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Normal WestPekin
Wildcats
37
Dragons
35

The Pekin (IL) varsity basketball team lost Wednesday's home non-conference game against Normal West (Normal, IL) by a score of 37-35.

Game Details: Pekin Community High School

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Normal West----37
Pekin----35
Final score provided by D. Dunn.
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Illinois High School Basketball - Normal West nudges Pekin

January 3, 2024: Pekin, IL 61554

In Wednesday's non-league outing, the Normal West Wildcats (Normal, IL) basketball squad edged the host Pekin Dragons (Pekin, IL), by a count of 37-35.

The Wildcats (5-11) will now prepare for their outing against Mahomet-Seymour (Mahomet, IL). The Bulldogs go into the non-league outing with a 6-11 record. In their last outing, Mahomet-Seymour held off Marion (Marion, IL), 47-25, in a non-league outing.

The Dragons now hold a 6-9 record. They play next when they travel to Limestone for a Mid-Illini outing on Friday, January 5. Pekin will clash with a Rockets squad coming off a 55-41 league win over Metamora (Metamora, IL). The Rockets record now stands at 7-11.

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    Rankings & Records

    Normal West (23-24)

    ILClass
    27790
    OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
    9-194-54-33-92-7.321.4441,1881,562

    Pekin (23-24)

    ILClass
    17466
    OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %PFPA
    12-174-106-93-73-1.414.2861,0531,289

    Team Scoring Averages

    Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
    Normal West    		8.411.29.39.942.4
    Pekin    		8.46.88.68.436.3

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    Common Opponents

    SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
    Normal West2-10Pekin5-7
    DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
    11/17/23Normal WestNormal University(W) 49-3612/4/23Normal UniversityPekin(W) 44-17
    11/18/23Normal WestBloomington(L) 52-2912/16/23PekinBloomington(W) 39-25
    12/14/23Normal WestBloomington(L) 48-47
    11/21/23Normal WestNormal Community(L) 79-3512/9/23Normal CommunityPekin(L) 43-33
    1/18/24Normal CommunityNormal West(L) 66-302/15/24Normal CommunityPekin(L) 57-30
    2/12/24Normal WestNormal Community(L) 49-26
    11/24/23Normal WestMetamora(L) 52-3412/30/23PekinMetamora(W) 45-42
    1/27/24MetamoraPekin(W) 49-40
    11/24/23WashingtonNormal West(L) 69-381/19/24WashingtonPekin(L) 51-27
    2/8/24PekinWashington(L) 62-37
    12/2/23Normal WestPeoria(L) 84-2311/21/23PekinPeoria(L) 72-9
    1/27/24Normal WestSpringfield(L) 55-3511/18/23PekinSpringfield(L) 48-37
    1/29/24Normal WestGalesburg(L) 80-5512/21/23PekinGalesburg(L) 37-29
    2/5/24Sacred Heart-GriffinNormal West(W) 41-3811/18/23Sacred Heart-GriffinPekin(W) 38-27

    Record Breakdown

    Normal West (23-24)

    Pekin (23-24)
    9-19
    		Overall
    12-17
    4-5
    		League
    4-10
    3-5
    		Non-League
    5-5
    1-0
    		Head to Head
    0-1
    2-10
    		Common Opponent
    5-7
    4-3
    		Home
    6-9
    3-9
    		Away
    3-7
    2-7
    		Neutral
    3-1
    0-1
    		Playoff
    0-1
    9-19
    		In-State
    11-17
    0-0
    		Out-of-State
    1-0