ISU men hope to ‘shock’ MVC leaders

Tim Jankovich's Illinois State Redbirds will host No. 24 Wichita State on Wednesday. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)

Illinois State men’s basketball coach Tim Jankovich says Wichita State seems to be playing on a different level than they were when the Redbirds nearly knocked off the Shockers in Wichita on Jan. 10.

WSU, now ranked 24th in the nation, will take a 6-game winning streak into Redbird Arena on Wednesday for Illinois State’s final home game of the regular season.

The Shockers (24-4) have surged to a 2-game lead in the Missouri Valley Conference ahead of slumping Creighton.

The Redbirds are coming off a 79-75 non-conference win over Oakland.

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ISU Athletics Director Gary Friedman stopped by to encourage fans to help fill Redbird Arena for the home games with Wichita State (the women host WSU on Thursday.

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Eric Stock can be reached at eric@wjbc.com.