Sports briefs for Monday, Dec. 16

Bostic helps Illinois improve to 9-2 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Former Northwestern High School great Kendall Bostic scored 17 points and grabbed a season-high 16 rebounds to help the Illinois women’s basketball team beat Southern Indiana 73-50 on Sunday. Bostic, who made 8 of 13 shots from the field and her lone free throw attempt, has seven double-doubles this season and 41 in her college career. …