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The Mt. Olive (IL) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home non-conference game against Gillespie (IL) by a score of 73-65.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Gillespie----73
Mt. Olive----65
Final score provided by T. Kosowski.
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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Mt. Olive topped by Gillespie

January 27, 2017: Mt. Olive, IL 62069

The Mt. Olive Wildcats basketball team (Mt. Olive, IL), dropped 73-65 in Friday's non-league battle with the visiting Gillespie Miners (Gillespie, IL)

The Miners now sport a 11-10 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Roxana for a South Central battle on Tuesday, January 31. Gillespie will battle a Shells team coming off a 47-45 league win over Carlinville (Carlinville, IL). The Shells record now stands at 11-13.

The Wildcats (7-14) will now prepare for their battle against Staunton (Staunton, IL). The Bulldogs come into the non-league battle with a 3-18 record. In their last battle, Staunton dropped by Lincolnwood/Morrisonville (Raymond, IL), 55-27, in a non-league battle.

Rankings & Records

Gillespie (16-17)

NationalILClass
14,272562125
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
13-154-54-42-77-4.464.4441,5961,680

Mt. Olive (16-17)

NationalILClass
16,431649152
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
11-184-81-76-54-6.379.3331,5811,702

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1Final
Gillespie
15.213.915.512.18.057.0
Mt. Olive
12.213.614.113.5-54.5

Head-to-Head

  • Gillespie won on 12/29/2016
    12/29Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Gillespie----72
    Mt. Olive----69

    The Gillespie (IL) varsity basketball team won Thursday's neutral tournament game against Mt. Olive (IL) by a score of 72-69.

  • Gillespie won on 1/17/2017
    1/17 @ 6:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Gillespie----67
    Mt. Olive----59

    The Gillespie (IL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's neutral tournament game against Mt. Olive (IL) by a score of 67-59.

  • Gillespie won on 1/27/2017
    1/27 @ 6pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Gillespie----73
    Mt. Olive----65

    The Gillespie (IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's away non-conference game against Mt. Olive (IL) by a score of 73-65.

Record Breakdown

Gillespie (16-17)

Mt. Olive (16-17)

13-15
Overall
11-18
4-5
League
4-8
2-5
Non-League
1-3
3-0
Head to Head
0-3
8-7
Common Opponent
4-7
4-4
Home
1-7
2-7
Away
6-5
7-4
Neutral
4-6
0-1
Playoff
1-1
13-15
In-State
11-18
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0