vs Murray St - 12/3/23 - 2 pm - MVC TV Network/ESPN+

[Bird Friend]

Love the defensive intensity to start the game. They are all over the place . . . in a good way.

 

[Scipio]

These refs are BAD.

 

[Manchester Matt]

Ten assists and four turnovers.

That’s all.

 

[Bird Friend]

Are you all out raking your leaves?? Up 35-33 at half. After a great start, got a little sloppy and lost some mojo. Great stop by Johnny on one end, then 3 to finish off the half on the other.

 

[Chicagobirdfan]

Johnny sure does seem to have that dog in him. Not only clamping down on d on a much bigger guard than coming down and nailing the 3. Multiple times this season he’s responded to a tough match up on defense with a big basket. I think we got a really good one here!

 

[Redbird82]

Outscore them again by 2 in the second half and we are good!

 

[SlackBooDom]

13 assists on the first 20 field goals combined with this defense is how this team finishes in the upper-half of the league. Agree with the sentiment on the crowd - maybe the fewest number of people in the building I've ever seen for a conference game.

 

[Bird Friend]

Seven minutes left and the Birds have ZERO FT attempts.

 

[Bird Friend]

Until now, when Bazooka is fouled on the trey attempt.

 

[Popsto4]

Seven minutes left and the Birds have ZERO FT attempts.

The ball have started sticking offensively now too for some reason. Stick with what’s been working.

 

[Chicagobirdfan]

The ball have started sticking offensively now too for some reason. Stick with what’s been working.

Agreed, this 1:1 stuff hasn’t worked all season.

 

[Bird Friend]

Outscore them again by 2 in the second half and we are good!

Good call . . . altho I would have preferred a bigger margin

 

[Chicagobirdfan]

Wow tried to give us a heart attack at the end but way to close it out and hit free throws! This game was not as close as it ended up being, we looked like the far better team from the jump! 2-0

 

[Phantom]

Little scary at the end (really the last 6 mins when we picked a helluva time to go ice cold), but good job hanging on. All wins are good, all conference wins are even better.

 

[Redbird82]

Good call . . . altho I would have preferred a bigger margin

Haha, wish I could do that for money bets! We tried to give me a heart attack

 

[Bird Friend]

Burford's bucket with about 15 seconds left is the kind of "go to guy" moment we needed. One guy who was just not going to be denied a shot that he can make.

 

[ChiRedbirdfan]

Damn! Upper bowl tickets for today were even lowered to $1 for the students/families that went to the women’s education day game a few weeks ago.

i get it...just going to take time that includes some serious winning to get peeps back. also gotta factor in the opponent...not like anyone circles murray when the redbird calendar released.

overall not a pretty game but got the another much needed w and ended a losing streak (vs murray). hopefully we can end that 10 game siu losing streak in one of our upcoming mvc games.

 

[Baltimore Bird]

Exactly....Burford was the man at the end. 11 for 11 FT's!!
18 assists and 10 TO's. Won the rebounding battle.
I was really impressed with ISU. We played well and deserved to get the W!!!!

 

[WoodlandWarrior]

Exactly....Burford was the man at the end. 11 for 11 FT's!!
18 assists and 10 TO's. Won the rebounding battle.
I was really impressed with ISU. We played well and deserved to get the W!!!!

Good balanced scoring. Big game from Lewis and another good contribution from Kinziger. I plan to be there for Wednesday’s game.

 

[RBFANTOO]

It's listed but will tell you it's blacked out when you try to load it at game time.

I watched the whole game on ESPN+. Great game Birds.