Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on December 20, 2018

Dan Muller’s Illinois State Redbirds are at Central Florida on Friday evening. (WJBC file photo)

Thursday’s scoreboard presented by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan:

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois State 72, Saint Louis 67

Girls High School Basketball–
Normal Community 57, Kings-Edgehill (Canada) 46 (Nike Tournament of Champions, Phoenix)
Canton 59, Bloomington 47
Midwest Central/Delavan 64, Olympia 32
LeRoy 49, Cissna Park 31
Ridgeview 51, Iroquois West 34
El Paso-Gridley 42, Prairie Central 41
Dwight 46, St. Anne 22

Boys High School Basketball–
Calvary Christian 68, Greenview 61

Friday’s schedule:

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois State at Central Florida, 6 p.m. (live 5 p.m. AM 1230, 93.7 Nash Icon, WJBC.com)

Girls High School Basketball–
Normal Community vs. Hamilton, Ariz., 11 a.m. (Nike Tournament of Champions, Phoenix)
Normal West at United Township, 7:30 p.m.

Boys High School Basketball–
Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Central Catholic, 7:30 p.m.
Rantoul at Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.
United Township at Normal West, 7:30 p.m.

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