Illinois State Redbirds (7-4, 0-1 MVC) at Cornell Big Red (7-3)
Ithaca, New York; Sunday, 12 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Cornell hosts Illinois State after AK Okereke scored 24 points in Cornell’s 88-80 victory against the California Golden Bears.
The Big Red are 3-1 in home games. Cornell is fourth in the Ivy League with 24.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Guy Ragland Jr. averaging 4.8.
The Redbirds are 1-1 on the road. Illinois State ranks third in the MVC shooting 40.7% from 3-point range.
Cornell makes 48.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.4 percentage points higher than Illinois State has allowed to its opponents (43.3%). Illinois State averages 10.7 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.2 more made shots on average than the 7.5 per game Cornell gives up.
TOP PERFORMERS: Cooper Noard is scoring 13.8 points per game and averaging 3.0 rebounds for the Big Red.
Chase Walker is averaging 15.5 points and 6.6 rebounds for the Redbirds.
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