Redbirds, Titans, seek 1st conference wins tonight

Posted on January 7, 2015

The Illinois State men play Drake tonight at Redbird Anena. (WJBC file photo)

By WJBC Staff

The Illinois State men's basketball team returns home to continue Missouri Valley Conference play by hosting Drake Wednesday at 7 p.m. on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena.

ISU (8-6, 0-2 MVC) and DU (3-11, 0-2) are both aiming for their first MVC victories of the season, and the Redbirds are trying to extend a three-game winning streak versus the Bulldogs, which after sweeping Drake last year, became ISU's longest current streak against an MVC foe.

Dick Luedke, Mike Matthews and Tim Lewis will have the action on WJBC 1230 AM, WJBC.com, the Country Financial Illinois State Radio Network and the WJBC app.

Illinois Wesleyan seeks to bounce back from its first two-game losing streak since 2013 as the Titans visit Wheaton.

No. 22-ranked IWU and Wheaton are both looking to pull even in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin after dropping their openers.

The Titans haven't lost three in a row since 2009. Joel Swanson has the call from King Arena in Wheaton on WJBC.com.

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