Illinois High School Basketball - Prairie Central nudges Bloomington
December 5, 2022: Bloomington, IL 61701 In Monday's non-league outing, the Prairie Central Hawks (Fairbury, IL) basketball squad nipped the host Bloomington Purple Raiders (Bloomington, IL), by a margin of 96-89.
The Hawks (6-0) will now prepare for their outing against St. Thomas More (Champaign, IL). The Sabers go into the Illini Prairie outing with a 3-4 record. In their last outing, St. Thomas More got by Oakwood (Fithian, IL), 50-40, in a non-league outing.
The Purple Raiders now own a 2-4 record. They play next when they travel to Richwoods for a Big Twelve outing on Friday, December 9. Bloomington will clash with a Knights squad coming off a 50-33 non-league win over Manual (Peoria, IL). The Knights record now stands at 7-1.