24-3, 15-1 MVC

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Murray St MUR	11	17	22	23	73
Illinois St ILST	20	22	11	9	62

Illinois State RedbirdsIllinois StILST

16-11, 10-6 MVC

Murray State Racers @ Illinois State Redbirds

Game Information

Normal, IL

Referee:Troy Winders

Referee:Nicole Brannon

Referee:Amy Sanchez

NCAA Division I

Missouri Valley Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Murray State	19-1	-	31-4
Belmont	16-4	3	20-12
Illinois State	13-7	6	24-14
Bradley	13-7	6	20-13
Northern Iowa	13-7	6	18-14
Drake	10-10	9	12-20
UIC	9-11	10	14-18
Southern Illinois	7-13	12	10-20
Indiana State	5-15	14	10-22
Evansville	5-15	14	10-25
Valparaiso	0-20	19	0-32

Women's College Basketball News

Big 12 commish mulls new event if conference title games end

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said the league would find a new event to replace any lost conference title games should they be casualties of an expanded College Football Playoff.

Breaking down the women's 2026-27 AP preseason Top 25 basketball poll

The first poll of the 2026-27 season is here. We look at the projected starters and biggest game for each team.

14h

South Carolina tops AP's preseason Top 25 women's basketball poll followed by UConn, USC

Dawn Staley's South Carolina Gamecocks sit at No. 1 in The Associated Press preseason Top 25 women's basketball poll, followed by UConn, USC, Duke and Michigan.

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