IHSA Boys Basketball
FINAL DAY - 20th ANNUAL WATSEKA HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
5th PLACE GAME
Westville-67 (4-OT)
Hoopeston- 64
**Hoopeston's Anthony Zamora tied the single tournament game scoring record of 34 points**
3rd PLACE GAME
Iroquois West - 44
Watseka - 27
Cannon Leonard led with 15 points
CHAMPIONSHIP
Bishop McNamara - 60
Milford - 49
Non Tournament
Tri Valley def PBL 49-37
Rantoul def Mattoon 65-51
Connor Smith scored 22 points
Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin def St. Joe Ogden 62-52
Cerro Gordo def Fisher 63-32
IHSA Girls Basketball
Oakwood def PBL 38-30
Hoopeston Area def Clifton Central 61-49
NBA
Chicago Bulls def Miami Heat 113-103
(Champaign–jc) The University of Illinois Fighting Illini take on Missouri tomorrow night in St Louis. The Illini are coming off a home win over Alabama A and M where Illinois Coach Brad Underwood says he was pleased with the defensive effort…
U of I Men's Basketball Coach Brad Underwood
You can hear the braggin’ rights game live on WPXN starting at 7pm Thursday night.
630am
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Illinois head coach Bret Bielema has signed a new six-year contract through at least the end of the 2028 season, Illinois Director of Athletics Josh Whitman announced Tuesday. The agreement is pending University of Illinois Board of Trustees approval at its meeting in January. Bielema has engineered one of the most impressive turnarounds in college football since his hiring in December 2020. Following Illinois' best season in 15 years, the Illini accepted an invitation to the ReliaQuest Bowl, the program's top bowl game since the 2008 Rose Bowl and one of the top three Illinois bowl games of the last 30 years.
NCAA
The Purdue Boilermakers are unbeaten on the season so far and are sitting at #1 on the AP Poll. UConn sits at #2, followed by Houston, Kansas and Arizona. Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Arkansas round out the top 10. Illinois is at #16, with Wisconsin at #17 and Indiana at #18.
