ISU Basketball Game at Indiana State to Air on WYZZ (Fox 43)

[January 25, 2008]  NORMAL -- Illinois State Athletics and WMBD-WYZZ have agreed to televise the Feb. 16 men's basketball game between Illinois State and Indiana State at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Ind. The Illinois State-Indiana State game will be shown live on WYZZ (Fox 43). Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. CST.

The game will be the second broadcast by WMBD-WYZZ this season, joining the Bradley game on Doug Collins Court at Redbird Arena on Feb. 9.

With this announcement and the recent agreement with Comcast Spotlight, ISU could have 11 of its final 14 regular-season games televised locally. The Feb. 24 BracketBusters game may be selected to air on one of the ESPN networks, while the March 1 contest at Southern Illinois is also a possible choice by the Missouri Valley Conference's television network as part of the league's "Wildcard Weekend."

"I appreciate the effort by Coby Cooper and his staff to have this game added to the WYZZ lineup," said ISU Director of Athletics Dr. Sheahon Zenger. "I understand the difficulties associated with pre-empting network programming, but value the creativity Coby continues to exhibit while enhancing our coverage and partnership with both WMBD and WYZZ."

The addition of the game broadcast is also beneficial for WMBD and WYZZ.

"We are very excited to be able to expand our ISU basketball offerings for the central Illinois community this year," Cooper said. "We enjoy a wonderful relationship with Illinois State University and the athletics program under Dr. Zenger's leadership. He is doing outstanding things with the program, and we are very proud to be a part of his vision."

WMBD sports director Kurt Pegler and former ISU assistant men's basketball coach Bob Morris will serve as the broadcast team.

WYZZ Fox 43 can be seen on Comcast cable Channel 6 and Mediacom cable Channel 10, while WMBD 31 is available on Comcast cable Channel 7 and Mediacom cable Channel 8.

[Text from file received from Todd Kober, assistant athletics director, media relations, Illinois State University]