ISU Jumps Back into MVC Play at Valparaiso

VALPARAISO, Ind. - After a 13-game non-conference season, with one early-season MVC game mixed in, the Illinois State Redbirds return to Missouri Valley Conference play when the squad travels to northwest Indiana to take on the Valparaiso Crusaders to kick off the 2022 calendar year.

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• Illinois State has made at least half of its shots in each of its last three games, which is tied for the fifth-longest such streak at ISU since 1990-91.

• Illinois State's 6.1 blocked shot per game average puts it 12th in the country in the category, and on pace to shatter the school record (5.2 blocks per game)

• Since making the move to a reserve role, ISU guard Josiah Strong has scored 20 or…