Basketball Recap: Normal Community Skates Past Bloomington with Ease
By Team Reports
Feb 1, 2025, 9:34am
Basketball Recap: Normal Community Ironmen vs. Bloomington Purple Raiders

Ironmen
12/05/24 vs Peoria Notre Dame | 42 |
12/26/24 vs Joliet Central | 33 |
01/31/25 @ Bloomington | 33 |
12/02/24 vs Bloomington | 28 |
01/18/25 vs South Elgin | 28 |
You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Normal Community on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Bloomington Purple Raiders out of the water with a 60-27 final score. The Ironmen have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven games by 22 points or more this season.
Normal Community has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season. As for Bloomington, their loss was their seventh straight at home, which dropped their record down to 1-21.
Normal Community will challenge Metamora at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. As for Bloomington, they will venture away from home to take on Rantoul at 7:00 p.m. on Monday.
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