Illinois State faces Eastern Illinois, seeks to stop 4-game skid

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Eastern Illinois Panthers (1-7) at Illinois State Redbirds (4-5, 0-1 MVC)

Normal, Illinois; Sunday, 3 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Illinois State enters the matchup with Eastern Illinois as losers of four in a row.

The Redbirds have gone 3-0 in home games. Illinois State averages 15.3 turnovers per game and is 1-1 when it wins the turnover battle.

The Panthers have gone 1-5 away from home. Eastern Illinois averages 17.9 turnovers per game and is 1-4 when turning the ball over less than opponents.

Illinois State's average of 5.3 made 3-pointers per game is 2.0 fewer made shots on average than the 7.3 per game Eastern Illinois allows. Eastern Illinois averages 6.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.7 more makes per game than Illinois State gives up.

TOP PERFORMERS: Bella Finnegan is shooting 25.4% from beyond the arc with 1.7 made 3-pointers per game for the Redbirds, while averaging 7.2 points. Addison Martin is shooting 47.4% and averaging 14.7 points.

Ava Stoller is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 3.5 rebounds for the Panthers. Charita Lewis is averaging 7.6 points and 1.6 rebounds.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.