Illinois State Redbirds (2-5) at Murray State Racers (3-3)
Murray, Kentucky; Thursday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Murray State hosts the Illinois State Redbirds after Rob Perry scored 22 points in Murray State's 69-66 loss to the Chattanooga Mocs.
The Racers are 1-0 on their home court. Murray State leads the MVC with 15.7 fast break points.
The Redbirds are 2-0 in road games. Illinois State has a 1-2 record in games decided by less than 4 points.
The Racers and Redbirds square off Thursday for the first time in MVC play this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jamari Smith is scoring 17.2 points per game and averaging 6.2 rebounds for the Racers. Perry is averaging 2.0 made 3-pointers for Murray State.
Kendall Lewis is averaging 12.7 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.6 steals for the Redbirds. Darius Burford is averaging 11.1 points for Illinois State.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
