Jackie Carmichael

No Illinois State player has been selected in the NBA draft since 1999. Jackie Carmichael, a 6-foot-9 Redbirds forward, hopes to take steps toward changing that stat this week at the NBA draft combine in Chicago. Carmichael, who averaged 17.4 points and...

What do you do when your team misses its first 13 shots? Try to make the other team miss, too. Illinois State went more than 12 and a half minutes without making a field goal against Wichita State on Satuday, falling behind by 16 points before...

Wichita State defeated Illinois State 66-51 to advance to the Missouri Valley Conference Championship game.  That game will be played at 1:05 Sunday afternoon on KWCH 12.  Carl Hall scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half to help spur Wichita...

“Everyone’s been saying that we’re completely healthy since Carl got back, but we still had our starting two guard and small forward on the sideline.  We haven’t been healthy since the eighth game of the season.” Wichita...

Wichita State used 10 players Friday night, and all 10 of them scored. The Shockers out-rebounded Missouri State by 19, and they never trailed in the second half. But they were tested all night against a surprisingly resilient Bears team, which was...

Illinois State 73, Northern Iowa 65: Tyler Brown scored a game-high 28 points as the Illinois State Redbirds recorded a 73-65 win over the Northern Iowa Panthers in the second round of the Missouri Valley Conference tournament at Scottrade Center. Brown,...

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Tyler Brown scored 25 points and Jackie Carmichael added 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Illinois State to an 86-50 victory against Missouri State on Wednesday night. Johnny Hill had 15 points and seven rebounds for the Redbirds...

I will never understand how a division one athlete-- who's good enough to have his college education paid for-- can commit a foul on three-point point shot.  Especially in a game when you lead by seven points with 0:37 seconds left.  Fortunately,...

For What it’s Worth--- on this February 18 - Wichita State went 7:30 without a point at Illinois State-- they endured a 17-nothing run and were outscored by 17 at the line and still won a basketball game. Go figure. Head shaking--- Wichita State...

The Missouri Valley Conference released a statement Monday regarding the officiating of the Wichita State-Illinois State game and the final minute of the game, involving Shocker sophomore Tekele Cotton. “The Missouri Valley Conference has...

Wichita State 68, Illinois State 67: Cleanthony Early made a game-winning 3-pointer with eight seconds left, capping an 8-0 run in the final 44 seconds of regulation, as the host Shockers came back to beat the Redbirds and maintain sole possession of...

Cleanthony Early scored 16 points to lead Wichita State over Illinois State 74-62 Wednesday night. Early was 5 of 11 from the field. Williams scored 14 points and Malcolm Armstead and Nick Wiggins had 10 points apiece for the Shockers (16-2, 5-1 Missouri...