NORMAL, Ill. (AP) - Jackie Carmichael had 27 points and 10 rebounds and Illinois State used a 21-0 first-half run to coast to a 100-72 season-opening victory over UC Santa Barbara on Monday night.
Tyler Brown added 22 points for the Redbirds, who shot 62 percent from the field, including 10 of 20 from 3-point range.
UC Santa Barbara (0-2) got 22 points and six assists from Taran Brown, and 15 points and 13 rebounds from Alan Williams.
Tyler Brown scored four straight points to start the 21-0 spurt for Illinois State, and finished with 12 during the run, which put the Redbirds up 27-6. They were ahead 49-29 at halftime and led by as many as 31 points in the second half when Carmichael hit a layup with 13:55 remaining.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Santa Barbara (0-2) | 29 | 43 | 72 |
| Illinois State (1-0) « | 49 | 51 | 100 |
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| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Brown, F | 32 | 7-14 | 5-5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 22 |
| A. Williams, C | 28 | 6-14 | 3-5 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| K. Boswell, G | 26 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| L. Thomas, G | 26 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| N. Garth, G | 17 | 2-4 | 4-6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Taylor | 18 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| D. DaRe | 14 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Moore | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| M. Brewe | 8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Bryson | 5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| S. Beeler | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Dunklin | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Walker | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 26-63 | 12-16 | 28 | 16 | 14 | 72 | |
| 41.3% | 75% | ||||||
| Illinois State Redbirds | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Carmichael, F | 24 | 13-20 | 1-1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 27 |
| J. Ekey, F | 21 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| K. Keane, G | 25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| B. Allen, G | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| T. Brown, G | 22 | 7-10 | 4-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Zeisloft | 21 | 3-6 | 1-1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Hill | 19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Wilkins | 17 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Threloff | 12 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| G. Allen | 5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Cousin | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Z. Upshaw | 5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 41-66 | 8-10 | 37 | 21 | 16 | 100 | |
| 62.1% | 80% | ||||||
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