NORMAL — If Howard Fleming Jr. has anything to say about it, Illinois State's basketball team won't suffer a letdown after its biggest victory in the last two seasons.
The loquacious Fleming figures to have plenty to say about it, too.
The Redbirds rallied from a nine-point deficit with four minutes left in regulation to beat Missouri State in overtime Wednesday in the Missouri Valley Conference opener. ISU (4-4) returns to nonconference action at 3 p.m. Saturday when it entertains Jackson State (1-6) at Redbird Arena.
"We still have a chip on our shoulder and something to prove to everybody," said Fleming, a 6-foot-5 sophomore guard.