Illinois High School Basketball - Macomb topples Illini West
January 20, 2023: Carthage, IL 62321 In Friday's non-league outing, the Macomb Bombers (Macomb, IL) basketball squad beat the host Illini West Chargers (Carthage, IL), by a count of 54-46.
The Bombers (13-4) will now prepare for their outing against Bushnell-Prairie City (Bushnell, IL). The Spartans go into the Prairieland outing with a 15-8 record. In their last outing, Bushnell-Prairie City was topped by Havana (Havana, IL), 55-54, in a league outing.
The Chargers now hold a 13-10 record. They play next when they travel to Quincy Notre Dame for a West Central outing on Tuesday, January 24. Illini West will clash with a Raiders squad coming off a 49-41 non-league loss to Father Tolton (Columbia, MO). The Raiders record now stands at 12-8.