Basketball Game Preview: Augusta Southeastern Suns vs. West Prairie Cyclones

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02/13/24 - Home	56-45 W
01/03/23 - Home	45-7 W
02/10/22 - Away	52-27 W
01/07/20 - Away	45-33 W
12/20/18 - Home	44-54 L
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Augusta Southeastern has gone 7-1 against West Prairie recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Saturday. The Augusta Southeastern Suns will head out to challenge the West Prairie Cyclones at 6:00 p.m. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Augusta Southeastern and four for West Prairie.

Augusta Southeastern's tournament run continued when they took on Mendon Unity on Monday. Augusta Southeastern lost to Mendon Unity on the road by a 70-56 margin.

Meanwhile, West Prairie ended up a good deal behind Illini West on Tuesday and lost 61-42. While losing is never fun, the Cyclones can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 549th, while the Chargers are ranked 253rd).

West Prairie's defeat dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Augusta Southeastern, their loss dropped their record down to 6-12.

Augusta Southeastern was able to grind out a solid victory over West Prairie when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 56-45. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was West Prairie's Braden Coplan, who posted 21 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Augusta Southeastern still be able to contain Coplan? There's only one way to find out.