Washington managed to keep up with Manual until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Washington Panthers were outmatched by the Manual Rams and fell 72-43. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 253rd, while the Rams are ranked 89th).
This is the second loss in a row for Washington and nudges their season record down to 10-18. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points over those games. As for Manual, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 18-12.
Coming up, Washington will challenge Providence Catholic at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Manual does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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