If Belleville East was riding high fresh off their 57-23 takedown of Belleville West last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Belleville East Lancers took a 54-50 hit to the loss column at the hands of the O'Fallon Panthers. Unfortunately, that's the second time they've come up short against the Panthers this season, as they also lost their prior matchup 65-52 back in January.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead O'Fallon to victory, but perhaps none more so than Josie Christopher, who went 5 of 8 on her way to 17 points. Christopher's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least 17 points. Haeli Tart was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to eight rebounds and six assists.
Belleville East's loss dropped their record down to 18-9. As for O'Fallon, they have been performing well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-8 record this season.
Belleville East has already played their next game (against Mater Dei), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for O'Fallon, they wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 59-40 defeat against Nashville on the 7th.
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