Hot-Shooting Redbirds Roll Past Salukis

NORMAL, Ill. – For the second consecutive game the Illinois State Redbirds never trailed, jumping out to a 4-0 lead early and never looked back, shooting over 60 percent from the field in an 85-54 Missouri Valley Conference win over in-state foe Southern Illinois on Sunday afternoon.

Johnny Kinziger and Jack Daugherty each scored a game-high 17 points, while Jordan Davis scored a season-high 13 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds for his first collegiate double-double. All 11 Redbirds in uniform for the game saw the scoring column, as Dalton Banks and Caden Boser each added six in the lopsided win.

Behind Davis' 10 rebounds, the Redbirds out-rebounded Southern Illinois 38-to-26.…