Illinois High School Basketball - Mattoon thwarts Richland County
November 18, 2023: Mattoon, IL 61938 The Mattoon Greenwave (Mattoon, IL) basketball knocked off the visiting Richland County Tigers (Olney, IL), 55-43 in Saturday's non-league test.
The Greenwave (3-0) will now prepare for their test against Okaw Valley (Bethany, IL). The Timberwolves go into the non-league test with a 1-5 record. In their last test, Okaw Valley went down by Arthur-Okaw Christian (Arthur, IL), 47-39, in a non-league test.
The Tigers now own a 3-1 record. They play next when they travel to Pana for a non-league test on Friday, November 24. Richland County will encounter a Panthers squad coming off a 41-34 non-league loss to Christ Our Rock Lutheran (Centralia, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 1-3.