Basketball Recap: Pleasant Plains Skates Past Illini Central with Ease

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Previous Games

02/18/25 - Away	61-26 W
02/13/24 - Home	61-50 W
02/14/23 - Away	44-33 W
01/21/22 - Away	57-48 W
02/26/21 - Away	76-35 W
+ 5 more games

Pleasant Plains had to skate by with only a three-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 35-point drubbing they dealt Illini Central on Tuesday. The Pleasant Plains Cardinals breezed past the Illini Central Cougars to the tune of 61-26. That looming 61-26 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cardinals yet this season.

Pleasant Plains is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 19-10 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points over those games. As for Illini Central, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 14-14.

Coming up, Pleasant Plains will welcome Athens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The timing is sure in Pleasant Plains' favor as the team sits on five straight wins at home while Athens has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road. As for Illini Central, they will head out to square off against Riverton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.