The Cahokia Comanches and the Gibault Catholic Hawks will face off at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest, having both just played. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with eight consecutive losses for Cahokia and three for Gibault Catholic.
Cahokia's tournament run continued when they took on Columbia on Friday. The Comanches were outmatched by the Eagles and fell 71-8. While losing is never fun, the Comanches can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 604th, while the Eagles are ranked 189th).
Meanwhile, Gibault Catholic was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 38-37 to Marquette Catholic.
Cahokia will need to focus on slowing down Karmon Grohmann, one of several Gibault Catholic players who made an impact when they last played. She dropped a double-double with 16 points and 14 rebounds. Grohmann has become a key player for Gibault Catholic: the team is 3-1 when she posts at least eight boards, but 4-6 otherwise. Maggie Altes was another key player, putting up ten points and eight rebounds.
Cahokia's loss dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Gibault Catholic, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7.
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