Henry-Senachwine is 0-3 against Peoria Heights since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Henry-Senachwine Mallards will head out on the road to square off against the Peoria Heights Patriots at 7:30 p.m. Henry-Senachwine 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 554th, while Peoria Heights is ranked 139th).
Last Saturday, Henry-Senachwine came up short against Roanoke-Benson and fell 42-29. Henry-Senachwine has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Peoria Heights didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Cuba/Spoon River Valley on Monday, but they still walked away with a 53-48 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for Peoria Heights.
Nyaja Russell continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 28 points and 12 rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points she has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Rianna Foster, who scored eight points along with 12 rebounds and six blocks.
Henry-Senachwine dropped their record down to 7-17 with that defeat, which was their fifth straight at home. That rough patch could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 29.6 points per game. As for Peoria Heights, their victory bumped their record up to 23-6.
Henry-Senachwine was taken down by Peoria Heights 54-23 when the teams last played back in February of 2023. The game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Henry-Senachwine was down 34-9.
