The Freeburg Midgets will look to defend their home court on Monday against the Cahokia Comanches at 7:00 p.m. The pair have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Freeburg and 14 for Cahokia.
Freeburg fought the good fight in their overtime game against Columbia on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell 61-51 to the Eagles. Freeburg has struggled against Columbia recently, as their matchup on Tuesday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.
Freeburg might have lost, but man, Cole Stuart was a machine: he scored 24 points along with six rebounds. That was a full 47.1% of Freeburg's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Matt Pluff, who scored eight points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Cahokia pushed their score all the way to 61 on Thursday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They were the victim of a tough 84-61 defeat at the hands of O'Fallon. Cahokia was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 48-24.
Cahokia's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of C'narri Griffin, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds and two steals, and Corrion Raiford who scored 20 points along with eight rebounds. It was the first time this season that Raiford pulled down eight or more rebounds. Another player making a difference was Keontae Morris, who scored four points along with nine rebounds and two steals.
Freeburg's defeat dropped their record down to 17-14. As for Cahokia, they dropped their record down to 1-26 with that loss, which was their eighth straight at home.
Freeburg strolled past Cahokia when the teams last played back in February of 2019 by a score of 68-49. Will Freeburg repeat their success, or does Cahokia have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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