Saturday's SIU game is the annual Blackout Cancer game.  SIU coach Nick Hill spoke with media on Tuesday and discussed with Matt Varney the struggles his team has recently faced and how Illinois State poses a challenge this week.

The Marion Wildcats are hosting Metamora in their first round game of the 5A postseason, a program they know well from their postseason trips in the early 2000s.  Coach Kerry Martin talks with voice of the Wildcats, Garrett Elders:

Monday night, Benton girls' basketball star Ensley Tedeschi signed her letter of intent to play for John A. Logan women's basketball.  Matt Varney was at Rich Herrin Gymnasium and talked with both Tedeschi and coach of the Lady Vols, Amanda Shelby, about the signing, joining other local stars at Logan, and more:

Ensley Tedeschi: 00:00

Amanda Shelby: 03:05