NHL
Chicago Blackhawks def Calgary Flames 5-2
Big Ten Men’s Basketball
#17 Michigan State def #12 Kentucky 83-66
Rutgers def American University 80-71
Minnesota def Chicago State 66-54
Illini Women
Illinois def Murray St. 84-64
IHSA Girls Basketball
Cissna Park Tipoff
Bishop Mac def St. Thomas More 57-39
Fisher Bunny Tipoff
GCMS def Unity 67-28
Non Tournament
Calvary Christian def Rantoul 41-35
(Undated-jm) – Illinois is ranked No. 21 in the newest College Football Playoff Rankings, its first appearance of the season. The Illini are 7-3 after a win over Maryland, with two of three losses coming from the top two teams in the poll, Ohio State and Indiana respectively. USC is ranked No. 15, falling to Illinois 34-32 earlier in the season. Other Big Ten teams ranked include Oregon at 7 and Michigan at 18. Illinois will travel to face Wisconsin on Saturday, November 22, at 6:30 p.m. before ending the season at home against Northwestern.
(Paxton-jm) – A Paxton Buckley Loda football player is receiving several accolades. Paxton Buckley Loda Senior Carson Goss received state accolades as well as conference recognition, says Paxton Buckley Loda Football Coach Josh Pritchard…
PBL Panthers Football Coach Josh Pritchard.
(Gibson City-jm) – The 2025-2026 IHSA girls basketball season is getting underway this week. Several teams are playing in tournaments to open the season. The Lady Falcons of Gibson City Melvin Sibley are in an unusual spot this year. They graduated five seniors last year and have no seniors on the squad this year. But they do have a familiar face back in Lily Sizemore says Coach Ross Harden…
GCMS Girls Basketball Coach Ross Harden.
(Cissna Park-jm) – The Cissna Park Lady Timberwolves basketball team is looking to emulate the success of last year's team and the success of this year's volleyball team. The volleyball team is coming off a state title and last year's basketball team took third in state. The team lost two seniors to graduation. Coach Anthony Videka talks about the expectations for this year's team…
Cissna Park Girls Basketball Coach Anthony Videka.
(Champaign–bp) – The University of Illinois women’s basketball team won its “field trip game over Murray State at the State Farm Center in Champaign. Final score was 84 to 64. University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Green says one reason is U of I basketball player Aaliyah Guyton …
University of Illinois Women’s Basketball Coach Shauna Green
The University of Illinois women go on the road on Sunday at Florida State.
NBA Tonight
Chicago Bulls @ Portland Trailblazers- 9pm
Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tonight
#11 Alabama @ #8 Illinois- United Center
Middle Tennessee @ #7 Michigan
Harvard @ Penn State
Mount St. Mary @ Maryland
IHSA Girls Basketball Tonight
Non-Tournament
Herscher @ PBL
Tournament
Cissna Park Tipoff Tournament at Cissna Park
Armstrong Potomac vs Deer Creek Mackinaw- 5pm
Watseka vs Clifton Central- 6:30pm
Cissna Park vs Bismarck Henning Rossville Alvin- 8pm
Bunnie Tip Off at Fisher
Iroquois West vs GCMS- 5:30pm
Unity vs Tri-Point- 7pm
(Undated–jc) Tonight on WPXN its University of Illinois Men’s basketball from The United Center in Chicago as the number 8 Illini take on number 11 Alabama.
Broadcast on WPXN begins at 7pm with the network pre game show and the tip is just past 8pm
