Lots of discontent among Redbird fans.
They thought bringing in so many juco transfers would make them more competetive, but they sure didn't show it in a 19-point in which their starters shot 11-40.
This was a significant embarrassment at home, in which their point guard had zero points, zero rebounds, six turnovers, and five fouls. This exposed a very serious lack of depth at the PG position.
Falker ruled the paint with 10 points, 17 rebounds, as SIU also got virtually nothing from their bench, but didn't need to.
SIU's win on the road means a jump in their RPI to 16!
The ISU loss drops the Redbirds' RPI to 90, 9th in the MVC ahead only of Drake's 92.
At 0-2 in the Valley, ISU occupies 10 place all alone.