After losing to Urbana the last time they met, St. Louis University decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The St. Louis University Junior Bills strolled past the Urbana Tigers with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 57-38. Given the Junior Bills' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 109th in Missouri, while the Tigers are ranked 227th in Illinois), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite the loss, Urbana still got an impressive performance from Kyree Hillsman, who posted 24 points. The dominant performance gave Hillsman a new career-high in points. Jaylen McElmurry was another key player, putting up eight points.
The victory got St. Louis University back to even at 3-3. As for Urbana, they dropped their record down to 7-14 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Coming up, St. Louis University will be playing at home against De Smet Jesuit at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with De Smet Jesuit sitting on four straight wins and St. Louis University on three. As for Urbana, they will take on Mahomet-Seymour at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Mahomet-Seymour's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last five matches.
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