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Tuesday, Jan. 21

High school basketball

[JAN. 21, 2003] 

Boys

Glenwood Tournament

Lincoln def. Chatham Glenwood 67-54, OT.

Next game:  Wed., Jan. 22, 5:00 p.m., vs. Alton.

At Havana

Petersburg Porta def. Hartsburg-Emden 57-43.

Girls

Dunlap Tournament

Olympia     15   26   42     49

Dunlap       12   17   26     38

Olympia:  Wilcox 0-0-0, Floyd 3-4-13, Prager 4-1-9, Westerfield 1-1-3, Logsdon 0-0-0, Heiser 2-0-4, Brand 2-2-4, Crabtree 2-0-4, Canopy 1-0-2, Doss 0-0-0, Litwiller 2-0-4, Rich 2-0-4.  Totals 19-8-49.  Three-pointers:  Floyd 3.

Olympia                    11   18   28     38

Chmp. Centennial     13   32   45     55

Olympia:  Wilcox 0-0-0, Floyd 2-2-6, Prager 1-0-3, Westerfield 1-0-3, Logsdon 2-2-6, Heiser 0-0-0, Brand 1-0-2, Canopy 4-0-9, Doss 0-0-0, Litwiller 2-2-6, Rich 1-0-3.  Totals 14-6-38.  Three-pointers:  Prager 1, Westerfield 1, Canopy 1, Rich 1.

Others

Illini Central def. Athens 63-45.

LCC men's basketball vs. Westminster

[JAN. 21, 2003]  In their first home game of the second semester, Lincoln Christian lost to Westminster College 69-52. Westminster also led at halftime, 33-21.

[Aaron Johnson]

LCC women's basketball vs. Westminster

[JAN. 21, 2003] 

At Lincoln

Westminster     42   40   --82

LCC                17   17   --34

Lincoln:  Wright 5-0-12, Williams 0-2-2, Robbins 3-2-8, Urton 2-0-4, Over 0-0-0, Strange 2-0-4, Foster 0-0-0, Jewell 1-2-4.  Totals 11-6-34.  Three-pointers:  Wright 2.

Redbirds score season high in loss to No.10 Creighton

[JAN. 21, 2003]  OMAHA, Neb. -- Illinois State scored a season-high 82 points at Creighton, which also was the most points scored on the Bluejays all year, but the nationally-ranked Missouri Valley Conference leader dropped 95 of its own on the Redbirds as ISU fell to No.10 Creighton 95-82 in Valley action Sunday in Omaha.

Trey Guidry led the Redbirds with 21 points. He shot eight-of-10 from the field and was five-of-seven from the 3-point mark. Baboucarr Bojang added a season-high 18 points for Illinois State, while Chris Burras came off the bench for the 'Birds to score a career-high nine points while pulling down four boards.

Creighton was led by Larry House, who notched 23 points. Kyle Korver added 17 for the Bluejays, while Joe Dabbert had 11 and Mike Grimes had 10.

With 15:41 to go in the first half, Illinois State pulled to within two off a trey by Greene. But Creighton answered with nine straight points and a 12-point lead, 22-10. The Redbirds fought back again, however, and were down by only four after Gregg Alexander hit a trey of his own, but Creighton couldn't be stopped offensively. Consecutive jumpers by Grimes and Michael Lindeman showcased the Bluejays as they took a 53-40 halftime lead.

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Creighton led by as many as 23 with 10:38 to go in the second half before Burras hit a couple of free throws to pull ISU to within 18, at 75-57 with 10 minutes to play. A 16-point deficit with 3:20 remaining was closer for Illinois State, which ended the game down by only 13, 95-82.

The Redbirds shot 53.6 percent in the game but committed 20 turnovers. Creighton took advantages of Illinois State's mistakes, scoring 31 points off turnovers, while ISU scored only 13 off the Bluejays.

ISU returns to action on Saturday, Jan. 25, against the Purple Aces of Evansville. It is a 7:05 p.m. tipoff in Evansville, Ind.

[Erica Fricke, assistant director of media relations, Illinois State University]

Articles from the past week

By Jeff Mayfield

[JAN. 20, 2003]  If you thought we were kiddin' the last couple of weeks when it comes to how good the Lincoln Railers are playing, then you obviously didn't see the Lincoln-Pekin game on Saturday. Lincoln was up 30-4 at half and 46-9 after three quarters. Now that's dominance! Everyone seems to be playing well for Lincoln right now… you just hope that they don't peak too early. That's usually not a problem for Alexander-coached teams. This week proves to be another kind of test entirely, as Lincoln has a five- or six-game week!

Well, it's going to be the Oakland Raiders against that wild man, Jon Gruden's, Tampa Bay Buccaneers! But, who will win? Since Tampa went into a hostile environment and did the unthinkable, they must have the edge in San Diego. The Raiders are old and could really have used the old format of two weeks off before the Big game. Both games seemed to be well-officiated.

Local and area colleges hoped to be better than their current records at this point, but there's still time to ready for the postseason.

Making my annual trip to watch our local junior high teams play... I saw Carroll Catholic's teams earlier, and they really performed well. LJHS had been up and down a little, but we saw both of their teams this week in two pretty impressive wins.

Is it just me or are any other Cardinal fans worried about how much Houston and Chicago have improved over the winter?

The Birds are pinning their hopes on everyone coming back healthy. When you've been in the playoffs so many times, do you really worry if they miss a year? That whole concept really concerns us, the way sports are run as a business rather than trying to win championships every year!

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Equal opportunity? There's been a lot of talk about that when it comes to hirings in the world of sports. We don't know about you, but I'd hire the person who gives us the best chance to win… period! All the hype, discussions, crossfires, etc. are not going to change the bottom line for pro franchises and many college programs… winning!

…Right here tonight on the LDN's live link, CITV Channel 5 and FIX 96.3 FM at 6 p.m.! Greg Taylor joins us back in the studio after a two-week hiatus. We also hope to be joined by the Lincoln Elks head golf professional, Mr. Adam Walsh. So, all of you golfers, duffers and hackers, get your off-season golf questions ready and give us a call tonight at 735-3306. We hope to have some other surprises for you as well!

Have a great week, everybody!

[Jeff Mayfield]

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