ISU basketball, baseball and softball on WJBC today

Posted on February 20, 2015

The ISU women play Wichita State at Redbird Arena tonight. (Photo by B Corbin/WJBC)

By WJBC Staff

The Illinois State women's basketball team returns to Doug Collins Court for its last home weekend of the regular season.

ISU hosts Wichita State Friday at 7:05 p.m. Zach Dietmeier and China Antoine have the call on WJBC 1230 AM, the WJBC app and WJBC.com. 

The Redbird baseball team is heading a little farther south than it had originally planned for this weekend's three-game series with Southeast Missouri State. 

Originally scheduled as a Friday-Sunday series at SEMO's Capaha Field in Cape Girardeau, Mo., the series has been relocated to McNeese State's Cowboy Diamond in Lake Charles, Louisiana, due to eight inches of snow that covered SEMO's campus Sunday. In addition, more rain, snow and cold temperatures are in the forecast for this weekend.

The series will now begin with a 7 p.m. game Friday, followed by a doubleheader Saturday beginning at 3 p.m.

Listen live on WJBC.com. 

For the third week in a row, the Illinois State softball team is preparing for a five-game weekend in the warmer temperatures of the south. The Redbirds begin the weekend with games against Mercer and Kansas Friday at the University of Florida. The first game is at 9 a.m. The second game is set for 1:30 p.m. on WJBC.com. 

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