Basketball Game Preview: O'Fallon Panthers vs. Collinsville Kahoks

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Previous Games

12/29/24 - Away	59-38 W
12/20/24 - Home	50-48 W
02/06/24 - Home	48-58 L
12/15/23 - Away	53-59 L
02/07/23 - Away	51-58 L
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O'Fallon and Collinsville are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2021, but not for long. The O'Fallon Panthers are taking a road trip to challenge the Collinsville Kahoks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. O'Fallon is coming into the matchup on a three-game losing streak.

On Saturday, O'Fallon was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 61-60 to Vianney. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 212th in Illinois, while the Golden Griffins are ranked 37th in Missouri).

Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Collinsville beat MICDS 64-60 on Saturday.

Collinsville's win came from a few key players O'Fallon will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Donovan Coates, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 22 points and seven rebounds. Another player making a difference was Stanley Carnahan, who went 6 of 9 to rack up 13 points and five boards.

O'Fallon's defeat dropped their record down to 7-19. As for Collinsville, they now have a winning record of 14-13.

Everything went O'Fallon's way against Collinsville when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as O'Fallon made off with a 59-38 win. Does O'Fallon have another victory up their sleeve, or will Collinsville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.