Basketball Preview: Flora Wolves vs. Woodlawn Cardinals
The Flora Wolves will head out to square off against the Woodlawn Cardinals at 6:15 p.m. on Saturday. Flora will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 50-18, which was the final score in Flora's tilt against Hamilton County on Thursday. The Wolves were down 44-16 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Meanwhile, Woodlawn entered their match against Okawville on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Woodlawn took a 47-38 hit to the loss column at the hands of Okawville. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while the Rockets are ranked 50th).
Despite the loss, Woodlawn saw an underclassman step up: freshman Rylie Hockett went 5 for 7 en route to 15 points plus three steals. Those three steals set a new season-high mark for Hockett.
Woodlawn has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-4 record this season. As for Flora, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Flora took a serious blow against Woodlawn in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 57-27. Thankfully for Flora, Jase Burkett (who went 7 for 14 en route to 22 points plus eight rebounds and three steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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