Basketball Recap: Manual Skates Past Bloomington with Ease

Rams

Margin (Wins)

01/10/25 @ Bloomington	28
01/07/25 vs Richwoods	12
01/03/25 vs Peoria	4
12/26/24 @ Plainfield North	2
12/21/24 @ West Hancock	13

Manual posted their biggest win since February 23, 2024 on Friday. They took their match with ease, bagging a 71-43 victory over the Bloomington Purple Raiders. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Rams had established a 22 point advantage.

Manual is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. As for Bloomington, they dropped their record down to 1-14 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.

Manual won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Belleville West at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Manual will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak. As for Bloomington, they and Springfield Southeast will face off at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Bloomington is facing Springfield Southeast at the right time seeing as Springfield Southeast is stuck on a three-game losing streak.