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Pekin Canton

Dragons

Little Giants

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Pekin (IL) by a score of 48-40.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Pekin	-	-	-	-	40
Canton	-	-	-	-	48

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Pekin (24-25)

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Canton (24-25)

Canton

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	159	48	16	31	52	53
5	Ava Gaines (So)	28	14	4	7	57	57
11	Ella Demler (Sr)	32	8	3	8	38	44
12	Emma Turner (Jr)	32	2	0	3	0	0
15	M. Correa (Jr)	6	2	1	2	50	50
21	Grace Spencer (Jr)	29	8	4	6	67	67
23	Allison Wheeler (Sr)	32	14	4	5	80	80

Canton

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	159	48	1	8	13	15	16	94	15	23	65
5	Ava Gaines (So)	28	14	0	2	0	6	6	100	4	5	80
11	Ella Demler (Sr)	32	8	1	4	25	1	2	50	2	4	50
12	Emma Turner (Jr)	32	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	2	0
15	M. Correa (Jr)	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50
21	Grace Spencer (Jr)	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	67
23	Allison Wheeler (Sr)	32	14	0	1	0	6	6	100	4	4	100

Canton

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	159	48	2	17	19	13	8	2	13	11
5	Ava Gaines (So)	28	14	0	2	2	1	2	0	2	1
11	Ella Demler (Sr)	32	8	0	5	5	6	2	1	5	4
12	Emma Turner (Jr)	32	2	1	3	4	5	2	0	4	2
15	M. Correa (Jr)	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21	Grace Spencer (Jr)	29	8	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3
23	Allison Wheeler (Sr)	32	14	1	4	5	1	0	1	1	1

Canton

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:F	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.62	0.73	0.18	14
5	Ava Gaines (So)	0.50	1.00	2.00	0.00	5
11	Ella Demler (Sr)	1.20	0.40	0.50	0.25	2
12	Emma Turner (Jr)	1.25	0.50	1.00	0.00	2
15	M. Correa (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	2
21	Grace Spencer (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0
23	Allison Wheeler (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	3

Game Story

Illinois High School Basketball - Pekin toppled by Canton

February 4, 2025: Canton, IL 61520

Canton Little Giants (Canton, IL) supporters left the game satisfied Tuesday as they witnessed their basketball squad notch a victory over the visiting Pekin Dragons (Pekin, IL), 48-40 in a league match.

With the victory, Canton advances its record to 16-13 on the year. The Little Giants travel to Washington (Washington, IL) to face the Panthers in a Mid-Illini match on Friday, February 7. The Panthers enter the match with a record of 28-1. Washington won 76-46 in their recent league match against Dunlap (Dunlap, IL)

The Dragons now own a 15-12 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Limestone for a Mid-Illini match on Friday, February 7. Pekin will face a Rockets squad coming off a 50-44 league win over Metamora (Metamora, IL). The Rockets record now stands at 13-14.

Players of the Game

Pekin (24-25)

Pekin has not selected any Players of the Game.

Canton (24-25)

Congratulations to #23 Allison Wheeler for being selected the Canton Girls Basketball Player of the Game.

Pekin @ Canton Basketball Game Info

Tue., Feb. 4, 2025 @ 7p

Canton HS - Alice Ingersoll Gym

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's home conference game against Pekin (IL) by a score of 48-40.

Rankings & Records

Pekin (24-25)

IL	Class
59	30

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
20-14	5-9	6-5	10-6	4-3	.588	.357	1,466	1,390

Canton (24-25)

IL	Class
93	21

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
19-15	8-6	9-4	4-6	6-5	.559	.571	1,585	1,540

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Pekin	9.2	12.0	12.0	10.2	-	-	43.1
Canton	13.8	13.8	14.0	8.3	2.0	2.0	46.6

Head-to-Head

Pekin won on 1/7/2025

1/7 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Canton - - - - 38
Pekin - - - - 40

The Canton (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Pekin (IL) by a score of 40-38.
Box score
Canton won on 2/4/2025

2/4 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Pekin - - - - 40
Canton - - - - 48

The Pekin (IL) varsity basketball team lost Tuesday's away conference game against Canton (IL) by a score of 48-40.
Box score

1/7 @ 7p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canton	-	-	-	-	38
Pekin	-	-	-	-	40

Team Stat Comparison

Pekin		Canton
-	Points Per Game	46.6
-	Rebounds Per Game	23.5
-	Assists Per Game	12.7
-	Steals Per Game	8.4
-	Blocks Per Game	2.5

Team Leaders

Pekin		Canton	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#23 Allison Wheeler12.3	4.1
-	Rebounds Per Game	#11 Ella Demler5.4	2.8
-	Assists Per Game	#11 Ella Demler5.0	0.9
-	Steals Per Game	#11 Ella Demler2.1	1.1
-	Blocks Per Game	#23 Allison Wheeler0.8	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Pekin	6-9		Canton	8-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/6/24	Dunlap	Pekin	(L) 36-35	1/4/25	Canton	Dunlap	(L) 54-32
1/18/25	Pekin	Dunlap	(W) 44-38	2/1/25	Dunlap	Canton	(W) 46-44
12/7/24	Pekin	Eureka	(W) 42-32	11/30/24	Eureka	Canton	(L) 54-46
12/10/24	Washington	Pekin	(L) 56-39	1/10/25	Washington	Canton	(L) 69-40
1/24/25	Pekin	Washington	(L) 60-31	2/7/25	Canton	Washington	(L) 53-31
12/17/24	Morton	Pekin	(L) 43-31	12/6/24	Morton	Canton	(L) 64-49
1/31/25	Pekin	Morton	(L) 57-34	1/18/25	Canton	Morton	(L) 52-28
12/23/24	Metamora	Pekin	(L) 51-42	12/9/24	Metamora	Canton	(W) 56-44
2/1/25	Pekin	Metamora	(L) 51-43	1/29/25	Canton	Metamora	(W) 48-37
12/26/24	Pekin	Limestone	(L) 54-38	1/14/25	Canton	Limestone	(W) 55-49
1/10/25	Limestone	Pekin	(W) 45-31	2/11/25	Limestone	Canton	(W) 56-49
2/7/25	Pekin	Limestone	(W) 39-32
1/14/25	Pekin	East Peoria	(W) 48-35	12/10/24	East Peoria	Canton	(W) 56-44
2/11/25	East Peoria	Pekin	(L) 53-46	1/24/25	Canton	East Peoria	(W) 59-40
1/29/25	Pekin	Illini Bluffs	(W) 40-29	11/23/24	Canton	Illini Bluffs	(W) 41-31

Record Breakdown

Pekin (24-25)		Canton (24-25)
20-14	Overall	19-15
5-9	League	8-6
11-2	Non-League	7-3
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
6-9	Common Opponent	8-6
6-5	Home	9-4
10-6	Away	4-6
4-3	Neutral	6-5
2-1	Playoff	0-0
19-14	In-State	19-15
1-0	Out-of-State	0-0