Basketball Recap: Monday's Victory Is Coal City's 11th in Last 12 Outings

Coalers

Previous 4 Games

01/27/25 vs Streator	53-33
01/23/25 vs Peotone	53-41
01/22/25 vs Joliet Catholic	53-48
01/18/25 vs Wheaton Academy	58-56

Coal City had already won three in a row and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 53-33 margin over the Streator Bulldogs. 53 seems to be a good number for the Coalers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.

Coal City is on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-6 record this season. As for Streator, they dropped their record down to 1-22 with the defeat, which was their 18th straight on the road dating back to last season.

Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Coal City will challenge Wilmington at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Streator, they won't have much time to rest: their next game is against LaSalle-Peru at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Streator is facing LaSalle-Peru at the right time seeing as LaSalle-Peru is stuck on a three-game losing streak.