Sunday scoreboard: Redbird women 7-game win streak ends, Bears fall in final seconds

Posted on January 6, 2019

Sunday’s scoreboard is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial Representative Eric Lapan

Women’s College Basketball–
Drake 82, Illinois State 64 (Lexi Wallen new career high 16 points for ISU, which has seven-game winning streak and six-game home win streak snapped)
Illinois 66, No. 12 Minnesota 62

Men’s College Basketball–
Northwestern 68, Illinois 66

National Football League Wild Card Playoffs–
Los Angeles Chargers 23, Baltimore Ravens 17
Philadelphia Eagles 16, Chicago Bears 15

Monday’s schedule:

LIVE ON AM 1230 WJBC & WJBC.com–
Illinois State Basketball Coaches Shows at HyVee–Kristen Gillespie Show, 6 p.m.; Dan Muller Show 7 p.m.

Girls High School Basketball–
Olympia at Central Catholic, 7 p.m.
Bloomington at Peoria Richwoods, 7 p.m.

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