Big Ten
Michigan def Ohio St. 86-83
Nebraska def Northwestern 68-64
Maryland def Iowa 101-75
Oregon def Rutgers 75-57
Illini Women
Illinois def Nebraska 77-68
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- Illinois baseball used a six-run eighth to rally past Abilene Christian ) and earn a series win, on Sunday, at Whataburger Field.
Greg LaChance's two-out, two-run, single broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth and Drake Westcott followed by crushing a two-run shot, his second home run in as many games, to give the Illini some insurance. Julius Sanchez dazzled on the mound in his first start of the season, tossing 7.0 innings of one-run ball to go along with a career-high 10 strikeouts. The Illini are 2 and 1 on the season.
NASCAR
William Byron raced to his second straight Daytona 500 win, dodging a string of late race wrecks that knocked out a chunk of contenders. Byron was in ninth place with one lap to go when he was able to race near the outside wall to escape the chaos. Tyler Reddick finished 2nd, followed by Jimmie Johnson, Chase Briscoe and John Hunter Nemechek.
The Daytona 500 is complete for 20-25. The Motor Racing Network was there…
(Champaign–jc) – The University of Illinois Women’s basketball team got another big 10 win on Sunday at the State Farm Center. University of Illinois women’s basketball coach Shauna Greene says with basketball energy, wins come your way…
University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Greene
The Illini head to UCLA and USC later this week.
IHSA Girls Regionals
1A at Gibson City Melvin SIbley
6pm Gibson City Melvin Sibley vs Amstrong Potomac
1A at Dwight High School
6pm Cissna Park vs Ridgeview
730pm Dwight vs Donovan
2A at St Joe Ogden High School
6pm Kankakee Bishop McNamara vs Oakwood
730pm St Joe Ogden vs STM
3A at Chatham Glenwood
6pm Mahomet Seymour vs Rantoul
Tonight on WPXN its a double header of IHSA Girls regional action. The Cissna Park Timberwolves take on Ridgeview in the 1-A regional at Dwight at 6pm. Then its St Joe Ogden taking on St Thomas More at 7-30pm Derek Bohlmann has the call in Dwight and Joel Cluver the call in St Joseph. Our broadcast begins at 5-45pm
