Friday scoreboard: Redbird women advance to MVC semifinals

Posted on March 15, 2019

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

Women’s College Basketball–
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at Moline–
Drake 86, Valparaiso 58
Illinois State 61, Bradley 55 (1st MVC quarterfinal win for ISU since 2014; ISU: Katrina Beck 15, Simone Goods 15, TeTe Maggett 13, Viria Livingston 10)
Missouri State 59, Loyola 50
Northern Iowa 66, Southern Illinois 63

College Baseball–
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational–Illinois Wesleyan 4, Wheaton (Mass.) 2

College Softball–
The Spring Games, Clermont, Fla.–Illinois Wesleyan 2, Thomas More 1; Illinois Wesleyan 7, Linfield 0

High School Baseball–
Macomb 8, Central Catholic 3

Saturday’s schedule:

Women’s College Basketball–
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Semifinals at Moline–
Drake vs. Illinois State, 1:30 p.m. (LIVE WJBC-AM 1230 & WJBC.com 1:20)
Missouri State vs. Northern Iowa, 4 p.m.

College Baseball–
Russmatt Central Florida Invitational–Illinois Wesleyan vs. Southern Maine, 8:30 a.m.
Central Michigan at Illinois State (DH), 1 p.m.

College Softball–
Illinois State at Evansville (DH), 12 p.m.
The Spring Games, Clermont, Fla.–Illinois Wesleyan vs. Calvin, 2:45 p.m.; Illinois Wesleyan vs. Rowan, 5:30 p.m.

United States Hockey League–
Sioux City Musketeers at Central Illinois Flying Aces, 7:07 p.m.

 

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