ST. LOUIS - Facing the Indiana State Sycamores for the second time in the last six days, the Illinois State Redbirds open the MVC Tournament on Thursday night in a 6 p.m. tip-off at the Enterprise Center.
QUICK HITTERS
• Interim head coach Brian Jones is a graduate of Northern Iowa (1994) and spent 14 seasons as head coach at the University of North Dakota.
• Illinois State broadcaster Dick Luedke has announced that the 2021-22 season will be his last as a broadcaster, and he has had the call for Redbird basketball for 36 seasons and over 1,000 games.