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The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Illini West (Carthage, IL) by a score of 48-36.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Illini West	16	11	12	9	48
Mercer County	6	12	11	7	36

Final score provided by B. Kimmell.

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Game Stats

Illini West (24-25)

Illini West

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	48	21	40	53	59
3	Myles Wear (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0
5	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	8	3	7	43	57
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	2	1	4	25	25
22	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	8	3	8	38	44
23	Brennan Grotts (Jr)	9	4	6	67	75
24	W. Robertson (Jr)	21	10	14	71	75

Illini West

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	48	5	14	36	1	1	100	16	26	62
3	Myles Wear (Fr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	3	33
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
22	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	8	1	3	33	1	1	100	2	5	40
23	Brennan Grotts (Jr)	9	1	2	50	0	0	0	3	4	75
24	W. Robertson (Jr)	21	1	2	50	0	0	0	9	12	75

Illini West

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	48	4	16	20	15	6	7	10
5	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	8	0	1	1	6	1	1	1
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	2	2	3	5	2	0	1	3
22	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	8	0	5	5	4	1	2	0
23	Brennan Grotts (Jr)	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
24	W. Robertson (Jr)	21	2	3	5	3	3	2	2
35	Wesley Smith (Jr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1
40	Roan Jackson (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

Illini West

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	2.14	0.86	0.60	1	8
3	Myles Wear (Fr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	0
5	Ethan Carlisle (Jr)	6.00	1.00	1.00	0	0
20	Stephen Sparks (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
22	Tre Neiderman (Sr)	2.00	0.50	1.00	0	3
23	Brennan Grotts (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	4
24	W. Robertson (Jr)	1.50	1.50	1.50	0	1
40	Roan Jackson (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0	0

Mercer County (24-25)

Mercer County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Illini West defeats Mercer County

December 14, 2024: Aledo, IL 61231

The Illini West Chargers (Carthage, IL) basketball were winner over the host Mercer County Golden Eagles (Aledo, IL), 48-36 in Saturday's non-league bout.

The Chargers now possess a 6-3 record. They play next when they host Astoria/VIT for a Prairieland bout on Tuesday, December 17. Illini West will play a Rebels team coming off a 58-45 non-league loss to Illini Central (Mason City, IL). The Rebels record now stands at 0-7.

With the loss, Mercer County falls to 5-4 on the campaign. The Golden eagles travel to Fulton (Fulton, IL) to play the Steamers in a non-league bout on Tuesday, December 17. The Steamers go into the bout with a record of 3-4. Fulton won 52-48 in their recent non-league bout against Scales Mound (Scales Mound, IL)

Illini West @ Mercer County Basketball Game Info

Sat., Dec. 14, 2024 @ 5p

The Mercer County (Aledo, IL) varsity basketball team lost Saturday's home non-conference game against Illini West (Carthage, IL) by a score of 48-36.

Rankings & Records

Illini West (24-25)

IL	Class
256	63

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
23-9	5-1	10-1	7-6	6-2	.719	.833	1,561	1,300

Mercer County (24-25)

IL	Class
388	99

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
14-18	2-8	6-6	3-9	5-3	.438	.200	1,520	1,616

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Illini West	12.8	11.8	13.2	10.4	8.3	48.8
Mercer County	12.8	11.7	11.4	11.4	-	47.5

Team Stat Comparison

Illini West		Mercer County
48.7	Points Per Game	-
22.6	Rebounds Per Game	-
11.6	Assists Per Game	-
7.2	Steals Per Game	-
1.3	Blocks Per Game	-

Team Leaders

Illini West		Mercer County	National Avg.
#24 Wesley Robertson14.9	Points Per Game	-	4.9
#24 Wesley Robertson6.6	Rebounds Per Game	-	2.6
#5 Ethan Carlisle3.9	Assists Per Game	-	1.0
#24 Wesley Robertson2.0	Steals Per Game	-	0.8
#32 Cash Jones0.6	Blocks Per Game	-	0.2

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Illini West	6-4		Mercer County	6-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
11/26/24	Illini West	Macomb	(L) 33-26	12/27/24	Macomb	Mercer County	(L) 58-30
12/13/24	Macomb	Illini West	(L) 42-38	1/7/25	Mercer County	Macomb	(L) 60-31
12/7/24	Farmington	Illini West	(W) 50-39	1/27/25	Farmington	Mercer County	(W) 50-41
12/27/24	Rockridge	Illini West	(L) 65-36	12/20/24	Mercer County	Rockridge	(L) 59-28
				2/7/25	Rockridge	Mercer County	(W) 53-47
12/28/24	Monmouth-Roseville	Illini West	(W) 48-43	11/27/24	Mercer County	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 58-43
2/15/25	Illini West	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 52-44	12/13/24	Monmouth-Roseville	Mercer County	(L) 63-59
				1/31/25	Mercer County	Monmouth-Roseville	(W) 37-34
12/28/24	Eureka	Illini West	(W) 60-55	12/28/24	Eureka	Mercer County	(L) 60-39
1/18/25	Illini West	Hamilton/Warsaw	(L) 47-39	1/8/25	Mercer County	Hamilton/Warsaw	(L) 66-31
2/11/25	Camp Point Central	Illini West	(W) 42-23	2/8/25	Camp Point Central	Mercer County	(W) 46-33
2/24/25	Pittsfield	Illini West	(W) 51-36	12/26/24	Pittsfield	Mercer County	(W) 64-36

Record Breakdown

Illini West (24-25)		Mercer County (24-25)
23-9	Overall	14-18
5-1	League	2-8
9-4	Non-League	6-7
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
6-4	Common Opponent	6-6
10-1	Home	6-6
7-6	Away	3-9
6-2	Neutral	5-3
1-1	Playoff	1-1
22-8	In-State	14-18
1-1	Out-of-State	0-0