. ISU is one of just two schools (Wyoming) with two different student-athletes have games of at least 32 points.

SENDING AWAY

This season through nine games, the Illinois State Redbirds rank 9th in the NCAA in blocked shots per game, averaging 6.5 per contest. The Illinois State school record for blocked shots in a season is 171 (5.2 per game)

TEN-GAME SCORING START

This season Illinois State guard Antonio Reeves has scored 213 points through the first 10 games of the season, which stands as the ninth-best 10-game season-opening scoring total for ISU since 1964-65, putting his name among the all-time greats in Redbird basketball history, as of the six players ahead of him, five are in the Illinois State Athletics Percy Family Hall of Fame.

LOTS OF SCORERS

This season Illinois State has had five different players: Sy Chatman, Mark Freeman, Kendall Lewis, Antonio Reeves, and Josiah Strong score 20+ points in a game this season. That number is the most in the MVC this season.