Big Ten
Illinois def Minnesota 78-69
NCAA
Houston returned to the top of the AP Basketball poll this week. Alabama fell to the second spot, Kansas, UCLA , and Purdue make up the top 5. Virginia, Arizona, Texas, Baylor and Marquette round out the top ten. Indiana comes in at 17, and Northwestern breaks into the top 25 at #21.
(Champaign–jc) – The University of Illinois Fighting Illini Men’s basketball team took care of business last night against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Final score 78 to 69. Illini Men’s basketball player R J Melendez recorded his first double-double for Illinois in the win and several monster dunks. Melendez talks about the win and the double-double…
U of I Men’s Basketball Player R J Melendez. Next up for Illinois is a home game on Thursday night against Northwestern.
(Cissna Park–jc) – In small schools athletes play several sports. That statement is true for students at Cissna Park High School. Timberwolves girls basketball coach Anthony Videcka says the team heads into Class 1-A Sectional action tonight with a mix of senior leaders to freshmen athletes…
Cissna Park Girls Basketball Coach Anthony Videcka. WPXN sports will have the Cissna Park vs Mount Pulaski game live tonight from Lexington High School. Our pre-game is set for 5-40. Following Cissna Park, we will have live coverage of the St Joe Ogden Lady Spartans.
(Daytona–jc) One Nascar driver that is “back” on the cup series is Jimmy Johnson. Johnson participated in the Indy Car circuit over the past couple of year, but has decided to race a schedule for Nascar this year. Johnson says driving in Nascar Cup series races, feels right…
Nascar Driver Jimmy Johnson
The nascar racers are in California this weekend for races in Fontana at the Auto Club Speedway
(St Joseph–jc) The St Joe Ogden Lady Spartans are back in the class 2-A Sectionals tonight at Coal City. Lady Spartan Coach Drew Arteaga says the success for the Spartans always begins with pressure defense…
St Joe Ogden Girls Basketball Coach Drew Arteaga. You can hear the Spartans live tonight on WPXN after the 1-A Sectional game with Cissna Park. The spartans tip around 7-30pm
IHSA
1-A Lexington
6pm Cissna Park vs Mount Pulaski
730pm Watseka vs St Thomas More
1-A Casey Westfield
730pm Tuscola vs Effingham Saint Anthony
2-A Colal City
6pm Bishop McNamara vs Fieldcrest
730pm St Joe Ogden vs Peotone
3-A Rochester
730pm Mahomet Seymour vs Rochester
Today on WPXN its Girls Class 1-A and Class 2-A Sectional basketball action. The Cissna Park Timberwolves take on Mount Pulaski in the Lexington Class 1-A Girls Sectional Tuesday night. Our coverage begins at 5-40 with the pre game show. Then we head to Coal City for the Class 2-A Girls sectional with St Joe Ogden and Peotone. Joel Cluver is in Lexington and Rob Pacey has the St Joe Ogden play by play tonight.