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NORMAL, Ill. – After coming off their most disappointing loss of the season against lowly Evansville, the Illinois State men’s basketball kicked off their toughest stretch of conference games Wednesday night when they hosted Drake at Redbird Arena. Two road matchups against Loyola-Chicago and Northern Iowa, a pair of MVC contenders, were up next for […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – ISU gymnastics was able to host their first home meet of the year on Friday night against Eastern Michigan. It was in front of that home crowd that the Redbirds lost 193.950-192.650. However, the meet certainly wasn’t all Eagles. The night started on vault for the ‘birds, where […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Redbirds improve their record to 10-9 on the back of 16 points from Antonio Reeves against Evansville with a final score of 94-56. Following a disappointing loss against the Missouri State Bears the Birds needed a bounce back game to gain some momentum heading into the final half of their season. […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- A 20-year old record comes crashing down at Horton Pool. The record was broken at a recent Illinois State swimming meet against UNI, The event was the 400-yard medley. The 400-yard medley members of the team include Madyson Morse, Cassiday Carey, Lauren Naegar and Emma Feltzer. The official time […]
Image courtesy of Kodiak Creative BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – After a back and forth nail biter, the Illinois Wesleyan Titans pulled through and prevailed against the North Park Vikings with a final score of 63-58. “It was kind of a different game in the sense that it was low scoring but that’s kind of how games […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – After overcoming a 20-point deficit to defeat Bradley this past weekend, the Illinois State men’s basketball team looked to carry that momentum with them on the road in their matchup with Missouri State Wednesday night. Instead of building on a thrilling win, the Redbirds suffered their worst loss of the season in […]
NORMAL, Ill.-The Illinois State men’s basketball team defeated their I-74 rivals, the Bradley Braves 74-65 Sunday night at Redbird Arena. It was not pretty early on for the Redbirds Sunday night, but they found a way to pull it out. The Redbirds roared back with a massive second half in order to secure the victory […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL Ill.- Illinois State Women’s Basketball came into the game against Loyola with a 5 game winning streak and now with this win the streak is now at 6 games. The final score for the game was 68-50. Offensively, the Redbirds started off the first half with with scores at the […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State athletics announced Thursday that Redbird Volleyball Head Coach Leah Johnson has signed a five-year contract extension that goes through 2027. “Leah has built a powerhouse program that continues to push boundaries and strive for more with each championship,” ISU Athletic Director Kyler Brennan said. “We […]
Image is courtesy of goredbirds.com WEST LAFAYETTE, In. – For the fourth straight year the Redbird volleyball team was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA tournament. This time it was to the hands of the No. 6 ranked Purdue Boilermakers. “Purdue is effectively a semi-pro team playing in the college game.” Head coach […]