State Farm Holiday Classic, ISU hoops on WJBC

Posted on December 28, 2015
Normal Community girls basketball
Normal Community and U-High will both be in action during the State Farm Holiday Classic this week. (Photo by Karin McCall/You Name It Sports)

By WJBC Staff

WJBC will be wall-to-wall basketball for the post-holiday break for the State Farm Holiday Classic.

Four games from the Classic will come your way, starting at 1 p.m. with the Normal Community girls hosting Mahomet-Seymour. Larry Duling and Nick McClintock will have the call. At 2:30, the Central Catholic girls will take on Rock Falls at U.S. Cellular Coliseum with Eric Lapan and Dan Swaney on the mic. The final game of the afternoon has the University High boys team battling Rockton-Hononegah at Shirk Center. Greg Halbleib and Bryan Bloodworth will describe the action. The final game of the night will also be at Shirk as Normal Community will South Holland – Thornwood with Greg Halbleib and Scott Stombaugh on the call.

Listen live on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com and the WJBC app.

Plus, the Illinois State women’s basketball team hosts Western Illinois in its final non-conference game of the season. Tim Lewis and Melanie Ward will call the action starting at 7 p.m. on WJBC.

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