NORMAL – BloNo Pizza Co. is partnering with all fourteen Illinois State women's basketball student-athletes to provide both cash and gift-in-kind as a part of a Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deal during the 2024-25 academic year. This is the first full-team NIL deal that any local Bloomington-Normal business has done with a team in Illinois State Athletics history.
BloNo Pizza Co. is located 1.8 miles west of CEFCU Arena where ISU Women's Basketball calls home, and recently opened the new Westside Smoke restaurant in the same location. "We could not be more excited to invest in women's sports and the Illinois State Women's Basketball program," BloNo Pizza Co.