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Posted on February 13, 2015

The Illinois State women visit Indiana State tonight. (Photo courtesy GoRedbirds.com)

By WJBC Staff

The Illinois State women’s basketball team returns to the road, after a four-game homestand. The Redbirds travel to Indiana State Friday at 6:05 p.m., before taking on Evansville Sunday at 2 p.m.

Despite a close 30 minutes, the Illinois State women’s basketball team could not handle Drake’s hot shooting late in the second half, falling, 70-47, Sunday at Redbird Arena.

Zach Dietmeier and China Antoine will call the action on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com and the WJBC app.

The Illinois State baseball team will travel to Arkansas State this weekend for a season-opening four-game series in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

The Redbirds will open the 2015 season with a 6 p.m. contest Friday at Kell Field. The teams will then square off in a doubleheader, beginning at 2 p.m., on Saturday, before finishing out the series with a 1 p.m. game on Sunday.

Illinois State enters the 2015 season after compiling a 33-22 record a year ago. The 2014 campaign marked the fifth-consecutive season the team won more 30 or more games. The Redbirds advanced to the title game of the Missouri Valley Conference Championship for the second year in a row, before falling to eventual MVC champion Dallas Baptist, 4-1.
 
Listen to Redbird basebal all season long on WJBC.com.

After a weekend in Tampa, Florida, to open the season, the Illinois State softball team is on the other side of the country for another five-game slate. The Redbirds will open the weekend with two games Friday night at Arizona State.

ISU will play North Texas at 4:45 p.m. Central Time and host ASU at 9:15 p.m. Listen live here.

The Bloomington Thunder carry an eight-game point streak into tonight's game against the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders at U.S. Cellular Coliseum.

Listen live at 7 p.m. on WJBC.com.

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