NORMAL — Don’t tell Illinois State’s basketball team it can’t win the Missouri Valley Conference title with one of its best players out for a couple weeks.
ISU’s air-tight defense was still on full display Wednesday night as ISU held Northern Iowa to 33.3 percent field goal shooting in a 57-51 victory before a Redbird Arena crowd of 5,732. Paris Lee led the way with 18 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals as the Redbirds stayed unbeaten in the Missouri Valley Conference with their 12th straight victory and record 18th in a row at Redbird Arena.