ISU football special, women’s hoops on WJBC

Posted on January 16, 2015

The Illinois State football team won a school record 13 games in 2014 in advancing to the FCS title game. (Photo by Adam Studzinski/WJBC)

By WJBC Staff

WJBC's Bryan Bloodworth has chronicled Illinois State football's magical 2014 season in a one-hour special that will premier on WJBC tonight.

The program is a narrative of the Redbirds' groundbreaking season which ended in the FCS title game in Frisco, Texas last week. It will feature highlights and interviews from the Birds' 13-2 season.

Listen live at 6 p.m. on WJBC 1230 AM WJBC.com, and the WJBC app. The show will air again at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The Illinois State women’s basketball team returns home to Doug Collins Court to host Evansville Friday at 7:05 p.m., before welcoming Indiana State Sunday at 2 p.m., for PACK the Arena. Illinois State leads the all-time series with Evansville with a convincing 27-14 series record, while leading the Indiana State series, 47-38.

Northern Iowa poured in 14 3-pointers against ISU, while the Redbirds struggled from the field Sunday at McLeod Center. ISU couldn’t slow down UNI and fell, 71-43, to drop to 0-14 on the season.

Zach Dietmeier at China Antoine will describe the action on WJBC 1230 AM, the WJBC Country Financial Illinois State Radio Network, WJBC.com, and the WJBC app.

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