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Cairo Benton

Pilots

Rangers

The Benton (IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Cairo (IL) by a score of 67-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Cairo	-	-	-	-	36
Benton	-	-	-	-	67

Final score provided by D. Brown.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Cairo (23-24)

Cairo

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM
	Team Totals	36	14
3	S. Purdiman (Sr)	4	2
4	Shanti Taylor (Fr)	5	2
5	A. Wilkerson (Sr)	11	3
22	Heleah Graham (So)	8	4
23	Trinty Posey (Sr)	8	3

Cairo

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM
	Team Totals	36	4	4	6	67	10
3	S. Purdiman (Sr)	4					2
4	Shanti Taylor (Fr)	5		1	2	50	2
5	A. Wilkerson (Sr)	11	2	3	4	75	1
22	Heleah Graham (So)	8					4
23	Trinty Posey (Sr)	8	2				1

Cairo

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	PF
	Team Totals	36	13
3	S. Purdiman (Sr)	4	2
4	Shanti Taylor (Fr)	5	3
5	A. Wilkerson (Sr)	11
22	Heleah Graham (So)	8	4
23	Trinty Posey (Sr)	8	2
34	Nilha Williams (Sr)		2

Benton (23-24)

Benton has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Benton trounces Cairo

November 24, 2023: Cairo, IL 62914

The Benton Rangers (Benton, IL) basketball crushed the host Cairo Pilots (Cairo, IL), 67-36 in Friday's non-league test.

The Rangers (3-2) will now prepare for their test against Herrin (Herrin, IL). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 4-1 record. In their last test, Herrin was trounced by Carterville (Carterville, IL), 65-50, in a non-league test.

The Pilots now sport a 3-5 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Carbondale for a non-league contest on Saturday, November 25. Cairo will battle a Terriers team coming off a 40-38 non-league loss to Johnston City (Johnston City, IL). The Terriers record now stands at 1-5.

Cairo vs Benton Basketball Game Info

Fri., Nov. 24, 2023 @ 1:30p

Herrin Invite (Memorial Gym)

The Benton (IL) varsity basketball team won Friday's neutral tournament game against Cairo (IL) by a score of 67-36.

Rankings & Records

Cairo (23-24)

IL	Class
432	84

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
11-19	3-1	5-5	3-13	.367	1,505	1,622

Benton (23-24)

IL	Class
307	70

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
13-19	5-5	6-7	3-9	4-3	.406	.500	1,454	1,497

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	OT3	Final
Cairo	13.2	13.7	14.0	12.5	3.0	4.0	4.0	50.2
Benton	11.5	7.3	11.0	10.7	-	-	-	45.4

Team Stat Comparison

Cairo		Benton
40.3	Points Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Cairo		Benton	National Avg.
#5 Aaliyah Wilkerson14.1	Points Per Game	-	4.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Cairo	1-7		Benton	4-10

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/15/23	Cairo	DuQuoin	(W) 52-51	11/28/23	Benton	DuQuoin	(L) 45-39
				1/9/24	DuQuoin	Benton	(W) 52-41
11/18/23	Salem	Cairo	(L) 59-23	12/29/23	Salem	Benton	(L) 50-45
11/20/23	Cairo	Carterville	(L) 56-32	11/21/23	Carterville	Benton	(L) 38-35
				12/27/23	Carterville	Benton	(L) 53-39
11/21/23	Johnston City	Cairo	(L) 49-48	11/22/23	Johnston City	Benton	(W) 39-27
11/22/23	Cairo	Herrin	(L) 70-33	11/25/23	Benton	Herrin	(L) 67-57
				1/11/24	Herrin	Benton	(L) 41-40
11/25/23	Cairo	Carbondale	(L) 45-33	11/20/23	Carbondale	Benton	(W) 49-46
				12/21/23	Benton	Carbondale	(W) 46-44
1/9/24	Cairo	Harrisburg	(L) 66-24	12/7/23	Benton	Harrisburg	(L) 49-38
				2/12/24	Benton	Harrisburg	(L) 47-45
1/20/24	Pinckneyville	Cairo	(L) 55-27	1/4/24	Pinckneyville	Benton	(L) 45-41
				2/1/24	Benton	Pinckneyville	(L) 59-42

Record Breakdown

Cairo (23-24)		Benton (23-24)
11-19	Overall	13-19
0-0	League	5-5
6-6	Non-League	4-8
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-7	Common Opponent	4-10
3-1	Home	6-7
5-5	Away	3-9
3-13	Neutral	4-3
2-1	Playoff	0-1
9-11	In-State	13-19
2-8	Out-of-State	0-0