Basketball Recap: West Central Co-Op [Winchester-Bluffs] Drops Season-High Score on West Prairie

Cougars

Team Score

12/27/24 vs West Prairie	59
12/09/24 vs Triopia/Meredosia-Chambersburg/Virginia	55
11/22/24 vs Mendon Unity	51
12/21/24 vs Hamilton	50
12/26/24 vs Knoxville	41

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs]). They breezed by the West Prairie Cyclones to the tune of 59-19 on Friday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 210th, while the Cyclones are ranked 611th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.3 points per game. As for West Prairie, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-15.

West Central co-op [Winchester-Bluffs] wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next match, a 48-46 win against Cuba on the 28th. West Prairie has also already played their next game, a 30-20 loss against Astoria/VIT on the 28th.