Orion is 0-3 against Rock Falls since January of 2022 but things could change on Tuesday. The Orion Chargers will host the Rock Falls Rockets at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
On Saturday, Orion was able to grind out a solid victory over Brimfield, taking the game 72-59. The Chargers pushed the score to 58-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rock Falls). They simply couldn't be stopped on Saturday as they easily beat Alleman 85-53. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Pioneers are ranked 607th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Orion's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 14-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.7 points per game. As for Rock Falls, their victory bumped their record up to 12-6.
Orion was taken down by Rock Falls 79-37 when the teams last played back in January of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Orion was down 48-23.
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