NORMAL — Many things needed fixing after Illinois State's basketball team went a combined 17-39 the last two seasons. However, one area was at the very top of Redbird head coach Dan Muller's list.
Kendall Lewis and Mark Freeman hope to become the catalysts that change ISU's fortunes on the defensive end and the won-loss column.
Muller has called the 6-foot-7 Lewis and 5-11 Freeman "elite defenders" after they were brought in from Appalachian State and Tennessee State, respectively.
During Thursday's Media Day at Horton Field House's North Gym, Lewis and Freeman weren't defensive about knowing how much their defense can change things.