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NORMAL — Not fond of what she was seeing, Illinois State women's basketball coach Kristen Gillespie called a 30-second timeout with 7:18 remaining Thursday at CEFCU Arena.

It would get worse before it got better for the Redbirds against hard-charging Belmont. Yet it would get better.

"We never wavered," Gillespie said after ISU secured a 66-63 Missouri Valley Conference victory.

"That's something we talk about, just the belief in each other and the belief in what we're doing as a program. And I think that was shown in the fourth quarter."

Shannon Dowell vs. Belmont
Illinois State sophomore Shannon Dowell (0) scored a game-high 21 points in the Redbirds' win over Belmont.