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Jimerson and Saint Louis host Southern Illinois
Saint Louis Billikens (5-3) at Southern Illinois Salukis (4-2, 0-1 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Salukis -6; over/under is 140.5 BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis visits the Southern Illinois Salukis after Gibson...
Rutgers faces conference foe No. 24 Illinois
Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-1) Piscataway, New Jersey; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Scarlet Knights -1; over/under is 135.5 BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers hosts No. 24 Illinois in a matchup of Big Ten teams. ...
Davis and Western Illinois host South Dakota
South Dakota Coyotes (5-3) at Western Illinois Leathernecks (3-5) Macomb, Illinois; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Illinois takes on the South Dakota Coyotes after Shay Davis scored 22 points in Western Illinois' 92-40 win against the Hannibal-La Grange...
Jury orders egg suppliers to pay $17.7 million in damages for price gouging in 2000s
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal jury in Illinois ordered $17.7 million in damages — an amount tripled to more than $53 million under federal law — to several food manufacturing companies who had sued major egg producers over a conspiracy to limit the egg supply in the U.S. The...
Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett's convictions and jail sentence
An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police. Smollett, who appeared in the TV show “Empire,” challenged the role of...
Saint Louis visits Southern Illinois following Jimerson's 28-point outing
Saint Louis Billikens (5-3) at Southern Illinois Salukis (4-2, 0-1 MVC) Carbondale, Illinois; Saturday, 3:30 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Saint Louis faces the Southern Illinois Salukis after Gibson Jimerson scored 28 points in Saint Louis' 81-76 loss to the Utah State...
Rutgers Scarlet Knights face the No. 24 Illinois Fighting Illini on 5-game win streak
Illinois Fighting Illini (5-1) at Rutgers Scarlet Knights (5-1) Piscataway, New Jersey; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Rutgers heads into a matchup with No. 24 Illinois as winners of five consecutive games. The Scarlet Knights have gone 5-0 in home...
No. 15 Creighton rebounds from 1st loss by beating Oklahoma St 79-65 behind Scheierman, Alexander
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Baylor Scheierman scored 21 points and Oklahoma City native Trey Alexander added 20 as No. 15 Creighton rebounded from its first loss of the season with a 79-65 victory over Oklahoma State on Thursday night. “It was great,” Alexander said. “It was...
Illinois State knocks off UIC 69-64
CHICAGO (AP) — Darius Burford's 20 points helped Illinois State defeat UIC 69-64 on Thursday night in a Missouri Valley Conference opener. Burford was 7 of 10 shooting and 6 of 7 from the free throw line for the Redbirds (4-3). Dalton Banks scored 19 points, going 7 of 10 and 4 of...
Davis' 22 lead Western Illinois past Hannibal-LaGrange 92-40
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Shay Davis scored 22 points as Western Illinois beat Hannibal-LaGrange 92-40 on Thursday night. Davis also added three steals for the Leathernecks (3-5). James Dent Jr. scored 15 points and added five rebounds. JJ Kalakon shot 6 of 7 from the field to finish...
