Friday scoreboard, Saturday schedule

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

Women’s College Basketball–
Loyola 62, Illinois State 59

Boys High School Basketball–
Central Catholic 79, St. Thomas More 65
Peoria Notre Dame 57, Bloomington 45
Normal Community 56, Danville 47
Chatham Glenwood 55, Normal West 46
Lincoln 51, Mattoon 50
Prairie Central 63, Tolono Unity 53
LeRoy 61, Flanagan-Cornell 54
Heyworth 74, Lexington 58
Eureka 61, Fisher 56
Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 65, Ridgeview 45

Girls High School Basketball–
Teutopolis 52, Central Catholic 48
LeRoy 63, Flanagan-Cornell 58

United States Hockey League–
Central Illinois Flying Aces 1, Des Moines Buccaneers 0

Saturday’s schedule:

Men’s College Basketball–
Nebraska at Illinois, 1:15 p.m.
Illinois Wesleyan at Carthage, 7 p.m.
Loyola at Illinois State, 9 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230, 93.7 Nash Icon & WJBC.com 8 p.m.)

Women’s College Basketball–
Illinois Wesleyan at Carthage, 5 p.m.

Girls High School Basketball–
Normal West at Peoria Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m.
Lombard Montini at Normal Community, 2:30 p.m.
Urbana at Bloomington, 2:30 p.m.
Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin at U-High, 6:30 p.m.

Boys High School Basketball–
Normal West vs. Christian Brothers (O’Fallon Shootout), 4 p.m.
Normal Community at Moline, 6:30 p.m.
U-High at Central Catholic, 6:30 p.m.

 

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