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Illinois State University Athletics

2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

Doug DeVoe
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
Bill Salyer, ISU Athletics
Bill Salyer, ISU Athletics
Bill Salyer, ISU Athletics
Dennis Banks

22 Ty Pence

  • Position Guard
  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 205

Biography

 
CAREER HONORS
2025 Purple CBI All-Tournament Team
Miscellaneous
Career
10+ Points 12
20+ Points 0
3+ 3FGM 3
3+ Assists 6
2+ Steals 6
Career-Highs
Points 17, Two times
Rebounds 10, vs UIW (3/25/25)
Assists 3, Six times
Steals 3, vs Indiana State (1/21/25)
Minutes 40, at Belmont (12/4/24)

2024-25 (Illinois State)


Saw action in 36 games during the year with 19 starts ... Named to the Purple CBI All-Tournament Team after averaging 14.3 points and 6.3 rebounds per game during ISU's three-game Championship run ... Averaged 7.4 points and 4.0 rebounds per game with 49 assists and 22 steals ... Scored a career-high 17 points in his second game of the season against North Dakota State, and equaled that total in the opening round of the CBI against Presbyterian ... Reached double-figure scoring 12 times, including in six of his first eight games, and each of his last three ... Pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds on March 25 against UIW for his first collegiate double-double (15 points) ... Was one of just six players in the country to make at least 51.5 percent of his field goal tries, 36.5 percent from three, and 83.0 percent from the charity stripe ... Pulled down 5+ rebounds 13 times.

2023-24 (Illinois State)


Played in 24 games during the year with one start, averaging 8.4 minutes per game. Scored 20 points on the season with 17 rebounds, six assists, and five steals ... Scored four points in back-to-back games on January 10 at Belmont and at home against Valparaiso on January 14 ... Pulled down four rebounds against Wright State at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Fort Myers, Florida ... Scored his first collegiate points with a free throw against Saint Louis on November 15. 

HIGH SCHOOL (St. Joseph-Ogden HS)


Reached a final national high school recruit ranking of 198th by 247 recruiting, one of just three incoming Illinois State players since the inception of 247 rankings (2003) to be inside the top-200 and finished as the state's eighth-best prospect and the 44th-best small forward in the country. He set the school's career scoring record during the season with 2,328 career points and 245 three-point baskets, while also setting the single-season three-point record with 94. He averaged 26.6 points and 7.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 1.9 steals, and 1.0 blocked shots per game for St. Joe-Ogden, who finished his senior season with a 27-5 record. Was named Associated Press and the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association First Team All-State in 2023. Was named the News-Gazette Area Player of the Year in 2023 in addition to earning First Team All-Illini Prairie Conference honors. Was named First Team IBCA and Associated Press All-State in 2022 as a junior, as he averaged 23.5 points, 7.k3 rebounds, and 2.3 assists per game. He was one of just two sophomores on the 2021 IBCA First Team All-State squad he was also named Associated Press First Team All-State as the only sophomore on the five-person first team. He averaged 25.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game in his second season with St. Joe-Ogden, after averaging 12.9 points and 3.9 rebounds per game as a freshman. He also played in 11 games during his senior season as a wide receiver on the football team, and ended the year with 53 catches for 1,115 yards and 14 touchdowns and was named First Team All-State by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association in addition to being named to the Academic All-State team in 2022 by the same organization.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2023-24Freshman

    Guard
    6'6" 210 lbs
    2
  • 22

    2024-25Sophomore

    Guard
    6'6" 205 lbs
    22
  • 22

    2025-26Junior

    Guard
    6'6" 205 lbs
    22