Chicago State Cougars NCAA Basketball News

Jeremy Robinson scored 17 points and Chicago State won its first conference championship as a Division I program, defeating Houston Baptist 75-60 Saturday in the finale of the Great West Conference tournament.

Jeremy Robinson scored 17 points and Chicago State won its first conference championship as a Division I program, defeating Houston Baptist 75-60 Saturday in the finale of the Great West Conference tournament.

On Saturday, Utah Valley University hosts Chicago State at UCCU Center. Tipoff is at 9:05 p.m. EST and you can see it on UVU-TV. The Wolverines fell to the Cougars 62-54 on Jan.

On a night when they outshot the Cougars 55.8 percent-30.8 percent, Eastern Illinois won on the road against Chicago State 58-50. The Panthers got the win with seven points and 12 rebounds from Sherman Blanford.

In their final home game of the season, the Mendocino College men's basketball team rode the back of local sophomore Jessie Williams , with the Eagles defeating the Alameda College Cougars, 71-65, in front of an amped-up crowd last Friday night.