Granite City was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 47-30 bruising from the Freeburg Midgets. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois basketball rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Midgets are ranked 137th).
Granite City's defeat dropped their record down to 8-13. As for Freeburg, they pushed their record up to 13-10 with the victory, which was their third straight at home.
When Granite City and Freeburg next hit the court, they'll be up against teams who recently just can't seem to lose. Granite City will try to stop Nokomis' four-game winning streak when the meet at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Similarly, Freeburg will take on Columbia and their four-game winning streak at 7:30 p.m. on February 3rd.
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