UNI @ Illinois St

[Mecha_Bulldog]

Any UNI or ISU fans out there?

UNI leads 12-11, 12:45 left in the half.

[Hortonfldhse]

UNI up 2 right now

[Divergence]

UNI 20, ILS 20 6:04 1st Half

UNI charges to listen to their game on the internet.

[Divergence]

had to go to the Illinois St. site to listen. NIU gametracker was 3 minutes behind.

NIU 24
ISU 25

2:24 left 1st Half

[hawk06]

25 ILST
24 UNI

2:19 left in 1st

[hawk06]

Tied at 25 at half..... tough game to listen to on the radio

[Dawg_tired]

:redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds:

[Hortonfldhse]

you ok dawg tired

[Hortonfldhse]

UNI up 27-25

[Hortonfldhse]

31-29 UNI

[oberkfell]

Go :redbirds:

[Hortonfldhse]

31-31 with under 16 to go

[Hortonfldhse]

Birds up one

[frontrowdrake]

what now?

[Hortonfldhse]

43-39 Birds 10:38 to play

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

nevermind...

[shockball]

:redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds:

[DannyCooksey]

Redbirds holding a 4 point lead in the 2nd half is a small miracle against this team.

The question is............will it last?? The Birds usually find ways to lose games like this.

[Hortonfldhse]

46-43 Birds

[DannyCooksey]

Dyer hits another 3

Coleman picks up his 3rd foul

7:49 to play 46-43 Redbirds lead.

Dyer has 16 points and 3 straight 3's.

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

Sounds like the Redbirds are hot tonight.

Why did they have to pick tonight? :no:

[azbirdfan]

I really love our announcers! They are the most unbiased announcers that I have experienced so far this year in all the games I've listened to and are very articulate and well spoken. At least we have that to cheer for!!
:redbirds:
Seriously though, Coleman just blocked Dyer down low going up for a layup, our crowd went nuts booing the refs and our announcer said "Our fans were wanting a foul after Levi got STUFFED by Coleman!". He didn't sit there and say what a horrible call it was or whatever else I've heard from other Valley announcers. Just my opinion....

46-43 ISU
7:49 left

[DannyCooksey]

Slack has missed this entire half thus far with back spasms

[azbirdfan]

Sounds like the Redbirds are hot tonight.

Why did they have to pick tonight? :no:

We're still not shooting that well overall, especially from 3.

[Hortonfldhse]

all tied at 46

[frontrowdrake]

Exciting game! I may switch to this game, Drake getting killed, by 13.

[DannyCooksey]

48-46 Redbirds lead on a Keith Richardson layup

Dyer fouled Coleman

he hit both FT's

tied at 48

[DannyCooksey]

Vandello has inside position, but is called for a push against Coleman

Coleman misses the front end of a 1-1

4 fouls on Vandello

Time Out ISU

48-48

just over 5 mins to play

[Hortonfldhse]

5:13 to go...........48-48

[DannyCooksey]

Eldridge for 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

51-48 ISU

McKowen ties it with a 20 footer of his own

[azbirdfan]

Eldridge for 3 then McKowen for 3 to keep it tied at 51

[DannyCooksey]

Veit makes it 54-51

3:44 to play UNI with the lead. Redbird ball.

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

This is intense!

Let's go Panthers!!!:panthers:

[azbirdfan]

20 lead changes so far!

[Urbandale Panther]

ticky-tack 4th foul on Stout

[DannyCooksey]

Stout fouls Dilly and he has 4 fouls

5 team fouls on UNI. That's excellent discipline to have just 5 fouls in over 16 minutes of basketball. I guess that shows the 'Birds don't get to the paint enough.

54-51 UNI leads with just over 3 minutes to play.

[shockball]

Is Hawk Harrellson doing the game?:redbirds:

[DannyCooksey]

4 fouls on Coleman

Eldridge to shoot a pair.

He hits both. 13 for the freshman from Chicago

1 point game

[oberkfell]

:redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds:

[DannyCooksey]

Is Hawk Harrellson doing the game?

We may have a bad team, but we have excellent announcers. We have more class than to have that d-bag as our announcer. please.

[DannyCooksey]

18 for Dyer

56-55 UNI leads

Josten misses a wide open jumper and the ball bounces over the board

Redbird ball looking for the lead.

[Urbandale Panther]

refs miss a goal-tending call. UNI still only up by 1.

[DannyCooksey]

Dilly blocks Coleman from behind to save a lay-up.

Redbird ball

UNI arguing the ball hit the glass 1st. anyone see it??

1 min to play

56-55 UNI leads

[Divergence]

refs miss a goal-tending call. UNI still only up by 1.

The other side said it was clean.

[azbirdfan]

Holy *****! Illinois State up 1 with Dyer at the line and 12 seconds to go!!

[Urbandale Panther]

I'm going completely off of biased UNI announcers. Pay no attention to me. Great game. Ill State up by 1, shooting free throws.

[oberkfell]

:redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds:

[Divergence]

Where is Kubullseye?

[DannyCooksey]

Richardson gives the Birds a lead with a lay-up

UNI misses a J

Dyer is fouled. He goes to the line to try to extend the Redbird lead

about 16 seconds to play.

[azbirdfan]

ticky-tack 4th foul on Stout
are you watching the game?
:no:

[Divergence]

UNI down by 3, 7 seconds. Birds with the ball. :redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds:

[mtrain4]

Panthers struggle tonight and rely too much on the three ball....when you have two of the best posts in the conference...you gotta feed them.

[barkeep1967]

I'm going completely off of biased UNI announcers


Talk about an understatement.

[Hortonfldhse]

5.2 secs left and ISU at the line up 3

[Divergence]

5.2 seconds left. Redbird at the line for 1-1, Illinois St up by 3. Hit's 1, they can ice.

[DannyCooksey]

5.2 seconds to play

Dyer to the line for 1-1

He already has 20 for a new career high

59-56 Redbirds lead

[Hortonfldhse]

was that 3 straight time outs by UNI unreal

[Urbandale Panther]

TIE BALL GAME!!!!!!!!!!!

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

Well congrats to the Redbirds. Looks like you are gonna finish it up.

Tough loss for the Panthers, but they will be back Friday at home for Creighton!

[azbirdfan]

Overtime...

[Strike00]

ahahhahahahaahahah!!!!!!

[Hortonfldhse]

59's 3 at the buzzer by

[DannyCooksey]

McKowen hits a 35 footer and we go to overtime. unbelieveable

I guess that's the type of season ISU is having.

[ISU87]

wow, unreal!

[azbirdfan]

If you're interested in tuning in...

http://www.wjbc2.com/

[Strike00]

who says we need Benny J for those type of shots?:panthers:

[mtrain4]

Unbelievable....I just about shut off my radio....just get the fricken ball inside

[barkeep1967]

Did the UNI radio guys go into siezures ?

[Dynasty]

Unreal on the timeouts?? Why not use them if you have them?? And look, it worked!!!!:panthers:

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

What the hell...

WHAT THE HELL!

:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[Strike00]

Coleman and Stout can't do anything tonight.

[KentuckyPanther]

Wow....I'm in shock....now it's just time to take over these 5 minutes

[mtrain4]

Did the UNI radio guys go into siezures ?

I hope they went into seizures...I'd expect a team's own radio announcers to be excited about their team. It adds some excitement.

[azbirdfan]

I hope they went into seizures...I'd expect a team's own radio announcers to be excited about their team. It adds some excitement.

Being a homer doesn't!
:no:

[Hortonfldhse]

62-59 Birds 3:36

[Divergence]

IlSU lead by 3

[3ontheway]

ahahhahahahaahahah!!!!!!

KAAAABBBBBBLLLLLLOWWWSSSSSIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!

[DannyCooksey]

Dominitrix makes his FT to complete a 3 point play 62-59 Redbird lead

Dyer swats Coleman's shot

Richardson fouls McKpwen on the rebound

both teams in Double bonus from here

[Hortonfldhse]

64-61 Birds

[DannyCooksey]

Eldridge hits from 17 feet

3 point lead

15 for the frosh

[mtrain4]

Has Stout had any touches in OT? Come on...

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

Birds have a ton of momentum!

I hope UNI can get with it!

[Hortonfldhse]

under a minute Birds with ball up by 2

[DJShocker10]

Update?

[DawgieStyle]

15 to go, ISU by 2 and at the line

[DJShocker10]

Thank you.

[Hortonfldhse]

stolen by Birds going to the line up 2 with 15 seconds left

[barkeep1967]

birds going to the line up 2 15 secs left

[Canevision]

That would be just freaking great if ISU can hold on.

No offense UNI, but you know how it is.

:bears:

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

Wow, this game has been pretty heated.

I'm hoping for another great comeback, but I just don't think it is gonna go. :no: :panthers:

[DawgieStyle]

hits 1 ISU by 3, TO, icing the next throw

[azbirdfan]

Stolen by Osiris and he takes it to the hole!! Gets fouled, goes to the line and makes the first, Birds up by 3, UNI timeout!!

[Hortonfldhse]

65-62 Eldridge still with one free throw to shoot 15 seconds left

[DawgieStyle]

where's kabullseye.....i warned him about karma

[Fetz86]

Is this the offical corination of "King O" of the Redbirds?

[DannyCooksey]

Eldridge rips Stout and has a chance to extend the Redbird lead

great defensive play by the freshman

Osiris hits the 1st one and UNI takes a TO to try to "ice" him. Eldridge is really starting to make the impact most people thought he could.

[Strike00]

where's kabullseye.....i warned him about karma

hopefully he will tone it down after this.

[DawgieStyle]

good, by 4

[barkeep1967]

males the both 4 point lead for ISU with 15 secs left

[Fetz86]

makes the second, game over.

[Hortonfldhse]

66-64 Birds Osiris at the line with 8 seconds to go.........

[Timmy]

Great sig Fetz

[DawgieStyle]

birds by 3, uni shoots 3, misses, isu win

[Divergence]

KAAAABBBBBBLLLLLLOWWWSSSSSIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!

Illinoise St. Wins in OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


:redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds:

[ISU87]

WOW, congrats ISU!!

[Strike00]

Cangrats to the birds... they definately deserved to win this won.

[Hortonfldhse]

BIRDS WIN BIRDS WIN

67-64:redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :redbirds: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

Congrats Illinois State! Good game!

[azbirdfan]

Wow, neither team led by more than 4 the entire game, over 20 lead changes!

[DawgieStyle]

wow, fun game, Tough loss UNI, good game ISU, so much for that UNI is in the drivers seat talk.

[Canevision]

That's just what the Dr. ordered. Tied for first Bears!

Is this finally the year we win the danged thing?

:bears:

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

The Redbirds better come to McLeod prepared. They will want some revenge! :valley:

[Urbandale Panther]

Congrats birds, that was great game to listen to, as great of game as it could be considering the outcome. Its knotted at the top now boys and girls.

[IndyTreeFan]

Great game! Congrats 'birds!!! Winning on the road is tough in the Valley...

:bounceblue: :sycamores: :bounceblue: :sycamores: :bounceblue:

[mtrain4]

Just one of those games that UNI did not deserve to win. They didn't play like they usually do. Almost seemed like a different game plan than usual. I just don't see why UNI was settling for 3's. It seems like every year UNI gets stung by one of the teams that seems to be at the bottom part of the conference. If UNI wants to get to the next level, they're going to have to win those games they're supposed to.

[isubird3379]

wow nice game! How good does this make ISU (blue) look?:sycamores: :bounceblue:

[DannyCooksey]

Birds do the rest of the Valley a big favor.

67-64 final score.

Osiris Eldridge is figuring things out. he's starting to get it done on both ends and once he starts to add the drive part of his game, look out.

Nice win for the Redbirds. Finally got the monkey off our backs.

[Strike00]

Dyer owned this game...wow

Eldridge is going to be a very good player for the Redbirds

[3ontheway]

KAAAABBBBBBLLLLLLOWWWSSSSSIIIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!

Illinoise St. Wins in OT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




:redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds::redbirds: :redbirds:




Divergence, how dare you?:lol:

Looks like ANY road win will be golden.

[mtrain4]

That's just what the Dr. ordered. Tied for first Bears!

Is this finally the year we win the danged thing?

:bears:


...i'm going with no. Not with B-Diddy at the helm for you.

[wsubball96]

WOW!!! Just proves how tough this league is.

NICE WIN!

[DawgieStyle]

That's just what the Dr. ordered. Tied for first Bears!

Is this finally the year we win the danged thing?

:bears:

don't forget tied with the dawgs too.

[NoPlaceLikeDome]

don't forget tied with the dawgs too.

Missouri State, UNI, Creighton, Southern Illinois, and Indiana State all tied at the top with 1 loss.

Everyone is still in this...

[txsaluki05]

don't forget tied with the dawgs too.

We're a half game back actually.

HUGE win for the redbirds!!!!

[WSUbballer]

Great win for the Redbirds!

Sorry Panther fans! Kabullseye just couldn't take it and hadda come on here and jinx it like that..:no: Wow, I didn't realize that the basketball gods really looked so heavily upon this place. That's a future warning for any fan of any team!

Just proves there is NO guarantee win in this conference!

[shockerfan34]

:redbirds: congrats on the win, something the shox couldnt quite get done:redbirds:

[SFPanther]

UNI arguing the ball hit the glass 1st. anyone see it??




Was at the game. The ball definitely looked to hit glass first and should have been goaltending. Would have made it a three-point game and difficult for ISU.

That being said, they did not look good. Nice win ISU, you deserved it more than UNI. Go inside with the best post players in the Valley!

Road only gets tougher as we drop a game that we should have taken. Creighton owns us.

[MSNSaluki]

wow nice game! How good does this make ISU (blue) look?:sycamores: :bounceblue:

You look good ... and by winning at Illinois State you kept pace with SIU!:sycamores: :salukis: :valley:

[ISUMatt]

Great W for the Birds tonight...

[shockball]

don't forget tied with the dawgs too.

UNI, MSU and CU are 4-1. SIU is 3-1 with a toss up game at Bradley tomorrow. Karma.

[DawgieStyle]

UNI, MSU and CU are 4-1. SIU is 3-1 with a toss up game at Bradley tomorrow. Karma.

yah no joke, i probably just screwed SIU for the next 3 weeks.

[bleach]

Redbirds get to share in the fun.......Panthers get to share in the misery! Great job Birds!

[Khan4Cats]

Bad loss for UNI puts us back at even for the year when compared to last year. (W over Bradley, L at IlSU) Have to get back on the positive side of things.

Good game for the Redbirds. They played hard and hit the shots. Maybe this will kickstart that talent into a force that won't roll over for the rest of the conference. Then this loss won't look as bad in two months.

[tennis08tarheels]

:no:

Awful. This gives me a bad taste in my mouth, this'll look awful for UNI.

Have to give credit to IlSU, so good win Reds.

[Ferocious Cat]

Good game Birds!
As for the possible goal tend, watching on the internet and listening to the ISU announcers they mentioned that they "may have gotten away with one". The internet is so small and choppy it's impossible to tell.

[UNI Prof]

UNI had their chance by getting to OT. IlSU simply outplayed UNI tonight. There are no gimmes in the Valley.

[MSNSaluki]

I want to go on the record with something that is spoken about frequently on Saluki Talk, and this is no slam against anybody else in the Valley:

It seems that outside of one notable offender on this site, UNI has the most respectful fans in the conference. I know when I've been there for games Panther fans have always been super nice and respectful, and you guys are showing some incredible grace tonight after a tough loss.

Cheers to UNI fans!:panthers:

And for the Redbirds, great win!:redbirds:

[DoubleJayAlum]

Just got home from the Creighton win to see this!

Great win Redbirds.

I watched Osiris Eldridge go off in Omaha for 27. He had another big night tonight. The kid will be a star in this league. If you've watched him you can just feel it. I look for three big years of match-ups between him and Miles of CU.

[smacktalkermsu]

There are no gimmes in the Valley.

Tell that to Evansville tonight

[doinit salukistyle]

I saw the little recap on yahoo that the lead was never more than 4 points...AMAZING GAME!!!!

[getreal4]

Congrats Redbirds. Can you go back to bad basketball by Saturday please?

[gopanthers!]

Ahhh, bummer.....I have been at a meeting all night and didn't get to listen to the game. Sounds like the Cats got outplayed though. I'm disappointed, but not surprised....no road games are going to be easy this year. Oh well, still at least tied at the top (although who knows for how long, with the luck we've had against CU lately!) Maybe this is a confidence builder that can get things going for the Redbirds? Anyway, congrats on the win.

[Phantom]

Obviously Im very happy by the gutsy, determined win by my Redbirds tonight, but that said...

I want to tip my hat to both teams. This was an EXCELLENT basketball game. 2 tough, physical teams who really left it all on the floor. I said to some friends of mine in the (Xmas break-laden) student section toward the end of regulation that this is BY FAR the game weve played the hardest in MVC play. Not saying we didnt play hard in the earlier conference games, but tonight we REALLY played our asses off. When Dyer missed that back end of the 1-1 with 3.8 left in regulation and we were up by 3, I said aloud "please dont let that come back to haunt us!" and then McCowan hit the 3 to send it to OT...the small but mighty crowd all felt like we were punched in the gut :lol:

But the 'Birds gutted it out against an exellent UNI team and got a much, much needed win. Again though, UNI is a damn good team. Both teams wanted this one, we were just fortunate to pull it out.

:redbirds: :valley:

[redbirdtim]

Great b-ball game in a great conference. Would have been a win over a top 25 team if the MVC could get the respect it deserves. However, with some of the higher teams on UNI's schedule struggling and a loss to Loyola, they were kept out.

[panther2317]

Kudos to the Redbirds. UNI came out a little flat and ISU took full advantage by playing an aggressive game and making the most of their opportunities. I think they came in shootinf 54% from the FT line in Valley play and hit over 80% of their FT's last night. So all credit goes to the Redbirds. Now I just hope UNI can bounce back and protect their home court vs. a co-leader in Creighton...a team they haven't beaten in 2 years or more. GO PANTHERS!!!

[DoubleJayAlum]

I haven't heard anyone from UNi call this a trap game. Is it at least a little bit possible Uni was looking past IlSU for Friday's game?

I know that I was extremely scared of the Jays looking past Drake last night for the match-up Friday.

By the way, for all of you UNI fans who have discussed losing to CU the last few years, need I remind you that you have a new coach? Dana might have owned McDermott, but McDermott isn't there any more....

[bcrawf]

It was a tough place to have a game like this. I would much rather have two "lesser opponents" (if there is such a thing in this league) in the same week rather than a lesser than a greater...

Even if those two games would have been flipped around, I think we would have fared better...

[getreal4]

UNI is set up to lose two in a row. Four bids are in jeopardy. :naughty:

[Urbandale Panther]

There is no such thing as a trap game in this conference.

[bcrawf]

UNI is set up to lose two in a row. Four bids are in jeopardy. :naughty:

Your right UNI would be 13-4 in your scenario... Just horrible....

Thats what I love about this board. Somebody loses one game, or a team has a rough stretch like Wichita and all of a sudden the league is terrible, it won't get as many teams in the tournament, and the general BCS paranoia comes out.

Lighten up everybody, its JANUARY 11. There is so much basketball left to be played around the country. I still believe that this is a 5 bid league this year, just give everything a chance to wash out:valley: .