The Edinburg Wildcats will challenge the Griggsville-Perry Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Edinburg is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Edinburg will bounce into Monday's contest after beating Lincolnwood, who they had gone 0-6 against in their six prior meetings. Edinburg came out on top against Lincolnwood by a score of 57-50 on Friday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Lancers are ranked 460th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Griggsville-Perry was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Thursday as they fell 49-43 to Calhoun.
Edinburg will have to contain Garrett Woodward as he made an impact in Griggsville-Perry's last game. He went 5-for-9 en route to 17 points and seven boards. Those seven rebounds gave Woodward a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Logan Fencik, who posted seven points and three blocks.
Griggsville-Perry's loss dropped their record down to 13-18. As for Edinburg, their victory bumped their record up to 24-3.
Edinburg came out on top in a nail-biter against Griggsville-Perry when the teams last played last Thursday, sneaking past 53-51. Will Edinburg repeat their success, or does Griggsville-Perry have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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