The Roxana Shells entered their tilt with the Civic Memorial Eagles with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Roxana put the hurt on Civic Memorial with a sharp 54-33 win on Tuesday. Winning is a bit easier when you work as a team to rack up ten more assists than your opponent, as Roxana did.
It was another big night for Chris Walleck, who scored 22 points along with five rebounds and three steals. Sean Maberry was another key contributor, scoring 14 points along with two steals.
Civic Memorial lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Riley Lamb, who scored ten points along with five rebounds. Another player making a difference was August Frankford, who scored six points.
Roxana pushed their record up to 18-10 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.6 points per game. As for Civic Memorial, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 11-17.
Roxana will look to defend their home court on Friday against Columbia at 7:30 p.m. Hopefully Roxana focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up nine on Tuesday. As for Civic Memorial, they will head out on the road to face off against Highland at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Civic Memorial will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Illinois Rankings (they are ranked 360th, while Highland is ranked 109th).
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