NORMAL — With the Illinois State women's basketball team clinging to a one-point lead after three quarters, the fate of Monday's Women's National Invitation Tournament game hung in the balance.
ISU guard Elyce Knudsen forcefully tipped the scales with 13 fourth-quarter points in a span of 4:54 to hand the Redbirds the cushion needed to close out a 78-70 WNIT Great 8 victory over Louisiana Tech before a CEFCU Arena crowd of 2,168.
Knudsen hit two jumpers early in the fourth quarter before reeling off a trio of 3-pointers over 98 seconds to lift ISU into a 70-59 advantage.