Illinois State Redbirds vs. Valparaiso Beacons

FINAL

Jan 7, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
ILST	23	48	71
VAL	35	42	77

Game Recap

Dease scores 28, Valparaiso beats Illinois State 77-71. Owen Dease's 28 points, JT Pettigrew added 21 points, and Valparaiso beat Illinois State 77-71 on Wednesday night.

Player Stats

ILLINOIS STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
35Chase Walker	30	8-19	0-0	4-8	5	1	0	0	1	3	20
10Ty'Reek Coleman	28	4-10	1-2	4-5	3	2	0	0	0	3	13
11Johnny Kinziger	34	5-10	2-4	5-6	3	3	3	0	3	3	17
22Ty Pence	19	2-6	0-3	0-0	5	0	0	1	0	4	4
14Boden Skunberg	24	2-4	0-1	1-2	2	1	1	0	2	4	5
0Jack Daugherty	10	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
12Brandon Lieb	10	1-1	0-0	0-1	5	0	0	1	1	1	2
1Landon Moore	17	1-2	0-1	0-1	3	1	0	0	0	3	2
4Landon Wolf	28	2-9	1-4	0-0	7	0	1	0	1	3	5


TOTAL	-	26-6241.9%	5-1631.3%	14-2360.9%	33	8	5	2	8	26	71

VALPARAISO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
7JT Pettigrew	29	5-9	2-4	9-13	6	2	1	0	4	3	21
12Owen Dease	35	8-14	3-3	9-9	6	2	0	0	2	3	28
23Shon Tupuola	26	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	1	0	2	2
3Brody Whitaker	28	1-3	1-1	2-5	4	2	2	0	0	5	5
0Rakim Chaney	23	3-5	2-2	0-0	3	1	0	1	1	1	8
13Carter Hopoi	17	1-3	0-1	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
35Tucker Tornatta	7	1-1	1-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	3
22Kyonte Thomas	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Mark Brown Jr.	17	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	3	1	0	0	3	2
1Justus McNair	12	1-3	0-0	4-4	1	1	1	0	2	1	6
11Isaiah Barnes	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0
TOTAL	-	21-4151.2%	9-1275.0%	26-3574.3%	27	12	6	3	11	23	77

Play-by-Play

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1st halfILSTVAL

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Valparaiso.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Illinois State.
+2 (19:45) Owen Dease makes 14-foot floating jump shot.
02
(19:20) Chase Walker misses 1-foot jumper.
(19:16) Ty Pence Offensive Rebound.
(19:14) Johnny Kinziger misses 16-foot jumper.
(19:10) Chase Walker Offensive Rebound.
+2 (19:07) Chase Walker makes layup.
22
(18:44) Foul on Ty Pence.
(18:27) Brody Whitaker misses 11-foot jumper.
(18:23) Boden Skunberg Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:11) Boden Skunberg makes 7-foot jumper.
42
(17:48) Owen Dease misses 11-foot jumper.
(17:48) Ty Pence Block.
(17:43) Ty'Reek Coleman Defensive Rebound.
(17:42) Ty'Reek Coleman misses layup.
(17:40) JT Pettigrew Defensive Rebound.
(17:31) Foul on Boden Skunberg.
+1 (17:31) Owen Dease makes free throw 1 of 2.
43
+1 (17:31) Owen Dease makes free throw 2 of 2.
44
(17:30) Chase Walker misses layup.
(17:30) Chase Walker Offensive Rebound.
(17:20) Chase Walker misses layup.
(17:20) Rakim Chaney Defensive Rebound.
(17:07) Foul on Ty'Reek Coleman.
(16:56) Rakim Chaney misses 12-foot jumper.
(16:54) Johnny Kinziger Defensive Rebound.
(16:26) Chase Walker misses 5-foot jumper.
(16:25) Landon Moore Offensive Rebound.
(16:25) team shot clock turnover .
(16:10) Foul on Ty Pence.
(16:03) Foul on Landon Wolf.
+1 (16:03) Owen Dease makes free throw 1 of 2.
45
+1 (16:03) Owen Dease makes free throw 2 of 2.
46
(15:51) Foul on Carter Hopoi.
+2 (15:35) Landon Wolf makes 1-foot dunk.
66
(15:04) JT Pettigrew bad pass turnover.
(15:04) Johnny Kinziger Steal.
(14:47) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 10-foot jumper.
(14:44) Rakim Chaney Defensive Rebound.
(14:36) Justus McNair bad pass turnover.
(14:36) Johnny Kinziger Steal.
(14:31) Ty'Reek Coleman misses layup.
(14:28) Owen Dease Defensive Rebound.
(14:22) Owen Dease misses layup.
(14:19) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
(14:11) Landon Wolf misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:07) Valparaiso Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:49) Tucker Tornatta makes 25-foot three point jumper (Justus McNair assists).
69
(13:15) Landon Wolf misses layup.
(13:13) Tucker Tornatta Defensive Rebound.
(13:03) Isaiah Barnes misses layup.
(13:03) Brandon Lieb Block.
(12:59) Johnny Kinziger Defensive Rebound.
(12:55) Foul on Mark Brown Jr..
(12:43) Johnny Kinziger bad pass turnover.
(12:43) Isaiah Barnes Steal.
(12:36) Foul on Isaiah Barnes.
(12:36) Isaiah Barnes turnover.
(12:18) Johnny Kinziger bad pass turnover.
(12:18) Mark Brown Jr. Steal.
+2 (11:49) Justus McNair makes driving layup.
611
+2 (11:30) Chase Walker makes driving layup.
811
(11:18) Justus McNair misses 10-foot jumper.
(11:15) Landon Moore Defensive Rebound.
(11:13) Boden Skunberg traveling turnover.
(11:01) Foul on Boden Skunberg.
(10:47) JT Pettigrew traveling turnover.
+2 (10:32) Landon Moore makes driving layup (Chase Walker assists).
1011
(10:22) Foul on JT Pettigrew.
(10:22) JT Pettigrew turnover.
(10:11) Landon Moore misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(10:07) JT Pettigrew Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:00) JT Pettigrew makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mark Brown Jr. assists).
1014
(9:36) Chase Walker misses 11-foot jumper.
(9:32) JT Pettigrew Defensive Rebound.
(9:21) Justus McNair misses 3-foot jumper.
(9:18) Chase Walker Defensive Rebound.
+3 (9:12) Jack Daugherty makes 26-foot three point jumper (Johnny Kinziger assists).
1314
+2 (8:55) JT Pettigrew makes 6-foot jumper.
1316
(8:37) Chase Walker misses 3-foot jumper.
(8:31) Landon Wolf Offensive Rebound.
(8:31) Landon Wolf misses tip in layup.
(8:30) Shon Tupuola Defensive Rebound.
+3 (8:24) JT Pettigrew makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mark Brown Jr. assists).
1319
(8:05) Chase Walker misses 4-foot jumper.
(8:00) Landon Wolf Offensive Rebound.
(7:53) Chase Walker misses 2-foot jumper.
(7:53) Shon Tupuola Block.
(7:49) Shon Tupuola Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:34) JT Pettigrew makes 1-foot jumper (Owen Dease assists).
1321
(7:34) Foul on Jack Daugherty.
+1 (7:34) JT Pettigrew makes free throw 1 of 1.
1322
(7:18) Foul on Owen Dease.
(7:13) Foul on Shon Tupuola.
(7:13) Chase Walker misses free throw 1 of 2.
(7:13) Illinois State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:13) Chase Walker makes free throw 2 of 2.
1422
(6:56) Owen Dease misses layup.
(6:53) Owen Dease Offensive Rebound.
(6:52) Owen Dease misses layup.
(6:42) Owen Dease Offensive Rebound.
(6:42) Owen Dease misses tip in layup.
(6:41) Ty Pence Defensive Rebound.
(6:29) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 7-foot jumper.
(6:22) Owen Dease Defensive Rebound.
(6:14) JT Pettigrew misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:10) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
(6:06) Foul on Brandon Lieb.
(6:06) Brandon Lieb turnover.
+3 (5:53) Owen Dease makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rakim Chaney assists).
1425
(5:39) Foul on Brody Whitaker.
(5:39) Landon Moore misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:38) Brody Whitaker Defensive Rebound.
(5:29) JT Pettigrew misses 14-foot jumper.
(5:26) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
(5:10) Landon Wolf bad pass turnover.
(5:10) Brody Whitaker Steal.
(5:10) Foul on Landon Wolf.
(5:10) Brody Whitaker misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:10) Landon Wolf Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:42) Ty'Reek Coleman makes layup.
1625
+3 (4:31) Rakim Chaney makes 30-foot three point jumper (Owen Dease assists).
1628
(4:15) Ty'Reek Coleman misses 1-foot jumper.
(4:12) Ty'Reek Coleman Offensive Rebound.
(4:12) Foul on JT Pettigrew.
(4:12) Ty'Reek Coleman misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:10) Brody Whitaker Defensive Rebound.
(3:45) Carter Hopoi misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:41) Brandon Lieb Defensive Rebound.
(3:32) Ty Pence misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:28) Rakim Chaney Defensive Rebound.
(3:23) Rakim Chaney bad pass turnover.
+3 (3:08) Johnny Kinziger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Landon Moore assists).
1928
+3 (2:42) Owen Dease makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shon Tupuola assists).
1931
(2:18) Ty Pence misses 10-foot jumper.
(2:18) Chase Walker Offensive Rebound.
(2:18) Foul on Shon Tupuola.
+1 (2:18) Chase Walker makes free throw 1 of 2.
2031
(2:18) Chase Walker misses free throw 2 of 2.
(2:18) Carter Hopoi Block.
(2:16) Brody Whitaker Defensive Rebound.
(2:05) Foul on Landon Moore.
+1 (2:05) Mark Brown Jr. makes free throw 1 of 2.
2032
+1 (2:05) Mark Brown Jr. makes free throw 2 of 2.
2033
(1:46) Johnny Kinziger misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(1:43) Ty Pence Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:36) Ty Pence makes layup.
2233
(1:20) Foul on Tucker Tornatta.
(1:20) Tucker Tornatta turnover.
(1:00) Ty Pence misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:56) Tucker Tornatta Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:34) Carter Hopoi makes 1-foot dunk (Brody Whitaker assists).
2235
(0:00) Chase Walker misses 10-foot jumper.
(0:00) Illinois State Offensive Rebound.
(0:00) Foul on Owen Dease.
(0:00) Boden Skunberg misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:00) Illinois State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:00) Boden Skunberg makes free throw 2 of 2.
2335

2nd half

Team Stats

ILST

VAL

71Points77

26-62(41.9%)Field Goal(%)21-41(51.2%)

5-16(31.3%)3-Point(%)9-12(75.0%)

14-23(60.9%)Free Throw(%)26-35(74.3%)

36(17)Rebounds(Offensive)28(4)

8Assists12

5Steals6

2Blocks3

9Turnovers11

26(0)Fouls(Technical)23(1)

2Largest Lead15

Game Details

Wednesday, January 7, 2026 · 8:00 PM

Athletics-Recreation Center · Valparaiso, IN

attendance: 1,444 (28.9%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: ILST -6.5

over/under: 138.5