Illinois State's Harouna Sissoko, left, tries to get around Loyola forward Aher Uguak during a game last season at Redbird Arena. Sissoko and the Redbird face LSU in a Cayman Islands Classic first-round game on Nov. 21.
DAVID PROEBER, THE PANTAGRAPHNORMAL — The Cayman Islands Classic organizers didn't do Illinois State's basketball team any favors when it announced first-round pairings for the tourney.
The Redbirds, under first-year head coach Ryan Pedon, face LSU on Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. (CT) at John Gray Gymnasium in George Town, Grand Cayman. ISU has never played LSU, a member of the Southeastern Conference.