UIC plays the Illinois State Redbirds after Filip Skobalj scored 20 points in UIC's 88-83 loss to the Indiana State Sycamores.

Evansville hosts the Southern Illinois Salukis after Gabriel Pozzato scored 22 points in Evansville's 80-75 win against the Belmont Bruins.

The game of basketball flowed through Rob Judson's life at every step and still does in his 45th and final season of coaching ...

Illinois' men's basketball team has lost three of its past five games. Four of its last seven. Three of those four losses ...

With five weeks remaining in the Illinois State men's basketball season, the Redbirds sit at 14-9 overall with a 6-6 Missouri ...