Springfield Southeast is 0-3 against Lincoln since January of 2017 but things could change on Tuesday. The Springfield Southeast Spartans just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Lincoln Railsplitters at 7:00 p.m. Springfield Southeast is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Springfield Southeast will head into Monday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Saturday (they won by 34) and on Monday they proved they can win the close ones too. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Mt. Zion, sneaking past 45-42. While the Spartans didn't have the best season last year (they finished 12-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lincoln). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Jacksonville 59-23. Given the Railsplitters' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Crimsons are ranked 562nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Springfield Southeast's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.9 points. As for Lincoln, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Springfield Southeast took a serious blow against Lincoln in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 68-32. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Springfield Southeast was down 38-10.
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