Women's Basketball

The WNIT has announced the Redbirds will play Abeline Christian in the Super 16 round on Thursday. The game will be played at Shirk Center in Bloomington.

The Illinois State women’s basketball team will participate in a third consecutive Postseason WNIT, but the Redbirds have to wait a little longer to find out their first opponent.

U-High alum Tanner Morris is fueled by a basketball upbringing. His father, Bob Morris, was a men’s assistant coach at Northern Illinois, Illinois State and Lincoln College. Now, Tanner is thriving as the head coach himself at College of Lake County.

Peoria and Washington are among the teams competing for the top prize in high school girls' basketball at CEFCU arena this weekend.

The numbers separate Illinois Wesleyan women's basketball coach Mia Smith from most, but she’s not the only coach to win big. She’s just the first to do it while fist-bumping fans during warmups and sending players into the stands for hugs just prior to tipoff.

Kristen Gillespie has led the Redbirds to four consecutive postseason appearances, including the 2022 Missouri Valley Conference championship.

The IHSA, Illinois State University, and the Bloomington-Normal Area Convention and Visitors Bureau said Thursday they've reached a five-year contract extension for the IHSA Girls Basketball State Finals to remain at ISU's CEFCU Arena through 2029.

You don’t have to be Jill Hutchison to understand what the Caitlin Clark craze has done for women’s college basketball this season. With Clark breaking records seemingly in every game, and her University of Iowa team selling out arenas at home and on the road, the impact has been undeniable.

Jill Hutchison was a pioneer for women's college sports, starting at a time when they were an afterthought at best, and at worst, were assumed to be unsafe.

The IHSA girls basketball state finals will once again be hosted in Bloomington-Normal from Thursday through Saturday at CEFCU Arena.