Basketball Recap: Centralia Continues Home Dominance on Friday

Centralia waltzed into their contest on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They enjoyed a cozy 61-43 victory over the Herrin Tigers. Given the Orphans' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Tigers are ranked 89th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Defeat or not, Herrin got some senior leadership from Kyrese Lukens and Jared Staple Jr.. Lukens posted 16 points, while Staple Jr. earned 13 points. Staple Jr. has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Grady Cox was another key player, putting up seven points.

Orphans

Previous Games (Home)

02/28/25 vs Herrin	61-43
02/26/25 vs Charleston	77-33
02/21/25 vs Carbondale	57-26
02/15/25 vs Meridian	69-60
02/07/25 vs Cahokia	60-37
+ 12 more games

Centralia's win was their 17th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 28-4. As for Herrin, their loss dropped their record down to 24-8.

As of now, neither Centralia nor Herrin have any future games scheduled.