NORMAL — Illinois State basketball head coach Dan Muller has announced that rising senior guard Matt Chastain and rising junior forward Taylor Bruninga have decided to end their playing careers with a medical exemption due to chronic and repeated injuries.
Chastain has suffered knee problems, while Bruninga has battled a left foot issue.
"It is never easy when a student-athlete is forced to decide between what he loves to do and what is right for him and his future," said Muller. "Unfortunately, that is the decision that both Matt and Taylor had to decide these past couple weeks.