Illinois High School Basketball - Athens knocked off by St. Thomas More
February 5, 2022: Champaign, IL 61822 The St. Thomas More Sabers basketball team scored 55 points and held the visiting Athens Warriors to 40 in the Sabers non-league triumph on Saturday.
The Sabers now sport a 16-10 record. They put it on the line next when they host Paxton-Buckley-Loda for a Illini Prairie contest on Tuesday, February 8. St. Thomas More will battle a Panthers team coming off a 59-58 non-league win over Williamsville (Williamsville, IL). The Panthers record now stands at 13-10.
The Warriors (16-7) will now prepare for their contest against Maroa-Forsyth (Maroa, IL). The Trojans enter the Sangamo contest with a 14-8 record. In their last contest, Maroa-Forsyth ran past Prairie Central (Fairbury, IL), 71-58, in a non-league contest.