NORMAL — Matt Chastain was sweating Friday. It was from a team weightlifting session and not from thinking about Illinois State's collapse against Valparaiso two days earlier.
ISU entertains Evansville at 3 p.m. Saturday in a Missouri Valley Conference basketball game at Redbird Arena. The Redbirds want to quickly get rid of the bad taste from losing a 10-point lead in the final two minutes and getting beat by Markus Golder's halfcourt miracle at the buzzer.
While ISU was losing to Valpo, 58-56, in the MVC opener, the Purple Aces slipped past Drake, 82-77, in double overtime.