MOLINE — The No. 4 seed in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the Illinois State women’s basketball team split two games with No. 2 Missouri State and defeated No. 3 Northern Iowa twice.
The Redbirds did not fare nearly as well against No. 5 Bradley, dropping both regular-season contests to the Braves.
For better or worse, ISU receives another shot at Bradley on Friday at the TaxSlayer Center in a 2:30 p.m. quarterfinal tournament matchup.
"We have a tall task at hand," Redbirds coach Kristen Gillespie said. "For whatever reason, we have not been able to crack the code of Bradley.