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The SIU women's basketball team again shoots for its first win Saturday when it opens play in the Christmas City Classic in Bethelem, Pa., where it plays tournament host Lehigh at 11 a.m.
Mascoutah improves to 2-1 in the tourney and on the season.
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After Saturday’s 28-21 win over SIU that got Youngstown State’s football team to seven wins for the year, Penguins coach Doug Phillips made his pitch for an at-large FCS playoff berth to the selection committee.
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It wasn’t a win, but the Saluki women’s basketball team threw a scare into 4-1 Memphis at the Banterra Center Tuesday night.
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If you’re thinking that SIU should beat Cal Baptist late Wednesday night in the third-place game of the SoCal Challenge just because you’ve never heard of CBU, you might want to reconsider that thinking.
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Illinois ended its regular season with a 41-3 win over in-state rival Northwestern.
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