Illinois High School Basketball - Vandalia nudges Gillespie
January 27, 2022: Vandalia, IL 62471 In Thursday's league outing, the Vandalia Vandals (Vandalia, IL) basketball squad edged the visiting Gillespie Miners (Gillespie, IL), by a margin of 44-39.
The Vandals (7-18) will now prepare for their outing against DuQuoin (DuQuoin, IL). The Indians go into the non-league outing with a 15-7 record. In their last outing, DuQuoin held off Goreville (Goreville, IL), 57-29, in a non-league outing.
The Miners now own a 7-14 record. They play next when they travel to Metro-East Lutheran for a non-league outing on Monday, January 31. Gillespie will clash with a Knights squad coming off a 48-37 non-league loss to West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] (Winchester, IL). The Knights record now stands at 4-17.