UAB Blazers (7-3) at Illinois State Redbirds (6-4)
Normal, Illinois; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: UAB takes on Illinois State after Maddie Walsh scored 21 points in UAB’s 66-60 victory over the New Orleans Privateers.
The Redbirds have gone 2-1 at home. Illinois State has a 0-1 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Blazers have gone 1-2 away from home. UAB is the AAC leader with 26.8 defensive rebounds per game led by Jade Weathersby averaging 6.8.
Illinois State makes 48.9% of its shots from the field this season, which is 10.4 percentage points higher than UAB has allowed to its opponents (38.5%). UAB has shot at a 44.4% clip from the field this season, 4.6 percentage points greater than the 39.8% shooting opponents of Illinois State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Shannon Dowell is scoring 14.2 points per game and averaging 3.7 rebounds for the Redbirds.
Walsh is averaging 13.3 points for the Blazers.
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