Basketball Game Preview: Edwardsville Tigers vs. East St. Louis Flyers

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Previous Games

01/07/25 - Away	73-28 W
02/01/24 - Away	48-39 W
01/02/24 - Home	63-41 W
02/02/23 - Home	49-37 W
01/03/23 - Away	45-41 W
+ 5 more games

Edwardsville is 10-0 against East St. Louis since January of 2020 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Edwardsville Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the East St. Louis Flyers at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Edwardsville will head into Tuesday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking two-point defeat in their last game, but they sure didn't let that happen against Collinsville on Tuesday. Edwardsville breezed by Collinsville to the tune of 55-26. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Kahoks are ranked 202nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, East St. Louis was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. The contest between them and O'Fallon didn't end well, with East St. Louis falling 71-55. One positive for the Flyers, at least, is that this was the most points they've scored all season.

Edwardsville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.8 points per game. As for East St. Louis, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.

Everything came up roses for Edwardsville against East St. Louis in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured a 73-28 win. In that match, Edwardsville amassed a halftime lead of 42-19, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.