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Illinois State women's basketball to Play4Kay, oppose Valparaiso

So what is now known as Play4Kay is especially meaningful for the Illinois State women's basketball coach.

“Before practice (Thursday) before we went to Loyola film I showed a video on Coach Yow,” Gillespie said after the Redbirds’ double overtime win over Loyola on Friday. “It’s really important to me that every team I coach I pass on the legacy.

"I want to make sure they know who she was. Not just we’re going to be wearing T-shirts or headbands with the Y on it, who she was as a person not as a coach.