NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Redbirds put five in double-figures, as the host Redbirds ran away from the visiting Coastal Carolina on Sunday afternoon, more than doubling up the Chanticleers to a 52-point, 94-42 win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The teams came out and traded points and were tied 4-4 through the first four minutes of the game, before the Redbirds ran off runs of 8-0, 6-0, and 12-0, to stretch the first-half lead to 21 at 32-11 with 7:01 to play in the first half. Another 12-0 run, and a first-half-ending 5-0 run sent the Redbirds into the locker room with a 35-point, 55-20 lead at the break.
The Redbirds extended their lead to it's high-mark of 58 with 3:07 to play in the game, as the Chanticleers scored the final six points of the contest in the 52-point victory.
KEY STATISTICS
- The Redbirds opened with the starting lineup of 10 Ty'Reek Coleman, 11 Johnny Kinziger, 14 Boden Skunberg, 22 Ty Pence, and 35 Chase Walker
- This is ISU's third game with this lineup
- ISU wore its throwback white home uniforms for the second time this season
- The Redbirds are 13-0 all-time when wearing this set of white throwback uniforms
- Coastal Carolina won the opening tip
- ISU's first points of the game came from Chase Walker on a lay-up with 17:19 on the first-half clock
- Illinois State's first subs were Brandon Lieb and Landon Wolf with 12:49 to play in the first half
- Illinois State led 55-20 at halftime
- The point total was the first time since Trinity Christian last season (Nov. 17, 2024) that ISU has scored 50+ points in a half
- ISU's 42 points allowed are tied for the fourth-fewest allowed in a NCAA Division I game this season, and are tied for the 21st-lowest in program history since 1950
- The margin of victory (52 points) is tied for the seventh-highest in a game in program history, and the highest against a NCAA Division I opponent
- The 52-point margin of victory is tied for the 10th-largest in NCAA Division I this season against a NCAA Division I opponent, and only Gonzaga (72 vs Southern Utah), Georgia (64 vs Md. Eastern Shore), UConn (64 vs UMass-Lowell), Louisville (59 vs South Carolina State), Illinois (58 vs Jackson State), Duke (58 vs Niagara), Duke (55 vs Army), Gonzaga (55 vs Texas Southern), and Arkansas (54 vs Jackson State) have a highest total against a Division I school
- The Redbirds had four runs in the game of 8+ points, including runs of 14-0, 12-0, 12-0, and 8-0
- Through six games, ISU has ten runs of eight or more points
- Ty Pence scored 16 points, a season-high and one away from his career-high of 17 set twice last season
- He was 6-of-7 from the field, had three rebounds, three assists, and two steals in the Redbird win
- Jack Daugherty scored 14 points, was in double-figures for the second consecutive game, and for the tenth time in his career
- He made 3-of-5 shots from long range, and 5-of-6 from the charity stripe
- His six rebounds are his second-highest total of the season
- Kinziger reached double-digit scoring with 13 points, his sixth consecutive game this season with double-figure scoring, and 49th of his career
- He added five rebounds, while making 5-of-6 from the free throw line
- Coleman scored 16 points, giving him a six-game scoring total of 87, the third-highest for a freshman since 1972-73 when the NCAA started allowing freshman to compete
- With season averages of 14.5 points per game, .580 FG%, .444 3FG%, .808 FT%, he is looking to become just the third freshman since 1980-81 to have those same averages or better in the NCAA (joining Nick Mayo of Eastern Kentucky in 2015-16, and Kingston Flemings of Houston this season)
- Brandon Lieb tied his career-high with 10 points – a mark that he set on Thursday against Rockford
- He made 4-of-6 shots from the field, 2-of-2 free throws, while pulling down six rebounds and dishing out three assists
- Mason Klabo dished out a career-high five rebounds
- The Redbirds made 49.2 percent of their shots (32-of-65) from the field, 44.8 percent (13-of-29) from long range, and 77.3 percent (17-of-22) from the charity stripe
- Illinois State out-rebounded the Chanticleers 48-to-31, the fifth time in six games that the Redbirds have out-rebounded their opponents
- The Redbirds had an 18-to-6 assist to turnover ratio, the second consecutive game that the Birds have had a +10 assist-to-turnover margin
NEXT UP
After its two-game homestand, the Redbirds travel south to compete in the Terry's Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational and will face off against Charlotte in the opener on Thanksgiving at 12:30 p.m. (CT).
