Thursday scoreboard, Friday schedule

Posted on January 31, 2019

Thursday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Women’s College Basketball–
Wheaton 58, Illinois Wesleyan 52

Men’s College Basketball–
Illinois Wesleyan 84, Millikin 72

Girls High School Basketball–
Normal West 61, Danville 40
Lincoln 58, Taylorville 55
Monticello 43, Olympia 35
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 46, Ridgeview 40

United States Hockey League–
Sioux Falls Stampede 6, Central Illinois Flying Aces 4

Friday’s schedule:

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois State at Loyola, 7 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com 6:50)

Girls High School Basketball–
Central Catholic at Teutopolis, 7:30 p.m.

Boys High School Basketball–
Central Catholic at St. Thomas More, 7 p.m.
Peoria Notre Dame at Bloomington, 7:30 p.m.
Normal Community at Danville, 7:30 p.m.
Normal West at Chatham Glenwood, 7:30 p.m.

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces at Des Moines Buccaneers, 7:05 p.m.

 

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