LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Three days. Three games. It all came to culmination for Illinois State women's basketball Sunday as they faced off with host school UNLV in the UNLV Thanksgiving Tournament Championship. However, for the first time this season, the Redbirds would fall, seeing UNLV take a 77-63 win from the Cox Pavilion.
Maya Wong would get the scoring started for Illinois State as she netted a three-pointer at the 9:06 mark in the first to give ISU a 3-0 lead. However, from there, the Redbirds would be outscored by a margin of 9-2 over the next three minutes before Kate Bullman made it a two-point game at 5:49 with a layup of her own.