Basketball Recap: Belleville West Sets Scoring Season-High Against Cahokia

Maroons

Team Score

02/05/25 @ Cahokia	62
12/16/24 vs Cahokia	59
01/04/25 vs Jacksonville	54
01/22/25 vs Miller Career Academy	48
12/09/24 @ Gibault Catholic	44

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Belleville West). They breezed by the Cahokia Comanches to the tune of 62-24 on Wednesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Maroons considering their 23-point performance the contest before.

Belleville West's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-17. As for Cahokia, they are on a 12-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-19.

Belleville West and Cahokia could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings. Belleville West (ranked 389th) will meet Alton (ranked fourth) at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Belleville West is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses. Similarly, Cahokia will face off against Carbondale at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday down 385 places (595 vs. 210).