NORMAL, Ill. – Colton Sandage scored a game- and season-high 28 points while Kendall Lewis added 22 as the Redbirds used a late run to pull away from the Eastern Michigan Eagles on Wednesday night by an 87-81 final score.
Sandage is the fifth Redbird player this season to reach the 20-point scoring plateau, while Lewis' 22 points were two away from his career-high set earlier this season. Seneca Knight scored 13 points with a game-high five assists for ISU, with Darius Burford scoring 10. Lewis pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds with Knight grabbing nine as the Redbirds out-rebounded EMU 32-to-23, the second consecutive game that ISU has out-rebounded its opponent.