NORMAL, Ill. – Despite career-high outings from DJ Horne and Dusan Mahorcic, the Illinois State Redbirds fell in double-overtime to the UNI Panthers on Saturday afternoon by a 94-87 final score.
The Redbirds and Panthers will meet up for a third straight game on Thursday in the opening round of the MVC Tournament, the first time in ISU's history that the Redbirds have faced the same team in three consecutive games. It was also the first double-overtime for Illinois State since February 24, 2009 when ISU lost 67-69 to the Panthers in Redbird Arena.