Basketball Recap: Illini Bluffs Find Success

By Team Reports Jan 17, 2025, 2:57am

Basketball Recap: Illini Bluffs Tigers vs. Elmwood Trojans

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Previous 3 Games

01/15/25 @ Elmwood32-31
01/11/25 vs Athens41-32
01/09/25 @ Midwest Central/Delavan59-23

Illini Bluffs waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They escaped with a win against the Elmwood Trojans by the margin of a single free throw, 32-31. That's more bragging rights for the Tigers, who also won the pair's last head-to-head.

Illini Bluffs is also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for Elmwood, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 11-10.

Illini Bluffs will challenge Lewistown at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. As for Elmwood, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 40-8 victory against Peoria Heights on the 16th.

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