Basketball Game Preview: Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Fighting Cardinals vs. Thompsonville

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Previous Games

02/08/24 - Away	43-33 W
12/19/23 - Home	47-24 W
02/17/23 - Home	58-39 W
12/02/22 - Away	57-42 W
11/23/22 - Neutral	57-46 W
+ 5 more games

Norris City-Omaha-Enfield is 10-0 against Thompsonville since December of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. After both having extra time off, both will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 5:30 p.m. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

Norris City-Omaha-Enfield's tournament run continued when they took on Edwards County last Friday. Norris City-Omaha-Enfield received a blow as they fell 54-39 to Edwards County. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 549th, while the Lions are ranked 176th).

Meanwhile, Thompsonville came up short against North Clay/Clay City back in December of 2024 and fell 72-60.

Thompsonville has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season. As for Norris City-Omaha-Enfield, their loss dropped their record down to 3-10.

Norris City-Omaha-Enfield was able to grind out a solid win over Thompsonville when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 43-33. Will Norris City-Omaha-Enfield repeat their success, or does Thompsonville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.