Illinois High School Basketball - Roxana thwarts Southwestern
February 8, 2019: Roxana, IL 62084 The Roxana Shells (Roxana, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Southwestern Piasa Birds (Piasa, IL), 51-38 in Friday's league test.
The Shells (14-13) will now prepare for their test against Carlinville (Carlinville, IL). The Cavaliers go into the South Central test with a 7-21 record. In their last test, Carlinville went down by South County (Franklin, IL), 52-43, in a non-league test.
The Piasa Birds now own a 9-16 record. They play next when they host Hillsboro for a South Central test on Tuesday, February 12. Southwestern will encounter a Hiltoppers squad coming off a 54-40 non-league loss to Auburn (Auburn, IL). The Hiltoppers record now stands at 16-12.