Illinois State redshirt freshman Harouna Sissoko drives against Alex Kotov during an Illinois State basketball practice at Redbird Arena. Sissoko said he is 100% healed from offseason sports hernia surgery heading into Wednesday's opener at Ohio State.
Jim BensonNORMAL — When the pandemic started to rear its ugly head in April, Harouna Sissoko needed to get to Philadelphia for sports hernia surgery.
As far as the Illinois State freshman was concerned, it couldn't wait.