Basketball Recap: Cissna Park Drops Season-High Score on Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley

Timberwolves

Team Score

12/21/24 @ Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley	73
12/09/24 vs Prairie Central	69
12/05/24 vs Ridgeview	61
11/21/24 vs Armstrong	58
11/18/24 vs Momence	56

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cissna Park). They snuck past the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Falcons with a 73-67 win on Saturday. The victory was familiar territory for the Timberwolves who have now won three games in a row.

Cissna Park is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.4 points per game. As for Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley, their defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 9-1.

Cissna Park and Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. Cissna Park (ranked 137th) will meet Westville (ranked 497th) at 6:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025. Cissna Park's defense has only allowed 29.5 points per game this season, so Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley's offense will have their work cut out for them. Similarly, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley will face off against Paxton-Buckley-Loda at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday up 536 places (47 vs. 583).