DES MOINES, Iowa. - After a nine-day break from action, the Illinois State Redbirds take to the court to take on the Drake Bulldogs in a 7 p.m. tip-off at the Knapp Center.
* MVC TV Network consists of: Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports Indiana Plus, Bally Sports Kansas City and NBC Sports Chicago. Within the footprint states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska the game will be blacked out on ESPN+, but ESPN+ will have the telecast on immediate tape-delay.
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• Illinois State's 6.0 blocked shot per game average puts it 10th in the country in the category, and on pace to shatter the school record (5.