It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Illinois Lutheran Chargers can now relate to. They took a 66-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Stars on Monday. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Despite the loss, Illinois Lutheran still got an impressive performance from Sam Adeniran, who almost dropped a double-double on 28 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Adeniran has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Michael DeBoer, who scored seven points.
Illinois Lutheran has not been sharp recently as the team has lost ten of their last 12 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-21 record this season. As for Universal, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-18 record this season.
Illinois Lutheran does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Universal is on the road again on Wednesday and plays Horizon Science Academy-Southwest at 6:00 p.m. on February 21st. Horizon Science Academy-Southwest will roll in looking for their 12th straight win, something Universal surely won't give up without a fight.
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