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PekinCanton
Dragons
48
Little Giants
31

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home conference game against Pekin (IL) by a score of 48-31.

Game Details: Canton HS - Alice Ingersoll Gym

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Pekin----48
Canton----31
Final score provided by J. Grzanich.
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Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Canton thwarted by Pekin

February 3, 2024: Canton, IL 61520

The Canton Little Giants basketball team (Canton, IL), dropped 48-31 in Saturday's league battle with the visiting Pekin Dragons (Pekin, IL)

The Dragons now possess a 15-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Normal Community for a non-league battle on Tuesday, February 6. Pekin will confront a Ironmen team coming off a 47-38 non-league loss to Metamora (Metamora, IL). The Ironmen record now stands at 23-5.

The Little Giants (8-18) will now prepare for their battle against Havana (Havana, IL). The Ducks come into the non-league battle with a 6-17 record. In their last battle, Havana beat Cuba/Spoon River Valley (Cuba, IL), 36-28, in a non-league battle.

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Rankings & Records

Pekin (23-24)

ILClass
13868
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
17-109-510-66-31-1.630.6431,3251,282

Canton (23-24)

ILClass
442122
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
9-210-131-85-113-2.300.0001,1951,567

Team Scoring Averages

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Pekin		14.011.513.011.049.1
Canton		10.39.313.713.739.8

Pekin Videos

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Head-to-Head

  • Pekin won on 12/19/2023
    12/19 @ 7pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Canton----23
    Pekin----42

    The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Pekin (IL) by a score of 42-23.

    Box score
  • Pekin won on 2/3/2024
    2/3 @ 6:30pQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Pekin----48
    Canton----31

    The Pekin (IL) varsity basketball team won Saturday's away conference game against Canton (IL) by a score of 48-31.

    Box score

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Pekin8-5Canton1-12
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
11/30/23DunlapPekin(W) 54-5312/15/23CantonDunlap(L) 58-37
1/20/24PekinDunlap(W) 49-461/31/24DunlapCanton(L) 68-52
12/6/23DelavanPekin(W) 60-461/2/24CantonDelavan(W) 40-31
12/8/23PekinWashington(L) 55-441/5/24CantonWashington(L) 58-27
1/23/24WashingtonPekin(W) 49-412/9/24WashingtonCanton(L) 56-28
12/12/23MortonPekin(L) 62-4212/2/23MortonCanton(L) 76-23
1/26/24PekinMorton(L) 66-371/19/24CantonMorton(L) 73-36
12/15/23PekinMetamora(L) 76-5712/12/23MetamoraCanton(L) 64-20
1/31/24MetamoraPekin(L) 45-421/26/24CantonMetamora(L) 69-16
1/6/24PekinLimestone(W) 61-481/12/24LimestoneCanton(L) 63-56
2/9/24LimestonePekin(W) 57-312/13/24CantonLimestone(L) 52-36
1/12/24East PeoriaPekin(W) 52-4812/8/23CantonEast Peoria(L) 54-32
2/13/24PekinEast Peoria(W) 54-421/23/24East PeoriaCanton(L) 65-50

Record Breakdown

Pekin (23-24)

Canton (23-24)
17-10
Overall
9-21
9-5
League
0-13
5-1
Non-League
6-5
2-0
Head to Head
0-2
8-5
Common Opponent
1-12
10-6
Home
1-8
6-3
Away
5-11
1-1
Neutral
3-2
0-1
Playoff
0-0
17-10
In-State
9-21
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0