Saturday basketball scoreboard

Posted on December 15, 2018

Saturday’s scores:

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois Wesleyan 86, Carroll 77

Men’s College Basketball–
Carroll 90, Illinois Wesleyan 83
Illinois 73, East Tennessee State 55

Girls High School Basketball–
U-High 38, Chatham Glenwood 31
Bloomington 45, Champaign Centennial 26
Central Catholic 56, Eureka 52
Rock Island 54, Normal Community 52

Boys High School Basketball–
Central Catholic 48, Jacksonville 33
Normal Community 49, Morton 44
U-High 74, Springfield 37
Bloomington 70, Country Club Hills Hillcrest 62

United States Hockey League:
Cedar Rapids Roughriders 5, Central Illinois Flying Aces 2

Sunday schedule:

On WJBC-AM 1230, 93.7 Nash Icon & WJBC.com–
Men’s College Basketball–Cleveland State at Illinois State 12 p.m.
On WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com–
Women’s College Basketball–Maryville at Illinois State, 3:30 p.m.
On WJBC-AM–
NFL–Philadelphia Eagles at Los Angeles Rams, 6:30 p.m.

Coaches/athletic directors, please report scores to [email protected] and/or IHSA ScoreZone and/or Twitter (@SportsWJBC, @Gregoradio). 

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