Preview: East St. Louis Flyers vs. Belleville East Lancers
East St. Louis is 8-2 against Belleville East since December of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The East St. Louis Flyers will be playing at home against the Belleville East Lancers at 7:30 p.m. East St. Louis has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 307 points over their last four matches.
East St. Louis pushed their score all the way to 88 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 89-88 to O'Fallon. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (68), East St. Louis still had to take the loss.
Robert McCline put forth a good effort for the losing side as he went 6 for 11 from beyond the arc en route to 42 points and 3 assists. As a matter of fact, that's the most points he has scored all season. Arlandis Browm was another key contributor, scoring 12 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Belleville East has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They fell just short of Belleville West by a score of 46-43. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss Belleville East has suffered against Belleville West since March 4, 2020.
East St. Louis has not been sharp recently as the team has lost five of their last six games, which put a noticeable dent in their 18-11 record this season. As for Belleville East, their defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 19-11.
East St. Louis beat Belleville East 70-57 when the teams last played back in January. Does East St. Louis have another victory up their sleeve, or will Belleville East turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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