Ryan Pedon
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Season two for Illinois State basketball head coach Ryan Pedon has officially begun. While the Redbirds are off to a 1-0 start after beating Lourdes on Monday 75-56, the Redbirds will tip-off play against Division-I opponents starting on Saturday against Saint Louis. Coming off an 11-21 […]
NORMAL, Ill- The Redbirds men’s basketball team took on Lourdes University Tuesday at CEFCU Arena and came out on top in their home opener. Following there big win in the exhibition game against Illinois Wesleyan, the Redbirds wanted to start off their season on the right foot compared to last season being 1-0 currently as […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Sunday afternoon was one for the history books in the Bloomington-Normal community. It has been over 50 years since Illinois State and Illinois Wesleyan have played against one another in a basketball game. The fifty-year drought ended on Sunday with an emphatic 78-46 ISU victory. While […]
Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – This past week, the Bloomington-Normal community was surprised with an announcement that has been over 50 years in the making. The athletics department of Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University announced a doubleheader for both the school’s men’s and women’s basketball teams. The two games […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill – Just under a year ago, the Redbirds needed a coach. From Porter Moser, Dan Muller, and many in between, it had been a rough go for Illinois State men’s basketball since the start of the twenty-first century. The last few seasons under Muller had been no different, […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. – For a third consecutive year the Illinois State Men’s Basketball team’s season was ended by the University of Northern Iowa Panthers with a final score of 75-62. Aside from a hot start beyond the arc off of back-to-back three-point shots from forward Kendall Lewis and a 16-14 lead for the first […]
NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State Men’s Basketball team took a hard-earned victory over the Belmont Bruins today. This win ends a 5-game losing streak for the Redbirds and also showed flashes of the team demonstrating their chemistry and physicality. Much of this matchup was fought under the basket, with 72 of the total 164 […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – First-year ISU coach Ryan Pedon has completed his coaching staff with the hiring of Rob Judson. Judson, who is making his second assistant stint in Bloomington-Normal, played at Illinois under Hall of Famer Lou Henson from 1976-1980 and served as an Illinois assistant coach from 1996-2001. He then […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State head coach Ryan Pedon introduced the addition of Andrew Dakich as the latest assistant coach for the Redbirds on Wednesday. This is Pedon’s second official hire in as many weeks. He recently announced Walter Offutt as an assistant. Pedon’s third and final assistant hire to round out […]
Image Courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. – A trio of Redbird basketball players entered the NCAA Division I transfer portal this week, including leading scorer Antonio Reeves. Reeves, a 6-foot-5 junior guard, was named to the All-MVC Second Team in addition to earning the team captain spot on the All-MVC Most Improved Team. He became the […]