Basketball Game Preview: Neoga Indians vs. Arcola Purple Riders

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Previous Games

02/08/24 - Home	53-59 L
02/09/23 - Away	39-25 W
02/10/22 - Home	48-41 W
02/20/21 - Away	56-26 W
11/21/19 - Home	65-45 W
+ 4 more games

Neoga has gone 7-2 against Arcola recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Neoga Indians will square off against the Arcola Purple Riders at 6:00 p.m. Neoga has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Arcola will come in with three straight victories.

On Monday, Neoga took a blow against Teutopolis, falling 79-39. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 438th, while the Wooden Shoes are ranked 45th).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arcola). They blew past Unity Christian 70-45 on Monday. With the Purple Riders ahead 39-19 at the half, the contest was all but over already.

Neoga's loss dropped their record down to 12-17. As for Arcola, their win bumped their record up to 19-9.

Neoga came up short against Arcola in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 59-53. Can Neoga avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.