Illinois High School Basketball - Centralia overwhelms Mattoon
December 7, 2024: Mattoon, IL 61938 The Centralia Orphans basketball team scored 65 points and limited the host Mattoon Greenwave to 36 in the Orphans non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Orphans now have a 5-1 record. They play next when they host Jersey for a non-league game on Tuesday, December 10. Centralia will confront a Panthers team coming off a 57-42 league loss to Civic Memorial (Bethalto, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 1-5.
With the loss, Mattoon falls to 2-5 on the campaign. The Greenwave travel to Effingham (Effingham, IL) to confront the Hearts in a Apollo game on Tuesday, December 10. The Hearts go into the game with a record of 2-5. Effingham lost 45-41 in their recent non-league game against Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)