ST. LOUIS — When Illinois State hammered Evansville by 38 points on Jan. 21, the Redbirds were ultra-confident heading into a rematch between the same teams two days later.
Too confident it turns out.
Evansville turned things around, taking a 56-53 victory as the Redbirds looked like a completely different team. It continued a pattern of the last two seasons for ISU of following up a huge victory — sometimes against the same team — with a clunker.
Which brings us to Thursday.
The Redbirds finished the regular season Saturday with a decisive 86-64 victory against Indiana State.