CARBONDALE — A second-half offensive meltdown cost the Illinois State women's basketball team Saturday at the Banterra Center.
The Redbirds scored just 14 second-half points as a 10-point halftime lead transformed into a 43-41 loss to Southern Illinois.
"You're not going to beat anyone scoring 14 points in a half," ISU coach Kristen Gillespie said. "I thought we were decent defensively in the first half, but let up a little in the third. It was just the perfect storm. I thought we had some good looks down the stretch and they just didn't go in."
ISU dropped to 10-4 overall and 7-4 in the Missouri Valley Conference.