NORMAL, Ill. – The Illinois State women's basketball team will head south for a pair of Missouri Valley Conference games, at Evansville Friday and Southern Illinois Sunday. Friday's game at Evansville's Ford Center is set for a 7 p.m. tipoff, while Sunday's tilt at Southern Illinois' SIU Arena is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.
Illinois State (4-14, 2-5 MVC) will try to improve its current seventh-place standing in league play against last-place Evansville (2-16, 1-6) and fifth-place Southern Illinois (11-8, 4-3).
The Redbirds are back in action after splitting a pair of conference games last weekend on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.