ISU and IWU Basketball on air on WJBC

Posted on January 31, 2015

The Redbirds start the second half of the Missouri Valley Season at Loyola saturday (Photo Courtesy goredbirds.com)

By Nick McClintock

BLOOMINGTON – It's a basketball Saturday on WJBC and WJBC.com, starting at noon when the Illinois State Redbird Men's Basketball team travels up north to the Gentile Center on the campus of Loyola University to take on the Ramblers. ISU is 5-4 in conference play, and will look to avenge a loss to the MVC newcomer Rambler's, suffered last year in Chicago. Redbird Preview starts on WJBC 1230, WJBC.com and Nash Icon 93.7 at noon, with tip off at one.

After the Birds, come the Illinois Wesleyan Titans, as Head Coach Ron Rose's squad goes up to Wisconsin to take on the Carthage Redman. The Titans are 6-2 in conference and defeated Carthage 73-61 earlier this season. Tipoff is at 7pm on WJBC 1230 at WJBC.com.

On your computer or smartphone at WJBC.com, we also have Bloomington Thunder Hockey, as they take on the Fargo Force at 7pm.

The ISU game vs Loyola can be found online at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/isu/

All other games can be found online at http://portal.stretchinternet.com/wjbc/

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