Basketball Recap: Richwoods Sets Scoring Season-High Against East Peoria

Knights

Team Score

12/28/24 @ East Peoria	60
12/26/24 @ Peoria	59
12/26/24 @ MacArthur	57
12/16/24 vs Peoria	57
11/23/24 vs Sacred Heart-Griffin	55

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Richwoods). They managed a 60-55 victory over the East Peoria Raiders on Saturday. The win was nothing new for the Knights as they're now sitting on four straight.

Richwoods has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for East Peoria, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.

Richwoods and East Peoria could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. Richwoods (ranked 254th) will meet Normal Community (ranked 19th) at 7:00 p.m. on January 9, 2025. Meanwhile, East Peoria will face off against Morton at 7:00 p.m. on January 7, 2025 down 158 places (178 vs. 20).