Chicago State Set to Host Back-to-Back Home Games
The Chicago State women's basketball team will host Western Illinois University on Monday, November 21 at 7 p.m. at the Jones Convocation Center in Chicago. It will be Greek Night at the JCC and fraternities and sororities are encouraged to come out and rep their Greek organizations.
Chicago State enters the contest with an 0-4 record while the Fighting Leathernecks are also 0-4 and are 0-3 on the road.
This will be the 41st meeting between the two schools with the Leathernecks holding a 38-2 all-time advantage in the series which dates back to Dec. 4, 1985. WIU has won the last eight contests and Monday's matchup will be the first in Chicago since Nov. 22, 2017.
The Cougars will host their second home game in as many days, welcoming Eastern Illinois University to the JCC on Tuesday, November 22 at 7 p.m. It will be Community Night at the Jones Convocation Center fans will gain free admission with a donated food item. Tuesday's game will be the 23rd meeting between the two schools with Eastern Illinois holding a 17-5 advantage. The last time the two teams played was a 73-64 Cougars win in the WBI tournament during the 2010-11 season.
Here's how to watch, follow and attend:
| Chicago State Cougars vs. Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks |
| Date | Time |
Monday, November 21 | 7:00 p.m. |
| Location |
Jones Convocation Center | Chicago, Illinois |
| Live Stream |
FloHoops |
| Tickets |
Tickets |
| Live Stats |
Live Stats |
| Game Notes |
Chicago State Game Notes |
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Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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