Not the best time for the Redbirds to visit the LA area, picking the most-rainy weekend of the year. Yet ISU's luck might be about to change on Sunday, as instead of Eric Musselman's potent USC, which scored an 87-67 win at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood on Friday, the Redbirds are gifted a limited Long Beach squad that makes its season debut at the Pyramid this afternoon. Though the Beach played UOP tough at midweek, Big West sources have alerted to the limitations on the roster which features few upperclassmen and is scoring just 57.7 ppg and shooting only 24.6% triples across its first three all losses. The straight-up losing streak is also now 18 since the middle of January...ouch! Play Illinois State