NORMAL – The Illinois State women’s basketball team refused to let the disappointment of a poor first quarter linger Friday at Redbird Arena.
The Redbirds quickly buried a seven-point deficit with a 19-2 surge that sent ISU on its merry way to a 75-60 Missouri Valley Conference victory over Evansville.
“A ton of credit to them. We started a bit slow,” said Redbirds coach Kristen Gillespie, which drew a snicker from sophomore Kate Bullman perhaps indicating Gillespie’s words to the team were a bit stronger at the time.
“In games like this, it’s human nature to maybe look at a record or what we did at their place.