They swept the cellar-dwelling Iowa State Cyclones (6-18-3, 15 pts.). The team survived a late surge Friday to hang on 4-3 and breezed past the Cyclones Saturday, 4-1. Illinois is now 7-2-1 in its ...

BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State takes on Northern Iowa after Addison Martin scored 20 points in Illinois State’s 79-74 loss to the Drake Bulldogs. The Panthers have gone 6-4 at home.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The Illinois State basketball team will not look back on the 2024-25 regular season encounters with Northern Iowa fondly. ISU went scoreless over the final 3:35 Saturday as ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The Illinois State women's basketball team stumbled to its second straight loss Sunday, posting a season low point total in a 72-52 Missouri Valley Conference defeat to ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Tytan Anderson scored 18 points and secured the victory with a layup with 47 seconds left as Northern Iowa knocked off Illinois State 68-65 on Saturday night. Anderson ...

Northern Iowa averages 74.7 points and has outscored opponents by 7.3 points per game. The Redbirds are 7-6 in MVC play. Illinois State has a 5-1 record in games decided by at least 10 points.

The Northern Iowa Panthers (15-9, 9-4 MVC) hope to continue a three-game home win streak when they host the Illinois State Redbirds (15-9, 7-6 MVC) on Saturday, February 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET.

Illinois State ranks fifth in the MVC with 14.7 assists per game led by Dalton Banks averaging 3.7. Northern Iowa averages 74.7 points per game, 2.7 more points than the 72.0 Illinois State gives up.