Illinois High School Basketball - East St. Louis overwhelms Urbana
December 2, 2023: East St. Louis, IL 62205
Fans at Saturday's non-league challenge between the East St. Louis Flyers (East St. Louis, IL) and the visiting Urbana Tigers (Urbana, IL), saw East St. Louis's basketball squad wallop Urbana by a tally of 71-30.
With the victory, East St. Louis improves its record to 2-0 on the campaign. The Flyers host Alton (Alton, IL) to confront the Redbirds in a Southwestern challenge on Tuesday, December 5. The Redbirds come into the challenge with a record of 4-2. Alton lost 76-61 in their recent league challenge against Edwardsville (Edwardsville, IL)
Next up, the Tigers confront the Champaign Central Maroons (Champaign, IL) in a Big Twelve challenge, on Friday, December 8. Urbana will attempt to improve on its 0-3 season record. The Maroons come into the challenge with a 5-3 record after their 62-60 non-league loss to Pekin (Pekin, IL).